1 Kern;;;27 June 2012 at 15:32 CET
2 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.10 to Source Forge
6 The 5.2.10 version is a significant bug fix release including
7 our first cut of AFS support.
9 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 Please note that with this version of Bacula, during the install
11 of the shared libraries from the src/cats, src/lib, and src/findlib
12 directories, any old Bacula libraries in the installation
13 destination directory will be removed. This should not cause
14 any problems and at least keeps the installation library cleaner.
15 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18 For packagers, if you change options, naming, and the way
19 we link our shared object files, as at least one of you does,
20 you are creating a situation where the user may not be able
21 to run multiple versions of Bacula on the same machine, which
22 is often very useful, and in addition, you create a configuration
23 that the project cannot properly support.
24 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
26 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
27 If you are upgrading from a version older than 5.2.9, please
28 read all the old ReleaseNotes of all versions released
29 after the version you are upgrading from. There area
30 many important notices sumarized here, and we do not
31 repeat them each bug fix release.
32 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
36 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
39 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.9
40 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
43 Major changes since 5.2.9:
44 - IPv6 networking should work correctly now
45 - SQL Counter problems resolved
46 - Bat hanging after running a number of jobs
47 - dbcheck rw_writelock problem
48 - Windows VSS restore bug
51 - Add rudimentary support for backing up AFS
55 - Real fix of bug #1897 5.2.9 breaks IPv6 connectivity
56 - Fix bug #1891 wrong daemon name printed with -? option
57 - Fix bug #1859 INSERT INTO Counters fails
58 - First try at fixing bug #1897 5.2.9 breaks IPv6 connectivity
59 - Convert write_rec_to_block() to a state machine
60 - Fix bat from eating all Dir connections -- fixes bug #1872
61 - Back port fixes from BEE to fix Windows restore bug #1892
62 - Add block checksum flag to version.h
63 - Add block checksum debug code
64 - Fix bug #1893 dbcheck -B gives rwl_writelock error.
65 - Remove restriction of network buffer size being multiple of a tape block
66 - Add rudimentary support for saving AFS acls.
67 - Send level before the fileset in estimate_cmd() like in backup()
69 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
70 1859 1872 1891 1892 1893 1897
74 Kern;;;11 June 2012 at 20:15 CET
75 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.8 to Source Forge
77 This release is identical to release 5.2.8, with the exception
80 "Apply readline without TERM_LIB dependency patch from bug #1871"
82 has been removed because it is not portable to all systems or
86 Kern;;;10 June 2012 at 12:04 CET
88 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.8
90 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
94 The 5.2.8 version is a bug fix release.
96 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
97 Please note that with this version of Bacula, during the install
98 of the shared libraries from the src/cats, src/lib, and src/findlib
99 directories, any old Bacula libraries in the installation
100 destination directory will be removed. This should not cause
101 any problems and at least keeps the installation library cleaner.
102 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
104 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
105 For packagers, if you change options, naming, and the way
106 we link our shared object files, as at least one of you does,
107 you are creating a situation where the user may not be able
108 to run multiple versions of Bacula on the same machine, which
109 is often very useful, and in addition, you create a configuration
110 that the project cannot properly support.
111 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
113 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
114 If you are upgrading from a version older than 5.2.7, please
115 read all the old ReleaseNotes of all versions released
116 after the version you are upgrading from. There area
117 many important notices sumarized here, and we do not
118 repeat them each bug fix release.
119 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
123 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
126 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.8
127 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
134 - Apply readline without TERM_LIB dependency patch from bug #1871
135 - Ensure cancel status is set for canceled duplicate jobs -- partial fix for
137 - Enhance Win32 error messages -- fixes bug #1879
138 - Apply patch from bug 1876 to permit dot commands in a runscript
139 - Remove config variables from examples/devices fixes bug #1884
140 - Add more debug code for bug 1885
141 - Add more debug to block.c when read rejected
142 - Fail job that attempts to read from closed device -- reported in bug 1885 but
144 - Detect Python 2.7 fixes bug #1888
145 - Apply systemd patch from bug #1886
146 - Rewrite some SD subroutines as class members
147 - New overhaul of xattr code.
148 - Use IPPROTO_TCP for SOL_TCP if SOL_TCP isn't defined.
149 - Fix compiler warning.
151 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
152 1851 1871 1879 1884 1886 1888
155 Kern;;;2 June 2012 at 13:01 CET
157 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.7
159 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
163 The 5.2.7 version is a significan bug fix release. (The
164 diff file between 5.2.6 and this one is over 25,000 lines).
166 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
167 Please note that with this version of Bacula, during the install
168 of the shared libraries from the src/cats, src/lib, and src/findlib
169 directories, any old Bacula libraries in the installation
170 destination directory will be removed. This should not cause
171 any problems and at least keeps the installation library cleaner.
172 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
174 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
175 For packagers, if you change options, naming, and the way
176 we link our shared object files, as at least one of you does,
177 you are creating a situation where the user may not be able
178 to run multiple versions of Bacula on the same machine, which
179 is often very useful, and in addition, you create a configuration
180 that the project cannot properly support.
181 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
183 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
184 If you are upgrading from a version older than 5.2.7, please
185 read all the old ReleaseNotes of all versions released
186 after the version you are upgrading from. There area
187 many important notices sumarized here, and we do not
188 repeat them each bug fix release.
189 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
193 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
196 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.3
197 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
203 - Correct Qt version needed for bat
204 - Turn on SD deadlock detection by default
205 - Fix bug #1880 ltdl.m4 missing for new feature.
206 - Fix bug #1870 GNU binutils-gold build failure.
207 - Add new empty netinet/tcp.h so Windows compile works
208 - Eliminate compiler warning in stored/dircmd.c
209 - Fix TCP Heartbeat code
210 - Align conio.c struct at 8 bytes to fix Sparc bus error.
211 - Fix get_basename() -- rewrite
212 - Apply James' exchange-fd.c regression fix
213 - Add first Dutch translation
214 - Ensure that StorageId is updated after write
215 - Fix updating of cached slots + error message numbering
216 - Remove old shared objects before install
217 - Add missing dummy bVarPrefixLinks variable retrieval.
218 - Fix mysql config for older versions of mysql+config.
219 - Fix problem in BVFS with concurrent queries
220 - Add more checks to bvfs
221 - Try to use multi-row insert statements for mysql.
222 - On some platforms intptr_t is in an other include file.
223 - Add support for fcntl(fd, F_CLOSEM) to close filedescriptors.
224 - Use closefrom if available instead of trying to close fds ourself.
225 - Fix class member shadowing.
226 - Move storages tls initialization to proper place.
227 - Fix Copyright on init scripts suse, add specific daemon user & group
228 - Add support for new POSIX getaddrinfo interface.
229 - Apply MSQL detection fixes from bug #1829
230 - Fix bug #1805 cannot specify hostname in ./configure
231 - Fix restore_job restore keyword
232 - Allow plugin to backup a directory
233 - Print seconds in schedule time as noted in bug #1854
234 - Fix #1857 about restore cd command that blocks on empty directory
235 - Backport new StorageId code
236 - More definitive fix for update slots bug
237 - Fix #4062 on make_catalog_backup.pl script when user/password are empty
238 - Fix bug #1853: bacula-sd dead but pid file exists.
239 - Fix bug #1841 estimate command level=differential goes wrong in accurate
241 - Fix bug #1842 Incorrect port number reported
242 - Fix bug #1848 bsock.c:335 Socket has errors=1 on call to client
243 - Force the re-initialization of BaseJobOpts, AccurateOpts and VerifyOpts
244 between two Include{}
246 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
247 1805 1829 1841 1842 1848 1853 1854 1857 1870 1874 1880 4062
251 Kern;;;22 February 2012 at 15:03 CET
252 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.6 to Source Forge
254 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.6
256 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
260 The 5.2.6 version is a bug fix release.
262 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
263 If you are upgrading directly from 5.0.3 to this version, please see the
264 important notices below for version 5.2.3, particularly
265 the database upgrade and the difference in packaging the
266 SQL shared libraries.
267 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
269 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
270 If you store .bsr or .mail files in the Bacula working
271 directory, please be aware that they will all be deleted
272 each time the Director starts.
273 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
277 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
280 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.3
281 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
285 - The restore tree cd command accepts wild cards within each
286 part of a path. Wild cards apply only to a single part at a
287 time: i.e. cd a*/b*/xx* will match abc/bcd/xxfxx
288 but */xx* will not match the above filename.
293 - Fix old exchange-fd plugin Accurate checkFile code.
294 - Insert the slot field as a numeric field.
295 - Fix #1831 by dropping the table before creating it
296 - Make cd accept wildcards
297 - Remove bad optimization from Accurate code
298 - Lock read acquire in SD to prevent to read jobs getting the same thing
299 - Implement more robust check in other drives for tape slot wanted
300 - Fix lost dcr point -- memory loss in Copy/Migration + possible confusion
301 - Ensure that bvfs SQL link is not shared
302 - Fix error printing in acl and xattr code.
303 - Backport better error debug output for sd plugins.
304 - Add wait on bad connection for security
305 - Make mtx-changer more fault tolerant
306 - Fix 32/64 bit problems in SD sscanf commands
307 - Skip certain filesystem types on some platforms.
308 - Allow BVFS to browse and restore Base jobs
309 - Add error message to .bvfs_clear_cache command
310 - Fix plugin bug with multiple simultaneous jobs
312 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
316 Kern;;;26 January 2012 at 07:55 CET
317 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.5 to Source Forge
318 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.5
320 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
324 The 5.2.5 version is a bug fix release.
326 Please note there was a seemingly innocent patch made to
327 version 5.2.4 that had rather serious negative consequences
328 on restarted jobs. Anyone using restarted jobs should upgrade
331 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
332 If you are upgrading directly from 5.0.3 to this version, please see the
333 important notices below for version 5.2.3, particularly
334 the database upgrade and the difference in packaging the
335 SQL shared libraries.
336 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
338 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
339 If you store .bsr or .mail files in the Bacula working
340 directory, please be aware that they will all be deleted
341 each time the Director starts.
342 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
346 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
349 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.3
350 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
356 - Disable usage of JS_Warning waiting for a more complete implementation
357 - Removed old sd plugins which doesn't work anymore.
358 - Adapt sample-query.sql for Warning job status
359 - Fix location of Qt dlls for Win64 build
360 - Fix MediaView::getSelection
362 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
363 1824 (1814 1806 1818 non-bugs)
368 Kern;;;18 January 2012 at 20:55 CET
369 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.4 to Source Forge
371 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.4
373 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
377 The 5.2.4 version is an bug fix release.
379 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
380 If you are upgrading directly from 5.0.3 to this version, please see the
381 important notices below for version 5.2.3, particularly
382 the database upgrade and the difference in packaging the
383 SQL shared libraries.
384 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
386 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
387 If you store .bsr or .mail files in the Bacula working
388 directory, please be aware that they will all be deleted
389 each time the Director starts.
390 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
394 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
397 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.3
398 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
401 Most important changes since 5.2.3:
402 - Fix LZO detection so that it correctly detects presense of header
404 - Switch the way we handle shared object versioning.
405 - Backport Enterprise spec files to platforms/rpms
406 - Switch to using Qt 4.7.4 (you must download new
407 depkgs-qt-24Dec11.tar.gz
408 - Update depkgs to depkgs-24Dec11.tar.gz
409 - Enhancements to File daemon and Storage daemon plugins
410 - Compiler warning cleanups
412 - Cleanup old files in the working directory when the Director starts
417 - Prepare for adding IPv6 to Windows in the future
418 - Fix bug #1822 Schedule run line parsing fails if value is keyword
419 - Revert to 5.0 size computation in accurate elements, may fix #1821
420 - Mark that a file was found in the accurate list in the ff_pkt with a
422 - Definitive fix for MySQL MaxValue problem bug #1810
423 - Initialize delta_seq to -1 because 0 means that we have already a version
424 - Adapt bfileview for bvfs tables
425 - Set job status to running when restore job really starts
426 - Remove ifdeffing that turned off JS_Warning status -- must have been missed
428 - Add support for soname setting in libtool.
430 - Fix systemd pid files.
431 - Limit migration/copy jobs to starting 100 at a time
432 - Avoid conflict with PAGE_SIZE define
433 - Send previous Job name during Incremental/Differential to the FD
434 - Fix bug #1811 Filed fails to backup more then one xattr.
435 - system.posix_acl_default is also an acl stored as xattr
437 - Add configure for new redhat spec files
438 - Backport Enterprise spec files
439 - Fix bad memset() reported by clang
440 - Test new plugin function in bpipe and test plugin
441 - Try to fix openssl problem with signal
442 - Add BSOCK::set_killable()
443 - Set directory attributes when using Replace=Never when Bacula creates them
444 - Use RestoreObject type in Catalog
445 - Add new features in plugin
446 - Add helper for ini files
447 - Implement run accurate=yes/no
448 - Add .bvfs_clear_cache
449 - Add Accurate and MaxRunSchedTime in Schedule resource
450 - Fix bug #1802 configure code to detect LZO is broken
451 - Fix bug #1806 failure to save second and more xattr.
452 - Add second xattr to show bug 1806
453 - Fix seg fault in plugin event loop
454 - Fix #3210 about slow restore with bvfs
456 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
457 1802 1806 1807 1810 1811 1815 1821 1822 3210
460 Kern;;;16 December 2011 at 12:293 CET
461 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.3 to Source Forge
463 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.3
465 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
469 The 5.2.3 version is an bug fix release.
471 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
472 If you are upgrading directly from 5.0.3 to this version, please see the
473 important notices below for version 5.2.2, particularly
474 the database upgrade and the difference in packaging the
475 SQL shared libraries.
476 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
480 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
483 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.3
484 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
489 - Revert patch from Ben to not compress man pages on Solaris fix #1801
490 - Fix bug #3322 don't poll when operator is labeling tapes
491 - bvfs: Fix mysql REGEXP operator
492 - Fix Mysql 5.5.18 symbol lookup
493 - fix utf8/iso8859 problems
494 - Fix #3419, update stats problem
495 - Fix cats_test to use the new method names.
496 - Update accurate code to use 1 byte instead of 3
497 - Fix segfault in accurate code
498 - Fix compilation warning on FreeBSD
500 Bugs fixed/closed since last release:
505 Kern;;;27 November 2011 at 12:03 CET
506 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.2 to Source Forge
508 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.2
510 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
514 The 5.2.2 version is an important bug fix release. It contains also some
515 additions and performance improvements.
517 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
518 If you are upgrading directly from 5.0.3 to this version, please see the
519 important notices below for version 5.2.1, particularly
520 the database upgrade and the difference in packaging the
521 SQL shared libraries.
522 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
526 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
529 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.2
530 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
535 - Implement -t option for Bat
536 - Require correct Qt version 4.6.2 or later to build bat
537 - Get new lib/plugins.h
538 - Pull new SD plugin files from Master
539 - Fix script to set mode of cats scripts
540 - Add Systemd configure options
541 - Split messages line by line before sending it to syslog() fix #3325
542 - Fix bvfs_restore on MySQL
543 - Fix #3308 where a SMTP problem can block the director
544 - Change locking scheme of the mountpoint cache.
545 - Enhance mountcache with rescan option after interval.
546 - Add %D option to edit_job_code, simplify callbacks on director side
547 - Move Zdeflate and Zinflate to seperate file.
548 - Put libraries in the correct order for non shared libs.
549 - Remove last traces of @SQL_BINDIR@ and @DB_TYPE@
551 - Move batch insert detection into db.m4
552 - bat: try to fix offset button problem when clicking too much on previous
553 - bvfs: Use single transaction for each job during update
554 - Add missing bwild & bregex man8 pages
555 - Fix compilation issue of wx-console #1778
556 - bvfs: fix filter for pattern= bvfs parameter
557 - Improve speed of BVFS with SQLite, Thanks to J.Starek
558 - bvfs: add clear_cache function
559 - bvfs: Handle windows drive when building path hierarchy
561 Closed Bugs Since 5.2.1
562 -----------------------
567 Kern;;;30 October 2011 at 14:50 CET
568 We have released Bacula Version 5.2.1 to Source Forge
571 Release Notes for Bacula 5.2.1
573 Bacula code: Total files = 1,110 Total lines = 231,439 (Using SLOCCount)
578 This 5.2.1 version is a major release since the last version 5.0.3.
579 It includes well over 299,387 lines of changes made by 20 contributors,
580 lots of bug fixes (see below), 1,851 software commits,and a
581 number of important new features:
585 Version 5.2.0 was short lived, because Marco (thanks) found
586 a number of last minute bugs. So the first official release of 5.2
591 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
594 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.2.1
595 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
602 - Purge Migration Job
603 - Changes in Bvfs (Bacula Virtual FileSystem)
604 - Changes in the Pruning Algorithm
605 - Ability to Verify any specified Job
606 - Additions to RunScript variables
607 - Additions to the Plugin API
610 - Class Based Database Backend Drivers
611 - Hash List Enhancements
613 Some of the above are described below; all the above are
614 described in more detail in the New Features chapter of the
617 Closed Bugs since 5.0.3:
618 ---------------------
619 1389 1444 1448 1466 1467 1468 1476 1481 1486 1488 1493 1494 1497 1499 1501
620 1502 1504 1509 1511 1513 1516 1524 1526 1527 1532 1536 1538 1541 1542 1549
621 1551 1553 1554 1558 1559 1560 1564 1567 1568 1569 1571 1574 1577 1581 1582
622 1584 1587 1594 1595 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1606 1608 1610 1612 1623 1624
623 1633 1643 1648 1655 1661 1664 1666 1669 1672 1675 1684 1685 1695 1696 1699
624 1700 1703 1735 1741 1749 1751 1761 1762 1764 1768 1770 1771 2710
627 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
629 The new pruning algorithm will not allow pruning of jobs that are essential to
630 restore since the last Full backup. This is, of course, correct and desirable,
631 but it is different from older Bacula versions that could inappropriately
632 prune jobs. Pruning of volumes is not affected.
636 To build Bat, you need Qt4 version 4.6.2. If you build with any other
637 version it is likely not to work. If you do not have version 4.6.2, on
638 your system, you can download the Bacula depkgs_qt version 16Dec10.
640 Packaging the SQL backend:
641 --------------------------
642 The main Bacula Director code is independent of the SQL backend
643 in this version. This means that the Bacula Director can be packaged
644 by itself, then each of the different SQL backends supported can
645 be packaged separately. It is possible to build all the DB backends
648 - configure can be run with multiple database configure options.
653 Order of testing for database is
658 Each configured backend generates a libbaccats-<backend_name>-<version>.so
659 A dummy catalog library is created named libbaccats-version.so
661 At configure time the first detected backend is used as the so called default
662 backend and at install time the dummy libbaccats-<version>.so is replaced with
663 the default backend type.
665 If you configure all 3 backends you get 3 backend libraries and the postgresql
666 gets installed as the default. When you want to switch the default you can
667 copy one of the 3 backend libraries over the libbaccats-<version>.so e.g.
669 cp libbaccats-postgresql-<version>.so libbaccats-<version>.so
671 And update the default backend in the following files:
673 create_bacula_database
676 grant_bacula_privileges
681 New Catalog format in version 5.2.0 and greater
682 -----------------------------------------------
683 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
684 scripts that permit to convert a 5.0.x (version 12) catalog to 5.2.1 (version
685 14). The Bacula project rpm spec files have been modified to
686 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
687 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
690 The simplest way to upgrade the database assuming you are building from
691 source (i.e. manually):
692 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
693 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
694 3. Configure, build, and install the 5.2.1 version of Bacula
695 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
696 at the bottom of this file.
697 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
698 5. ./update_bacula_tables
699 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
700 script and put the name of another database, and then
701 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
702 catalogs have been updated.
703 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
704 not print any error messages.
706 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
707 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
708 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 5.0.0
709 (e.g. 3.0.3) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
710 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
711 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
712 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
713 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
716 ================================================================
720 Speed and Memory Usage Enhancements:
721 - Implement LZO compression algorithm (need lzo2 headers to activate this option)
722 - New Pruning algoritm -- safer and faster
723 - Use of PostgreSQL cursor when doing large queries, should reduce the
724 memory usage during restore and accurate backups.
725 - limit command in some list commands
726 - Bacula Virtual File System for fast catalog access
727 - Faster crc32 algorithm
729 Security Enhancements:
730 - Additional security against injection of illegal characters
731 - Fix possible fnmatch problem
733 Features Enhancements:
734 - Improvements in ACL and xattr handling on additional platforms:
735 AIX, Darwind, FreeBSD, HPUX, IRIX, Solaris, Tru64
736 - Tray monitor for Windows
737 - New SQL backend and ./configure that permits building multiple catalog
738 backends in one build, and has the main Bacula core code totally independent
739 of the SQL backend, which should simplify packaging (only the
740 libbacsql.so/dll needs to be changed to switch from one database backend
741 to another (e.g. MySQL to PostgreSQL).
742 - Indent lsmark during restore
743 - Disable batch insert config item
744 - Director selection option in bconsole
745 - restorejob command in bconsole
746 - Many additional features for bat such as "brestore" panel
747 - The old bat version browser has been turned off since it does not
748 work correctly and the brestore panel provides the same functionality
749 - Improved hash table for hard links
750 - Additional script variable editing such as %b (JobBytes), %F (JobFiles)
751 and %h (Client Address)
754 - Includes better handling for Windows repares points, mount points, and
756 - New database format
757 - Many new plugin API features
758 - Improved memory handling for restores
759 - Significant stability enhancements to bat
760 - xattr/ACL restore failure are now printed as Warning
761 - A few path name length limits in Windows have been removed.
764 ===========================================================================
767 Kern;;;06 August 2010 at 19:15 CET
768 We have released Bacula Version 5.0.3 to Source Forge
770 This 5.0.3 version is significant bug fix update to version 5.0.2.
771 It includes new code and some new features.
772 There is no database change since prior versions of 5.0.
774 Note, if you are running 5.0.0, read the 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 release notes below in
775 the 5.0.1 release section.
780 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
783 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.3
784 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
787 Changes and New Features:
788 - If a VSS (Windows) snapshot fails, the whole Job is failed, previously
789 it printed a warning message and continued.
790 - New editing codes %b = Job Bytes and %f = Job Files for runscripts
791 - Any non-Bacula project plugins (i.e. third party plugins)
792 must be upgraded to specify AGPLv3 in place of the GPLv2 used previously
793 for the PLUGIN_LICENSE.
794 - The bat Media page text columns can be sorted by clicking on the column.
795 - If possible, the SD will automatically update the catalog Volume size if
796 it does not match the Volume size. The mismatch between the Volume sizes
797 typically occurs when the FD has a comm line drop or the FD crashes.
801 1538 1554 1564 1567 1568 1569 1571 1577 1581 1582 1587 1594 1595 1606 1610
803 - Change license from GPLv2 to AGPLv3
804 - Make Win32 no filesystem change more explicit
805 - Backport Branch-4.0 release to Branch-5.0
806 - Massive backport from Branch-5.1 to Branch-5.0
807 - Fix postgresql catalog creation when version is not on the first line
808 - Fix bug #1610 handle empty xattr values on Linux and xBSD.
809 - Garbage collect memory pool at end of job and before sm_dump
810 - Add xattr seg fault protection suggested by Marco for bug #1610
811 - Add archlinux to os.m4
812 - More fixes for 32/64 bit problems in smartall
813 - Fix 32/64 bit problem in smartalloc dump routine
814 - Fix bad copy/paste in commit c88dccb88 prably a seg fault
815 - Add .dump and .exit commands for daemons
816 - Make SD automatically fix the Volume size in the Catalog when out of sync
817 - Use Pmsg in smartall.c rather than printf for tracing Windows
818 - Up maximum block size to 20M
819 - Fix for TLS bugs #1568 and #1599
820 - Improve comm line error handling for TLS, may fix bug #1568 and #1599
821 - Fix problem when sending Cancel event to plugin
822 - Convert all Jmsg on the watchdog thread to Qmsg
823 - Fix SD crash due to mismatched lock/unlock in error condition
824 - Fix bug #1587 if you have clients with different catalogs configured, both
825 catalogs contains all clients after a reload or restart of the dir
826 - Fix bug #1577 During migration: ERROR in block.c:950 Failed ASSERT: dev->is_open()
827 by moving and commenting out the ASSERT()
828 - Skip HB kill in FD if HB thread terminated
829 - Fix crash from unequal volume_lock/unlock calls
830 - New prunning algorithm -- should be more accurate
831 - Save any dumps during regression to dumps directory
832 - Fix crash from rw_lock/unlock miss match
833 - Attempt to fix duplicate job kill seg fault
834 - Replace pthread_kill by my_thread_send_signal() in jcr.c
835 - fix #1595 about batch mode detection problem for postgresql with non standard
837 - Fix #1594 about prune copy jobs
838 - Apply literal string fix in printf submitted by Luca Berra
839 - Fix bug #1582 Restore from multiple storage daemons breaks subsequent backups
840 - Fix segfault on "cancel jobid=" command
841 - Fix bug #1554 Windows installer doesn't honor /S flag
842 - Remove pool zap code that breaks 2drive-concurrent-test
843 - Fix #1571 and install libraries with 755 perms
844 - Fix bug #1581 ASSERTs in src/dird/jobq.c can never trigger
845 - Fix problem with BaseJob and Accurate FileSet options on client side
846 - Fix for bug #1569 deadlock/crash in Dir
847 - Fix segfault when loading Plugins
848 - Fix #1567 about display of long volume names truncated during restore
849 - Added new bacula-libs package.
850 - Fix bug #1538 Start Scripts return incorrect value
851 - Fix bug #1564 init scripts not LSB compliant
853 See ChangeLog for more details.
856 Kern;;;01 August 2010 at 17:23 CET
857 Welcome to our new bacula.org server
859 This is our new bacula.org server, graciously provided
860 by UKFast. Our previous server, also hosted by UKFast, was
861 getting to be a bit old, so they furnished us a new one,
862 and we are very pleased.
865 Kern;;;28 April 2010 at 19:15 CET
866 Eric has released Bacula Version 5.0.2 to Source Forge
868 This 5.0.2 version is primarily a important bug fix update to version 5.0.1.
870 Note, if you are running 5.0.0, read the 5.0.1 release notes below.
875 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
878 Older 5.0.x and 3.0.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.2
879 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
886 1502 1511 1517 1524 1527 1532 1536 1541 1549 1551 1553 1559 1560
888 - Probable fix for SD crash bug #1553
889 - Fix #1559 problem when restoring pruned jobs with a regexp
890 - Fix for bug #1560 bcopy cannot find Volume
891 - Fix cancel crash bug #1551
892 - Check if sql backend is thread-safe
893 - Correct Pool display in SD status. Fixes bug #1541
894 - Fix cancel crash reported by Stephen Thompson
895 - Rewind on close to fix #1549
896 - Remove closelog() in bpipe fixes bug #1536
897 - Fix #1517 about missing Base level in .level command
898 - Replace ASSERT in block.c with fail Job
899 - Fix database locking calling db_lock and returning from function without
901 - Add missing db_unlock to bvfs_update_cache.
902 - Fix #1532 about permission on binaries
903 - Fix #1527 about deadlock during migration
904 - Another fix for OpenSSLv1
905 - Add -lrt to Solaris links
906 - Fix tls.c for OpenSSLv1
907 - Fix #1511 when trying to insert more than 50.000 directories in bvfs
908 - Fix plugin load not to stop if one plugin bad -- pointed out by James
909 - Remove --without-qwt from configure statement.
910 - Second correct fix to bug #1524 verify fails after adding or removing files
911 - Fix bug #1524 verify fails after adding or removing files
912 - Apply fix suggested by Andreas in bug #1502 for mediaview column sort problem
913 - Fix OpenSSL 1.x problem in crypto.c on Fedora 12
914 - Display AllowCompress warning message only if compression used in FileSet
918 Kern;;;25 February 2010 at 15:35
919 Bacula Version 5.0.1 has been released to Source Forge
921 Bacula version 5.0.1 source code and Windows (32/64 bit) binaries have been
922 released to Source Forge (thanks Eric).
924 This is a major bug fix release including a few directives that have been
925 rewritten, one new directive, and some different directive behavior (see the
926 release notes below). As is usual for a patch release (last digit changes by
927 one), this version is compatible with the 5.0.0 database and with prior
928 clients. However, you *must* upgrade all components that are on any one
929 machine (that is you must upgrade your Director, Storage daemon, and File
930 daemon at the same time, if they reside on the same machine).
932 Note, Bacula does not normally uninstall previous versions, and we have
933 changed the shared object naming convention, so you might want to first save
934 your configuration files then uninstall the old Bacula using the old Bacula
935 uninstall prior to installing the new one. If you do not, it should not be
936 serious, but you may be left with some older Bacula shared objects that are
937 not used and hence wasting a small amount of disk space.
939 If you are upgrading from version 3.0.x or prior, please see the full release
940 notes as you must do a database upgrade. When updating from 5.0.0 to this
941 release there is no database upgrade needed.
943 Scott has made a number of changes and improvements in the rpm packaging over
944 the past few weeks since version 5.0.0 was released, so he will probably be
945 releasing the 5.0.1 rpms quite soon.
947 Thanks for using Bacula :-)
953 ============= Performance Note ==================
955 Some of you have encountered performance problems with your
956 database (mainly with MySQL) with Bacula version 5.0.0. This is
957 mainly because we've changed the SQL query used for restore,
958 accurate jobs and base jobs. We have extensively tested this
959 change, and though it should be a little bit slower than the previous
960 versions, on a well configured database it should run
963 We strongly recommend to avoid the temptation to add new indexes.
964 In general, these will cause very significant performance
965 problems in other areas. A better approch is to carefully check
966 that all your MySQL memory configuation parameters are are
967 suitable for the size of your installation. If you backup
968 millions of files, you need to adapt the database memory
969 configuration parameters concerning sorting, joining and global
970 memory. By default, sort and join parameters are very small
971 (sometimes 8Kb), and having sufficient memory specified by those
972 parameters is extremely important to run fast.
974 If adjusting your MySQL memory configuration values does not
975 solve your problem, you can also consider switching to
976 PostgreSQL, which performs much better with Bacula on big
977 installations (many millions of files per Job). However for
978 large installations, you will also need to adjust the default
979 PostgreSQL memory configuration parameters.
981 ==========================================
984 Release Notes for Bacula 5.0.1
986 Bacula code: Total files = 1,081 Total lines = 217,272 (Using SLOCCount)
988 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
989 The Allow Duplicate Jobs directive has been significantly
990 reworked, and the default value has changed. See below.
992 Truncate On Purge has been totally rewritten. See the new
993 features section of the manual.
995 When Volume Poll Interval is set in the SD DEVICE configuration,
996 (default 5 mins), after a certain number of polling tries (approx
997 10) polling will stop and the operator will be asked to
998 resolve the problem. Previously there was no limit, and an
999 error message could be produced at each poll attempt.
1000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1004 - We believe that we have resolved most of the problems
1005 concerning canceled or failed jobs being "stuck" in the
1006 Director. There is one outstanding problem in the SD when
1007 canceling jobs that we will fix in the next major release.
1008 If you see jobs that seem to be stuck, in general issuing
1009 a cancel command in bconsole should now make them go away.
1012 - The default for "Allow Duplicate Jobs" has been changed from
1013 no to yes. If you use this directive, please check your
1014 conf file, and note the next two items !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1015 - AllowHigherDuplicates disabled. It did not work as documented
1017 - New directive "CancelLowerLevelDuplicates" See New Features
1018 section in the manual.
1019 - Truncate on Purge rewritten. See New Features section in the manual.
1022 1448 1466 1467 1468 1476 1481 1486 1488 1494 1497
1023 1499 1501 1505 1509 1513
1025 - Ensure SD asks for help when looping even if poll set. Fixes bug #1513.
1026 - Fix three-pool regress bug
1027 - Modify bacula.spec fixes bug #1505
1028 - This version fixes an issue where the console window would start out
1029 docked. It is fixed by initiating the variables in the Pages class wi
1031 - Fix make_catalog_backup.pl fails when catalog db is on other host
1032 - Apply MacOSX installer patch from bug #1509
1033 - Apply fix to previous fix of Copy problem. Fix proposed by reporter o
1035 - Fix bug #1501 -t does not print errors
1036 - Apply SQLite3 update fix from bug #1497
1037 - Apply bashism fix for diskchanger.in script from bug #1499
1038 - Apply rpm fix for Sci Linux from bug #1494
1039 - Take most recent Ukranian po from bug #1448
1040 - Probable fix for Copy/Migration bug #1476
1041 - Fix bug #1488 -- avoid recursion and race conditions in messages.c
1042 - Upgrade cats library also to 5.0.0
1043 - Fix missing console page in bat
1044 - Add bat help files to Window install
1045 - Improve Windows upgrade to ensure old FD is shutdown
1046 - Fix bug #1481 -- bat consumes all console file descriptors
1047 - Backport truncate on purge from 5.1.x
1048 - Fix bug #1486 -- bat doesn't show any errors on command-line
1049 - Update the bsock error URL
1050 - Correct .my.cnf umask in make_catalog_backup.pl
1051 - Apply fix for dbcheck use by make_catalog_backup.pl
1052 - Fix seg fault in bscan from new comment field
1053 - Allow multiple CNs when using TLS
1054 - Fix seg fault in SQlite driver
1055 - Make shared libs version the same as the Bacula release version
1056 - Remove file_index sequential check
1057 - Fix #1466 about Bogus pruning message
1060 1. The default query.sql file is now, except for some comments, empty.
1061 The old file, which we no longer support (it is impossible or difficult to
1062 make it work on every backend, and the queries are mostly contributed) can
1063 be found in <bacula-source>/examples/sample-query.sql. The sample file is
1064 not installed by the Makefiles
1066 2. When you install the mtx-changer script, you must also install
1067 mtx-changer.conf if it does not exist. This new file (mtx-changer.conf) is
1068 required for mtx-changer to work, but it is a user configurable file, so on
1069 any update, any existing file should not be overwritten.
1071 3. Bat should be built on every platform that is capabable of running Qt.
1072 However, the Qt code is changing rather quickly and is not always
1073 compatible from version to version. We have built and verified bat on Qt
1074 4.3.4. We strongly recommend that you do not build and distribute bat with
1075 any other version of Qt unless you personally test it. To build against Qt
1076 4.3.4, download the depkgs-qt package from the Bacula Source Forge download
1077 location, read the README file and follow the instructions.
1079 If you are building for Bacula version 5.0.0, please ensure that you do not
1080 have qmake-qt4 loaded on your system. If you do, either remove it or
1081 rename it before trying to build bat. If you do not, bat will probably be
1082 built using the shared objects on your system. For Bacula 5.0.1 and later,
1083 this problem (bug) does not exist.
1085 depkgs-qt does not install Qt on your system, nor does it interfere with
1086 you having any other version of Qt installed on your system. Once you
1087 build bat with depkgs-qt, it should *not* use the Qt shared objects, but
1088 rather they will be linked into the program. After fully installing bat
1089 (make install), you can run "ldd bat" to see what shared objects it will
1090 use. If any Qt shared objects are referenced, something has gone wrong.
1092 4. Unless absolutely necessary, we recommend that you do not define any
1093 special library environment variables that apply to the ./configure -- for
1094 example: LIBDIR=/... ./configure <your-options> is strongly discouraged.
1095 Doing so, could potentially cause Bacula to be linked against the wrong
1098 5. The Bacula project strongly recommends that you install Bacula into a
1099 single directory, with a few minor exceptions such as the MySQL or
1100 PostgreSQL databases. Preferrably this should be /opt/bacula. The full
1104 # Recommended configure script for Bacula
1107 CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall" \
1109 --sbindir=${prefix}/bin \
1110 --sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc \
1111 --docdir=${prefix}/html \
1112 --htmldir=${prefix}/html \
1113 --with-working-dir=${prefix}/working \
1114 --with-pid-dir=${prefix}/working \
1115 --with-subsys-dir=${prefix}/working \
1116 --with-scriptdir=${prefix}/scripts \
1117 --with-plugindir=${prefix}/plugins \
1118 --libdir=${prefix}/lib \
1119 --enable-smartalloc \
1120 --enable-tray-monitor \
1123 --with-dump-email=${email} \
1124 --with-job-email=${email} \
1125 --with-smtp-host=localhost \
1126 --with-baseport=9101
1128 Obviously, the email, and some of the minor options (mysql, postgresql,
1129 ...) can be changed to suit your distribution, but the directory names
1130 defined above are strongly recommended, and over time the default values in
1131 the bacula-dir.conf and bacula-sd.conf will reflect these choices.
1133 If you have any questions about this or would like a detailed document
1134 describing our recommendations including packaging requirements, please
1135 send an email to the bacula-devel list.
1137 6. Starting with Bacula version 3.0.0 up to Bacula 5.0.0, the shared
1138 libraries that Bacula uses by default are named xxx-1.0.0. Starting with
1139 Bacula 5.0.1, we are going to name the libraries using the Bacula version.
1140 So in Bacula 5.0.1, the libraries will be named xxx-5.0.1. With future
1141 versions, the last digit may or may not change when we distribute patch
1142 updates (i.e. the last digit of the version changes). This will depend on
1143 whether or not we have changed something in the library. Hopefully this
1144 new procedure will resolve some of the incompatibility problems between
1145 different versions of the shared objects.
1147 7. The default build option for bconsole is conio (my own little console
1148 routines). I did this because some years ago, readline was very difficult
1149 to maintain -- it and where it was found seemed to change on every release.
1150 This generated at the time a number of support problems. It seems to me
1151 that since then there have been very few problems with readline. As a
1152 consequence, I have no problem if you want to make bconsole with readline
1153 enabled. It will actually give some very nice new bconsole command
1154 completion functionality that Eric has written. Bottom line: feel free to
1155 use readline or not as you please.
1159 Eric;;;25 January 2010 at 10:00
1160 Bacula Version 5.0.0 has been released to Source Forge
1163 -----------------------------------------------------------
1164 You might be wondering why this release jumps from 3.0.x to
1165 5.0.0 thus skipping version 4.0.0. We have done this for
1166 several reasons: first, we wanted a way of distinguishing
1167 the numbering system for the Bacula System Enterprise version
1168 and the Bacula Project version. So, to do so, we have decided
1169 that the first number of the Bacula Project version will always
1170 be odd, and the first number of the Enterprise version will always
1171 be even. Thus the Bacula Project now moves from 3.0.x to 5.0.x.
1172 In addition, we want to keep the Bacula Project version larger
1173 than the Enterprise version to indicate that the Bacula Project
1174 version is more advanced or has more features than the
1175 Enterprise version. For memory, the current Enterprise version
1176 is 2.6.1, and the next release (in a few months -- before June 2010)
1177 will be version 4.0.0.
1180 --------------------------------------------------------------
1181 Please note the three Warnings below before doing any install or
1185 Changes since 3.0.3a (the last Bacula Project release):
1186 -------------------------------------------------------
1189 1337 1351 1352 1354 1357 1361 1367 1369 1370 1373
1190 1376 1391 1403 1409 1420 1422 1427 1428 1431 1450
1194 - Problem that locks the Director when the SMTP server wasn't
1195 responding to the bsmtp program
1196 - Restore's dir command shows incorrect file sizes
1197 - Fix various problems with the reload command
1198 - Fix problems with conio
1199 - Eliminate several deadlocks or potential race conditions from SD
1202 - Project 5: Truncate volume after purge
1203 - Project 6: File Deduplication using Base Jobs
1204 - Project 10: Restore from Multiple Storage Daemons
1205 - Project 11: AllowCompression per Device
1206 - Project 23: Add Maximum Concurrent Jobs for Devices to balance load
1208 - Add Accurate Fileset Options to configure accurate detection. Can use
1209 checksum verification for example.
1210 - Allow FD to keep root read but drop write permission (CAP)
1211 - Secure handling of passwords for catalog backup
1212 - Add Tab-completion for Bconsole when using Readline
1213 - Add Bvfs API to query the catalog without building a memory tree
1214 - Add new speed test to btape program
1215 - Add new Bat screens (Autochanger content, Job view, Media view, ...)
1216 - Windows version of Bat
1217 - Added Spanish Bacula translation
1218 - New bconsole -u nnn option to have timeout on commands
1219 - Allow Migrate, Copy, and Virtual Full to read and write
1221 - show disabled -- shows disabled Jobs
1222 - Add Pool File and Job retention periods (take precedence over Client)
1223 - Many ACL improvements
1224 - Level added to FD status Job entry
1225 - Allow turning on/off Block Checksum per device
1226 - Set Device Poll interval to 5 minutes -- previously did not poll
1227 - Implement lock manager with bad order protection
1230 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
1231 the same time, and on any given machine, you must run only one version
1232 of Bacula. This means that on the Director and Storage daemon machines,
1233 you *must* upgrade your File daemon as well.
1235 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 5.0.0
1236 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
1237 Daemons immediately. However, we recommend that you do so as soon
1238 as is reasonable for your situation.
1240 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
1242 New Catalog format in version 5.0.0 (3.1.9 or later)
1243 -----------------------------------------------------
1245 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
1246 scripts that permit to convert a 3.0.x (version 11) catalog to 5.0.0 (version
1247 12). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically
1248 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
1249 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
1252 The simplest way to upgrade the database assuming you are building from
1254 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
1255 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
1256 3. Configure, build, and install the 5.0.0 version of Bacula
1257 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
1258 at the bottom of this file.
1259 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
1260 5. ./update_bacula_tables
1261 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
1262 script and put the name of another database, and then
1263 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
1264 catalogs have been updated.
1265 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
1266 not print any error messages.
1268 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
1269 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
1270 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 3.1.9
1271 (e.g. 3.0.3) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
1272 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
1273 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
1274 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
1275 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
1277 ================================================================
1280 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
1281 If you upgrade a previous Win32 client installation, you must
1282 first stop the File daemon, then uninstall it before attempting
1283 the upgrade. If you do not do so, the upgrade will probably
1284 fail and you will need to manually find and run the
1285 Uninstall.exe file, before you can upgrade to the new version.
1286 This is because the file locations are different. If you want
1287 to save your previous bacula-fd.conf file, please do so before
1289 ================================================================
1291 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
1292 Due to permissions problems on Windows Vista and later systems,
1293 we no longer require SYSTEM or Administrator permissions to
1294 access the binaries and configuation files. If you wish
1295 to restrict access to these files, please see the New Features
1296 section of the manual for how to set access control lists.
1297 ================================================================
1299 Note, the Win32 Installer no longer installs the Bacula Servers
1300 (Director and Storage daemon). See the New Features section of
1301 the manual for more details.
1303 ============ Documentation improvements needed ==================
1305 Note!!!!! The 5.0.0+ documentation has a number of known problems:
1307 1. We have reduced the number of manuals, which has fixed many
1308 of the broken links found in the old 3.0.x version, but there
1309 are still some that need fixing.
1311 2. Integration of the 3.0.x features into the main manuals has
1314 The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack
1315 manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest
1316 you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks.
1320 This release includes large number of new features and changes.
1321 It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
1322 and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
1325 Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
1326 some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
1328 http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_0.html
1330 The ChangeLog has more details.
1335 Kern;;;18 October 2009 at 21:00
1336 Bacula Version 3.0.3 has been released to Source Forge
1338 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.x, read the 3.0.x release notes
1341 Version 3.0.3 is primarily a important bug fix update to version 3.0.2.
1343 Changes since 3.0.2:
1345 1391, 1288, 1346, 1352, 1359, 1355, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1368,
1346 1369, 1370, 1371, 1382
1349 Apply James' fix for some Exchange plugin crashes
1350 Integrate patch for building dmg on OSX from Lorenz Schori <lo@znerol.ch>
1351 Fix bug #1391 Job status improperly set due to subtle variable overload problem
1352 Fix #1352 about double free with regexp and big filenames on windows
1353 Apply Graham's idea for recovering from disk full by recursing
1354 when doing fixup_write_error ...
1355 Make fix for VirtualFull changing device based on suggestion by
1356 Nicolae Mihalache <mache@abcpages.com>
1357 Fix concurrent Job recycle bug #1288
1358 Backport part of one possible fix from bug #1346
1359 Fix bug #1382 newly created disk volumes -> file not found warning
1360 Fix Alpha ifdefing -- should fix bug #1359
1361 Use old code for selecting file during restore.
1362 Cherry-pick 3.1.x commits
1363 tweak space on projects file
1364 Fix seg fault in ignoredir code
1365 Apply Frank's slash patch
1366 Fix seg fault in SD bug #1371
1367 3.0.2-Fix-seg-fault-in-SD-bug-1371.patch
1368 Add more info when SD connection refused
1369 3.0.2-Add-more-info-when-SD-connection-refused.patch
1370 Fix bug #1355 Director crashes with double free in Accurate SQL query
1371 3.0.2-accurate.patch
1372 Fixes bug #1368 ASSERT Failure on MacOS.
1373 3.0.2-mac-path-len.patch
1374 Fix #1364 and #1363 about compression buffer error.
1375 3.0.2-zlib-buffer.patch
1376 Fixes bug #1365 and #1366 about MacOSX resource forks.
1377 3.0.2-bug-1365.patch and 3.0.2-bug-1366.patch
1378 Fix "Exclude Dir Containing" fileset option
1379 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing-fd.patch
1380 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing.patch
1381 3.0.2-exclude-dir-containing-top_level.patch
1384 As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
1387 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 3.0.3
1388 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade older File
1393 Kern;;;20 July 2009 at 14:49
1394 Bacula Version 3.0.2 has been released to Source Forge
1395 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.x, read the 3.0.x release notes
1398 Version 3.0.2 is primarily a important bug fix update to version 3.0.1 with
1399 some enhancements (see below).
1401 Changes since 3.0.1:
1404 1029, 1285, 1298, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1311, 1315
1405 1317, 1318, 1323, 1325, 1331, 1333, 1335
1408 - Fix problem with the Postgresql driver that sometime displays <NULL> values
1409 - Cleanup old job records when starting the Director
1410 - Fix bugs in xattr code
1411 - Fix encoding problem with Postgresql
1412 - Fix that prevents restore by file selection from using Copy job
1415 - Security enhancement for the File Daemon
1416 - New directive to specify source address for outgoing connexions
1417 - Show volume availability in autochanger when doing restore.
1418 This is project 31 in the projects file.
1419 - Add accurate=yes/no option to estimate command
1420 - Add --with-hostname, --with-bsrdir, --with-logdir to ./configure
1421 - Add a restore menu that contructs a full restore when entering a JobId.
1422 This is project 2 in the projects file.
1423 - Add new Nagios plugin
1426 Like always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at
1429 Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the 3.0.2
1430 Director and Storage daemons. It should be no need to upgrade older File
1434 Kern;;;30 April 2009 at 17:49
1435 Bacula Version 3.0.1 has been released to Source Forge.
1437 Note, if you are not already running 3.0.0, please read the 3.0.0 release notes. Important!!!
1439 Version 3.0.1 is primarily a minor bug fix update to version 3.0.0 with
1440 one enhancement (see below).
1442 Changes since 3.0.0:
1444 1276, 1274, 1275, 1272 1246, 1268, 1281, 1282.
1447 - Check for job_canceled() in fd_plugin code.
1448 - Update Win32 table creation to have new DB version 11 format
1449 - Remove illegal Options in Exclude of default Win32/64 bacula-dir.conf
1450 - Remove 'Reposition' messages when restoring
1451 - Updated projects file
1452 - Tweak version string to display versionid field at the end
1453 and keep fields order.
1454 - Add additional mysql connection debug code submitted by:
1455 Chandranshu <chandranshu@gmail.com>
1458 - Modify insertion of read Volumes in SD to be done *before* the
1459 drive reservation. This ensures that a Volume to be read will not
1460 be reserved for writing. Significant improvement in eliminating
1461 tape deadlock situations.
1463 Note, both the Director and Storage daemons must be upgraded at the
1464 same time. The 3.0.1 File daemons are compatible with 3.0.0 file
1465 daemons and as noted below in the 3.0.0 release notes the Director
1466 and Storage daemon should be compatible with 2.4.x File daemons.
1467 In general, we do not expect any of the 3.0.x File daemons to work with older
1468 Directors and Storage daemons (as has always been the case for Bacula
1471 ============ Documentation improvements needed ==================
1473 Note!!!!! The 3.0.0+ documentation needs rather extensive modifications in the
1476 1. Missing documentation.
1477 2. Correction of links within various manuals -- most fail.
1478 3. Integration of the new features into the main documents.
1481 The documentation will not be completed in the near future due to lack
1482 manpower. If you are unhappy with this situation as we are, we suggest
1483 you help by submitting patches to the documentation. Thanks.
1487 Kern;;;09 April 2009 at 22:30
1488 Bacula Version 3.0.0 has been released to Source Forge.
1490 This is to inform you that we have uploaded the Bacula version 3.0.0 source
1491 tar files and the Win32/64 installer files to the Bacula Source Forge
1494 There are quite a number of new features in this release, and upgrading to it
1495 requires a database upgrade, so please read the release notes carefully
1496 (included below) and the documentation for the new features at:
1498 http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
1500 There is still a good deal of work to do to finish the release process (mainly
1501 reorganizing the web site manuals ...), but at least the source files are
1502 released. The rpms should follow shortly (probably this weekend).
1504 If you are currently using 2.4.4, please note that within a few months that
1505 version will no longer be supported, so please consider the possibility of
1508 This release probably has the most new features that we have ever released,
1509 and it has taken a long time to produce it. The basic code is very well
1510 tested, and if you stick to 2.4.4 features, you are unlikely to experience
1511 problems. However, many of the new features have not been well tested, so
1512 your help will be appreciated.
1514 The following issues with 3.0.0 are known and we are working on them:
1516 1. The documentation is not 100% complete (there are so many new features that
1517 we missed documenting some).
1519 2. All the new documentation is in the New Features chapter, but not all of it
1520 has yet been integrated back into the appropriate chapters.
1522 3. James has reported that the Exchange plugin may crash if you cancel a job
1523 while it is running. He is working on this.
1525 4. The SD has many new features that will make it more stable. One in
1526 particular is that it knows what Volumes will be read during a migration,
1527 copy, or Virtual backup job, and will ensure that they are not selected for
1528 writing (something easy to do if you are using disk files and the same pool
1529 for reading an writing). However, the day after the release was cut, I found
1530 a problem with this code that prevents it from working properly during
1531 certain pre-allocations of the write tape.
1533 5. There is still an outstanding bug report on VSS failing (it seems to be a
1534 bit of a rare case).
1536 As I previously announced, we will now make 3.0.0 our main release source code
1537 stream, and we hope to release new version every six months and bug fix
1538 updates even sooner. To be able to do this, we will support version 2.4.4
1539 only for a few more months. There after the project will only support the
1540 most current release ...
1542 This release comprises a lot of work by a lot of different people and many
1543 contributions. Normally I hesitate to mention particular people or
1544 contributions because I always forget someone, but since this was such a big
1545 release, I would like to mention at least the big contributions:
1547 Sponsor Company(s) - Programmer - Project
1548 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Accurate Backup
1549 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Catalog format enhancements
1550 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - bextract non-portable Win32 data
1551 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Win64 File daemon
1552 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - SD deadlock detection + postmortum dump
1553 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Faster Attribute despooling if DIR & FD on
1555 Bacula Systems - Eric Bollengier - Virtual tape emulation
1556 Bacula Systems - Kern Sibbald - USB rescue key
1557 Equiinet funded development - James Harper - MS Exchange plugin
1559 Personal contributions:
1560 Kjetil Torgrim Homme - Regex expressions for restore in bootstrap file
1561 Marco van Wieringen - ACL code overhaul
1562 Marco van Wieringen - Solaris ZFS/NFSv4 ACL support
1563 Marco van Wieringen - Extended Attribute support
1564 Marco van Wieringen - Shared Objects
1565 Dirk Bartley - Bat speedup + stability improvement + many enhancements
1566 Joao Henrique Freitas - libdbi catalog driver
1567 Scott Barninger - rpm packaging
1568 Kern Sibbald - many big and little projects ...
1569 Many people -- see the AUTHORS file.
1571 Many thanks to everyone for making Bacula what it is today.
1573 === List of new features ===
1577 - Solaris ZFS/NFSv4 ACL support
1578 - Extended Attribute support
1579 --disable-xattr (default=auto)
1581 --enable-libtool (default)
1584 - Catalog Format Enhancements
1585 - Support for more than 4 Billion file entries
1587 - Duplicate Job Control
1588 - TLS Authentication
1589 - bextract non-portable Win32 data
1590 - State File updated at Job Termination
1593 - FD Exchange plugin
1595 - Console Enhancements
1600 - Restore seek optimization
1601 - Virtual Tape Emulation
1603 - RunScript Enhancements
1604 - Status enhancements
1605 - FD connect timeout default to 3 minutes
1606 - ftruncate implemented for NFS Volumes
1607 - FD Version compatibily flag
1608 - Statistics Enhancements
1609 - Faster Attribute despooling
1610 - Document split into 6 manuals
1611 - GPLv2 license now compatible with OpenSSL
1613 - Postmortum dump improvements in SD
1614 - Deadlock mutex detection in SD
1615 - Improved Volume management in SD to avoid deadlocks.
1616 - New configure install options
1617 --docdir= (default=/usr/share/doc/bacula-VERSION)
1618 --htmldir= (default=/usr/share/doc/bacula-VERSION/html -- bat help files)
1619 --plugindir= (default=sysconfdir, where plugins will be installed)
1620 - New Bare Metal Recovery with USB key. See rescue/linux/usb
1624 - Honor No Dump Flag
1625 - Exclude Dirs Containing
1627 - Max Run Sched Time
1629 - Full/Diff/Incr Max Run Time
1631 - Max Console Connections
1632 - Spool Size (in Job resource)
1633 - Allow Mixed Priorities
1634 - Allow Duplicate Jobs
1635 - Allow Higher Duplicates
1636 - Cancel Queued Duplicates
1637 - Cancel Running Duplicates
1639 - Console (in RunScript)
1641 New features from Project Items Completed for version 3.0.0
1643 Item 1: Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files
1644 Item 3: Merge multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation)
1645 Item 4: Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource in Director
1646 Item 5: Add an item to the restore option where you can select a Pool
1647 Item 8: Implement Copy pools
1648 Item 12: Add Plug-ins to the FileSet Include statements.
1649 Item 13: Restore only file attributes (permissions, ACL, owner, group...)
1650 Item 18: Better control over Job execution
1651 Item 26: Store and restore extended attributes, especially selinux file
1653 Item 27: make changing "spooldata=yes|no" possible for
1654 Item 28: Implement an option to modify the last written date for volumes
1655 Item n: Split documentation into several books
1656 ================================
1659 Release Notes for Bacula 3.0.0
1661 Bacula code: Total files = 520 Total lines = 205,459 (*.h *.c *.in)
1663 The diff between 2.4.4 and 2.5.x is 208,340 lines, so this release
1664 represents an enormous effort.
1666 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
1667 but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you
1668 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
1669 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. However, any
1670 release of version 2.5.40 or greater requires a database upgrade.
1672 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
1674 New Catalog format in version 3.0.0 (2.5.40 or later)
1675 -----------------------------------------------------
1677 This release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of
1678 scripts that permit to convert a 2.4.x (version 10) catalog to 3.0.0 (version
1679 11). The Bacula project rpms distributed on Source Forge will automatically
1680 detect the database change and do the upgrade for you. We strongly
1681 recommend that you save a copy of your existing database before upgrading
1684 The simplest way to upgrad the database assuming you are building from
1686 1. Stop any current version of Bacula from running.
1687 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
1688 3. Configure, build, and install the 3.0.0 version of Bacula
1689 Note the new ./configure options in the manuals see the link
1690 at the bottom of this file.
1691 4. cd <your-scripts-installation-directory>
1692 5. ./update_bacula_tables
1693 6. If you have multiple catalogs, edit the update_bacula_tables
1694 script and put the name of another database, and then
1695 execute the script again. Repeat this until all Bacula
1696 catalogs have been updated.
1697 7. Start the new Bacula. If everything worked, it should
1698 not print any error messages.
1700 The upgrade operation will convert the FileId index field of the File table
1701 from 32 bits to 64 bits. This operation will take TIME and will *temporarily*
1702 DOUBLE THE SIZE of your catalog. Bacula must be shutdown during this update,
1703 so, won't be able to run jobs during this period. For example, a 3 million
1705 catalog will take 2 mins to upgrade on a normal machine. Don't forget to
1706 backup it before executing the script.
1708 If you start from scratch, you don't need to run the update_bacula_tables
1709 script because the create_bacula_tables script automatically creates the new
1710 table format. However, if you are using a version of Bacula older than 2.5.40
1711 (e.g. 2.4.4) then you need to run the update_bacula_tables script that will
1712 be found in the <bacula>/src/cats directory after you run the ./configure
1713 command. As mentioned above, before running this script, please backup your
1714 catalog database, and when you do running it, be sure shutdown Bacula and be
1715 aware that running the script can take some time depending on your database
1719 Important New configure options :
1720 ----------------------
1722 This release of Bacula 3.0.0 uses libtool by default
1723 to generate the Bacula libraries as shared objects rather than
1724 being directly linked in as in prior versions. This means that
1725 the Bacula shared objects, must either be in a shared object
1726 directory known to the loader or they must be in the directory
1727 where the Bacula binaries are installed. It is also possible
1728 to explicitly specify the libraries directory on the ./configure
1729 line (--libdir=/full-path/dir), but this should not be necessary.
1731 ./configure --libdir=<full-path>
1733 If you have problems with libtool or you wish to use the old
1734 way of building libraries and linking them into Bacula, you
1735 can do so by disabling libtool on the configure command line with:
1737 ./configure --disable-libtool
1739 During the installation of Bacula 3.0.0, it will now install
1740 bat help files (if you have configured bat). These files
1741 are placed in /usr/share/doc/bacula/html by default. If you
1742 want to put them elsewhere use:
1744 ./configure --htmldir=<full-path>
1746 During the installation of Bacula, it will now install the
1747 ReleaseNotes, License, technotes, ChangeLog, and similar
1748 files in /usr/share/doc/bacula by default. If you
1749 want to put them elsewhere use:
1751 ./configure --docdir=<full-path>
1753 During the installation of Bacula, any plugins will be
1754 installed in the plugindir, which is by default the
1755 same as libdir (/usr/lib). You can specify an alternate
1758 ./configure --with-plugindir=<full-path>
1760 ==============================================================
1762 This release includes large number of new features and changes.
1763 It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
1764 and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
1767 Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
1768 some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
1770 http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
1772 The ChangeLog has more details.
1775 Kern;;;03 Nobember 2008 at 17:35
1776 Critical 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch released
1777 We recently found and corrected a serious bug in Bacula that causes jobs to be
1778 orphaned or "stuck" in the director during the pruning process. Depending on
1779 what jobs get stuck and how many there are, it could prevent additional jobs
1780 from running. As best we can tell, this problem occurs only during what could
1781 be called extreme pruning conditions -- i.e. there are insufficient Volumes
1782 available for normal operations.
1784 In any case, we recommend that everyone apply the 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch,
1785 which you can find in the bacula-patches section of the Source Forge download
1786 area as well as in the directory patches of both the trunk and Branch-2.4 SVN.
1789 Kern;;;12 October 2008 at 10:30am
1790 Creation of Bacula Systems SA
1791 Dear Members of the Bacula Community,
1793 I'm pleased to announce the creation of Bacula Systems S.A., a new company to
1794 provide professional support and service for Bacula. I believe you will be
1795 pleased to see how we have married a strong commitment to the ethos of honest
1796 open source software with the availability of services desired by a wide
1797 range of Bacula users.
1799 As many of you know, I began work on Bacula in 2000 and released the first
1800 public version in April 2002 to Source Forge. Although I have personally
1801 written a very substantial part of the code, I offer sincere thanks to the
1802 many members of the community who have provided ideas, fixes, testing, and
1803 contributions of code, without which Bacula would not be what it is today.
1804 It has been a labor of love and I am pleased that so many people have found
1807 Before telling you more about Bacula Systems, let me reiterate my unfaltering,
1808 ongoing commitment to open source software and the Bacula open source
1809 project. The code for Bacula and all future releases will remain available as
1810 free open source software under the GPL license that I transferred to the
1811 protection of the Free Software Foundation of Europe. Unlike some other open
1812 source projects, there will be no separate "enterprise" or proprietary
1813 version of the Bacula source code. www.bacula.org will continue to be the
1814 home for Bacula project development.
1816 So, why create Bacula Systems? The company was created to respond to requests
1817 from users who want professional support with guaranteed levels of service
1818 and response times. To ensure continuity and the highest level of knowledge
1819 transfer, I will take the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief
1820 Technical Officer of Bacula Systems S.A..
1822 Several members of the Bacula community have joined me to start the company.
1823 The other team members are also strongly dedicated to the spirit of keeping
1824 Bacula open and free while simultaneously offering commercial services to
1825 those for whom it is essential in making the decision to deploy Bacula.
1826 Bacula Systems is self-financed -- the initial capital comes from the
1827 founders; no outside venture capital was sought or accepted. This means we
1828 have the power to establish the company's priorities and we can remain
1829 dedicated to "honest open source". Bacula Systems S.A. is a Swiss company
1830 with offices in Yverdon-les-Bains, and with branches in France and Germany
1831 initially. We will open additional branches as business requires.
1833 I will continue to support development of Bacula via bacula.org and the Bacula
1834 community. Future developments will be in the "community" code base which
1835 will remain free. Bacula Systems will offer "funded development" to
1836 customers who wish to accelerate the addition of certain features to Bacula.
1837 Code developed this way will be contributed to the free distribution and will
1838 be available to the entire community at no charge. Bacula Systems will
1839 provide additional fee-based services, including high quality consulting,
1840 training, documentation and certified binaries.
1842 Our goal in establishing Bacula Systems is to be inclusive of the community,
1843 and expand it by creating opportunities for members of the Bacula community
1844 through a well-defined Partner Program. If you provide IT services or
1845 consulting, the Bacula Systems Partner Program can provide you with the
1846 additional back-up (pardon the pun) support you need to serve your customers
1849 Our plan is to develop an international network of partners who offer high
1850 value added services to Bacula users -- installing, configuring and optimizing
1851 Bacula for their customers, as well as Level 3 and 4 support, with guaranteed
1852 service levels. We will also provide training and tools to our partners.
1854 The Bacula project website, www.bacula.org, and Source Forge will be unchanged
1855 in the mission and ideals of being free sources of information, mail lists
1856 and forum-based support for and by the community. Both Bacula source code and
1857 Bacula binaries will continue to be available for free, as in the past, and
1858 new releases will also be available for free. The new commercial website,
1859 www.baculasystems.com will provide information on commercial subscriptions
1860 for those users who want guaranteed levels of service, support, documentation
1861 and certified binaries.
1863 All members of the Bacula community are encouraged to register for free at
1864 www.baculasystems.com, so that you will receive announcements and news about
1865 our commercial activities, and so that you can send feedback to our new
1866 company, Bacula Systems.
1868 Thank you for your interest and participation in the Bacula community.
1875 Kern;;;11 October 2008 at 11:30am
1876 Bacula version 2.4.3 Released
1877 This is to let you know that the source tar files and the Win32 binaries for
1878 Bacula version 2.4.3 have been released to the Bacula Source Forge download
1882 This is a bug fix to version 2.4.2. All daemons are compatible
1883 with other 2.4.x versions.
1886 1159, 1162. 1149, 1128, 1143, 1140, 1129
1889 - Apply 2.4.2-cancel-non-running-jobs.patch to be able to cancel
1890 a non created job faster.
1891 - This should correct bug #1159 where Migration does not properly
1892 respect the Migration Low Bytes directive.
1893 - Fix typo in configure.in that breaks --with-db-password option
1894 - This code should fix the race condition that leads to a Director
1895 crash at job end time when the job list is updated. This was reported
1897 - Remove all double quotes from SQLite creating script and
1898 replace by single quotes as suggested by John Huttley.
1899 - Fix SQL case problem that may cause the failure of DiskToCatalog
1901 - Copy missing storage name into edit buffer. As far as I can tell
1902 this never caused a bug.
1903 - Remove catalog dependency for bcopy
1904 - Modify catalog scripts to have an easier packaging integration,
1905 using default variables.
1906 Make difference between SQLite3 and SQLite in db_get_type()
1907 - Attempt to fix bug #1128 InChanger flag cleared during Migration
1908 job when reading from one autochanger and writing to another.
1909 - Add more information to SD acquire.c INFO messages.
1910 - Fix NULL Volume name error when reading and the drive must
1912 - Fix a Verify InitCatalog problem where in certain cases
1913 a garbage filename may be entered in the verification database. This
1915 - Add space after version before date in bat about dialog.
1916 - Fix seg fault in Dir during estimate command with no level value
1917 given. This fixes bug #1140.
1918 - Add message to migration job when the target job is already migrated.
1919 This closes bug #1129.
1921 Unless some really serious new bug shows up, this will be the last release
1922 until the next major version (3.0.0), which we hope will be ready around the
1926 Kern;;;26 July 2008 at 10:30am
1927 Bacula version 2.4.2 Released
1928 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
1929 Bacula version 2.4.2 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
1931 This is an important bug fix release since version 2.4.1.
1934 1034, 1125, 1118, 1124, 1107, 1129, 1126
1938 - When a migration job actually runs, re-check the Job record
1939 and skip if the job is already migrated. This should
1940 significantly reduce the problems with bug #1129.
1941 - Break the do_swapping into do_unload, do_swapping, and
1942 do_load. It is much more logical that way.
1943 - Implement a set_dcr_from_vol subroutine in acquire.c for
1944 reading volumes. This allows the dcr to be refreshed after being
1945 zapped when the wrong volume is mounted. This should fix bug #1126 -
1946 - During multiple tape restore, bacula
1947 does not ask for physical tape change, but rereads same tape
1948 - Apply patch submitted for bug #1107 with a small modification.
1949 This fixes a bug where bcopy copied too many records.
1950 - Make some tweaks to bsmtp based on patch submitted in bug #1124.
1951 This fixes bug #1124.
1952 - Make the default bat restore Pool be Any. This fixes bug #1118.
1953 - Fix bug #1125 which reports a SD crash at the end of a tape
1954 during restore. It was a debug statement that should not be
1956 - Fix #1034 by setting big timeout on mysql connections
1957 - Do partial integration of the Win32 bat build created by Eric.
1958 - Ensure that SD tried to mount a volume not in an autochanger
1959 at least once before asking for operator intervention.
1960 - Fix a pthreads bug in the Win32 pthreads emulation code affects only
1961 version 2.5.x and above.
1964 Kern;;;7 July 2008 at 10:30am
1965 Bacula version 2.4.1 Released
1966 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
1967 Bacula version 2.4.1 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
1970 1103, 1100, 1105, 1094, 1109, 1106, 1101, 1102, 1112
1974 - Clear in-use bit on vol when unused while swapping.
1975 - Remove sleep at end of ./bacula
1976 - Clear hash packet for hardlinked files correctly. This corrects
1977 a long standing bug where hardlinked files selected individually
1978 would occasionally not be restored.
1979 - Apply Eric's patch to ensure that autoprune does not return
1980 a Volume not in the autochanger unless requested to do so.
1981 - Correct bat restore display of multiple drives. This fixes
1983 - Do find_a_volume() each time an unload is done. This
1984 fixes the failure of maxvol2-test.
1985 - Use Qmsg() in job.c watchdog callback.
1986 - Release main control rwlock if ABORTing.
1987 - Make watchdog connect timeout queue messages rather than sending
1988 directly to avoid lock conflicts with the real thread.
1989 - Remove const char that causes problems with Python, which has
1990 older 'incorrect' headers.
1991 - Add const char in dbd.c to avoid compiler warnings.
1992 - Fix mtx-changer to detect both versions of Ubuntu (Debian)
1993 mt. This fixes bug #1116.
1994 - Fix failure of 2drive-concurrent-test. Always read label;
1995 clear_unload() only after drive is defined in acquire_for_read().
1996 - Generally clean up the manual tape loading code. The main
1997 conceptial change is that when a volume is marked to be unloaded,
1998 its volume name is retained, and it is only marked as unloaded
1999 when either the autoloader says it is unloaded or another tape
2000 is read on that drive.
2001 - Fix a recycling problem with two autochangers reported in bug
2002 #1106. This may also (unlikely) fix a second recycling bug as
2004 - Fix a SD lock volumes deadlock problem reported in bug #1100.
2005 - Fix format problem in bscan output reported in bug #1105.
2006 - Copy more data when restarting a job so that run
2007 overrides are kept. This should fix bug #1094.
2008 - Backport updates to jobq.c where possible.
2009 - Fix bug where SD did not ask operator if the device could not
2010 be opened. Reported by Eric.
2011 - Add dbuser to DIR conf file (replaces user).
2012 - Add --with-db-password to ./configure
2013 - Fix regress to handle db_password.
2014 - Fix a couple of pedantic compiler warnings.
2015 - Fix bug when starting a restore on a storage that doesn't
2016 have the requested MediaType.
2017 - More work on word alignments -- eliminate all ints from
2018 the configuration routines.
2019 - Fix bug reported by Scott Barninger where the bacula script
2020 refers to scripts in the wrong directory. Needed to meet the
2021 requirements of recent FHS location changes.
2022 - Fix word alignment problem on non-Intel 64 bit machines
2023 such as Solaris. This should fix bug #1097 -- bus error in SD.
2024 - Add missing win32/patches/wxWidgets.patch to 2.4 repository.
2028 Kern;;;4 Jun 2008 at 10:30am
2029 Bacula version 2.4.0 Released
2030 This is to inform you that we have released the source and Win32 binaries of
2031 Bacula version 2.4.0 to the Bacula Source Forge download area.
2033 This release consists mainly of a number of bug fixes since 2.2.x
2034 but most importantly, a rewrite of significant portions of the
2035 Storage daemon reservation and autochanger code. This rewritten
2036 code is simpler, more stable, and works much better, particularly
2037 with multiple drive autochangers than the prior code did. That
2038 said, there are still a number of issues to be resolved. Note,
2039 the new code has not been tested in manual volume mount situations.
2041 As usual, we strongly recommend when installing to keep the Director and the
2042 Storage daemon on the same version. However, since this release only
2043 contains refactored code and bug fixes rather than new features, the clients
2044 (File daemons) should function perfectly with any 2.2.x version, and there is
2045 no database upgrade needed.
2047 =====================================================
2049 Release Notes for Bacula 2.4.0
2051 Bacula code: Total files = 500 Total lines = 188,654 (*.h *.c *.in)
2053 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
2054 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
2055 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
2056 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
2057 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0 nor from version
2058 2.2.x to version 2.4.0
2060 ================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
2061 As of Version 2.4.0, the Win32 FD should not descend into
2062 any reparse point directory or reparse mount points unless the
2063 specified directory is explicitly mentioned at the top level of
2064 FileSet (as with Unix). A file that is linked to another file will
2065 be backed up, much like Unix hardlinked files. If you want
2066 reparse directories backed up, you must explicitly include them
2068 ======================================================
2070 This release consists mainly of a number of bug fixes since 2.2.x
2071 but most importantly, a rewrite of significant portions of the
2072 Storage daemon reservation and autochanger code. This rewritten
2073 code is simpler, more stable, and works much better, particularly
2074 with multiple drive autochangers than the prior code did. That
2075 said, there are still a number of issues to be resolved. Note,
2076 the new code has not been tested in manual volume mount situations.
2079 1095, 1086, 1091, 1070, 1041, 1083, 1078, 1066, 1068, 1038
2080 1062, 1065, 1046, 1047, 1031
2083 - You can now build bat without the QWT libraries. Use
2084 --without-qwt as a ./configure option.
2086 Release Version 2.4.0
2087 - Update version to 2.4.0 to reflect the magnitude of the SD changes.
2088 - Make sure to clear JS_WaitMedia when operator mounts a Volume.
2089 This fixes bug #1095.
2090 - Add create_postgresql_database.sql to Win32 installer. Should
2091 fix problem reported by Juilio Monteiro.
2092 - Get correct slot when auto unloading a device. This fixes bug
2094 - Fix possible seg fault if SQL error.
2095 - Fix renaming a Volume, which used the wrong Volume name.
2096 - If operator has rewind tape, print warning, release tape and
2097 try once more. If tape is positioned somewhere, something went
2098 wrong, so mark the tape in error and try once more. Previously
2099 this error was fatal, now it produces an error message.
2100 - Ensure correct volume name displayed during restore
2101 - Fix a few more Coverity reported problems.
2102 - Fix #1091 about bad output in estimate command.
2103 - Modify autochanger locking to attempt to avoid race
2105 - Make sure device not busy before doing label command.
2106 - Display open() errors except when polling. Previously too
2107 many were suppressed. This should fix bug #1070.
2108 - Fix Win32 reparse points. Bacula will not recurse into any
2109 reparse point directory, including mount points, unless the
2110 directory is explicitly mentioned at the top level (same as
2111 with Unix). A file that is linked to another file will be
2112 backed up -- much as Unix does for hardlinked files.
2113 This fixes bug #1041.
2114 - Remove StorageId test when pruning and recycling (Eric's changes).
2115 - Fix buffer overruns detected by Coverity.
2116 - Implement --without-qwt
2117 - Fix layout of restore tree dialog
2118 - Add configure bat QWT libraries, so that bat can be built
2119 with or without the QWT libaries.
2120 - Implement regression that explicitly tests swapping a Volume
2121 from one drive to another.
2122 - Enhance disk-changer to detect most error conditions.
2123 - Fix SD code so that it properly swaps a Volume between drives.
2124 This fixes bug #1083.
2125 - Prevent a Volume that is being swapped from being freed from
2126 the volume list. This will most likely fix, at least partially,
2128 - Fix strippath so that it does not get a buffer overrun and crash FD.
2129 This fixes bug #1078.
2130 - Make inability to change owner/group when creating a dir only a
2131 warning rather than an error.
2132 - Fix SQL query in migration code
2133 - Fix bat seg fault at termination.
2134 - Add Bacula generated version to bat about box.
2135 - Backport development stream SD reservation system changes.
2136 - When wrong volume is mounted during read, unload_autochanger.
2137 - Stop searching for Volumes in SD askdir if DIR returns the
2138 same volume name twice in a row.
2139 - Rework class structures for VOLRES, DCR, and DEVICE to make
2140 the method names a bit more logical, and for more logically
2141 handling the responsibilities.
2142 - Remove redundant code in terminating the scheduler that just
2143 causes a seg fault in many cases.
2144 - Improve algorithm for detecting pre-reserved volume and
2146 - Prevent volume from being released while being swapped.
2147 - Refactor parts of stored/mount.c
2148 - Add sanity checks for VolWriteTime and VolReadTime
2149 - Take care of bad clock changes while computing VolWriteTime
2150 and VolReadTime. This should fix or limit #1066
2151 - Correct error string numbers in dird/catreq.c
2152 - Restructure reserving, acquiring, and mounting volumes. Calls to
2153 autochanger are deferred for mount.c -- simplifes the code.
2154 - Do not prune any running job. It just fails the job.
2155 - Lock the volumes when changing dev->reserved_device and marking
2156 the volume unused otherwise the device can get reserved by
2157 another job before the volume is released, thus blocking it.
2158 - Correct some SD catalog request error messages.
2159 - Turn off code in read_record that causes a seg fault in the SD
2160 when reading past an EOS_LABEL.
2161 - Turn off unloading the autochanger in reserve.c as it just
2163 - Lock volumes when unreserving a device.
2164 - Do not mark volume unused when recycling.
2165 - Fix bug #1068 fixes a SD crash when using Virtual autochanger.
2166 - Generate correct JobMedia records during spooling/despooling when
2167 running concurrent jobs. Thanks to Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
2168 <tih@hamartun.priv.no> for excellent analysis and testing.
2169 - *Massive* commit of all fixes and back ports to create 2.2.9
2170 Mostly SD reservations enhancements.
2171 - Fix Win32 FD backup/restore memory leak due to improper termination
2172 of BackupRead/Write. This fixes bug# 1038.
2173 - Fixes a StorageId problem with volumes after migration.
2174 - Implements autostart scripts for Debian
2175 - Fix mtx-changer.in for broken Debian mt program.
2176 - Apply doc fix from bug #1062.
2177 - Resolve crash and improper restore wx-console Win32 restore
2178 GUI. Fixes bug #1065.
2179 - Update Win32 wxWidgets to latest version.
2180 - Attempt to do correct handling of Win32 mount points. Should
2182 - Add const to AIX prototype for initgroups()
2183 - Fix to the JobMedia patch, which introduced a new problem.
2184 - Fix creating first JobMedia record during Migration to include
2185 proper index. This caused slow restores of migrated jobs.
2186 - Fix bug #1047, do not strip paths on symbolic links.
2187 - Set catalog backup database and user name from values specified on
2188 the ./configure line.
2189 - Apply patch to correct bug #1031, about wrong pool source information
2193 Kern;;;27 Jan 2008 at 10:30am
2194 Bacula version 2.2.8 Released
2195 Bacula version 2.2.8 source tar files as well as the Win32
2196 binaries are available in the bacula and Win32 release areas
2197 of Source Forge. I have hidden the previous BETA release
2199 Version 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7 and has a few
2200 additional bugs fixed than the BETA 2.2.8 version previously
2202 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, 1040, 1045(doc), 1030,
2203 1042(partially), and possibly bugs 1018 and 1032.
2204 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers,
2205 and are difficult to reproduce.
2206 See the ChangeLog for more details.
2207 Note, if you previously loaded version 2.2.8 BETA, you will probably
2208 want to upgrade, but it is not urgent ...
2212 Kern;;;9 Jan 2008 at 20:30
2213 Bacula version BETA 2.2.8 Released
2214 Bacula version 2.2.8 source tar files as well as the Win32
2215 binaries are available in the bacula-beta and
2216 Win32-beta release areas of Source Forge
2218 Version BETA 2.2.8 is a bug fix to version 2.2.7:
2219 - It fixes bugs: 1036, 1033(doc), 1028, and possibly 1018 and 1032.
2220 Bugs 1018 and 1032 involve problems with multiple-drive autochangers.
2223 Kern;;;24 Dec 2007;;20:30
2224 Bacula version 2.2.7 Released
2225 Bacula version 2.2.7 source tar files as well as the Win32
2226 binaries are available in the Bacula release area of Source Forge
2228 Version 2.2.7 has several new features and several important bug fixes
2229 since version 2.2.6:
2230 - It fixes bugs: 1009, 1022, 1024, 1019, 1012, 1021, 1020
2231 1007, 1008. For more details, please see the technotes-2.1 file.
2232 - Fixed a seg fault reported by Frank Sweetser that depended on
2233 exact path lengths, but the problem was in bsnprintf.c
2234 - Double quoting include filenames (@xxx) in Bacula conf files is now
2235 possible, thanks to a patch by Michael Stapelberg.
2236 - You can pipe input to include filenames (@|prog) by using a vertical
2237 bar, thanks to the above patch.
2238 - A daylight savings time bug in the Win32 bsmpt was fixed by a patch from
2240 - Marc Cousins submitted a patch that permits building the PostgreSQL
2241 driver with version 8.3.
2242 - The configure option --archivedir has been changed to --with-archivedir
2244 Kern;;;9 Nov 2007;;15:25
2245 Bacula version 2.2.6 Released
2246 Bacula version 2.2.6 source tar files as well as the Win32
2247 binaries are available in the Bacula release area of Source Forge.
2249 This release is a minor fix upgrade to version 2.2.5,
2250 and we recommend that all users upgrade when they can.
2252 Version 2.2.6 is a minor bug fix realease to version 2.2.5
2253 - It fixes bugs: #1003, 942, 982, 990(response only), 991,
2255 - Fix bat crash wen it cannot connect to Director.
2256 - Fix joblist failure bug in bat.
2258 Kern;;;9 Oct 2007;;15:25
2259 Bacula version 2.2.5 Released
2260 Despite the fact that the Release Notes are rather short, the bug
2261 fixes represent quite a lot of work:
2263 Version 2.2.5 is a major bug fix release to version 2.2.4
2264 - It fixes the following bugs: #961, 962, 963, 969, 968, 960,
2265 964, (possibly 935 and 903), 953, 953, 967, 966, 965, 954,
2266 957, 908, 958, and 955.
2267 - It also improves listing performance problems in bat pointed
2268 out by Chris Howells.
2270 Kern;;;29 Sept 2007;;20:30
2271 A serious data loss bug in Bacula version 2.2.4 found and fixed
2273 This bug was very elusive and time consuming to track down. It
2274 turned out to be a race condition that can lose the last one or
2275 two blocks of a Job, which can happen in rare cases only when
2276 running multiple simultaneous jobs when a volume fills and one
2277 Job finishes receiving the last data from the FD and at the same
2278 time a second job detects the end of the Volume. The bug was
2279 introduced in version 2.0.0 and did not exist in version 1.38.x.
2280 If the bug is triggered, the data is lost (not written to the
2281 Volume), and it can occur for any backup job of any level under
2282 the conditions noted above.
2284 The bug is reported in the bugs database as bug #964, and just
2285 this morning I found and tested a fix, which is attached as a patch
2286 to the bug report. The patch (2.2.4-lost-block.patch) is also
2287 uploaded to the bacula-patches 2.2.x release area. This bug may
2288 also be part of the problems reported in bug #935 and possibly
2291 Also in the bacula-patches 2.2.x area, you will find other
2292 patches that fixes bugs #953, 966, 967, 965, 958, 908, and
2293 955. Please refer to bugs.bacula.org for the details.
2295 Though this bug quite serious (data loss), it should be rare.
2296 However, we recommend everyone to apply the patch.
2298 Kern;;;2007/9/14;;;14:30
2299 Bacula version 2.2.4 Released
2301 This version of Bacula is a minor bug release to version 2.2.3.
2302 It contains the following fixes:
2304 - Possible fix for authorization problems bug #953.
2305 - Possible fix for bug #908.
2306 - Add waits to multiple exit detection code to try to force pid
2307 file to always be deleted.
2308 - Restore good dev.tar.gz to rescue set appropriate binary property.
2309 This fixes bug #950.
2310 - Fix seg fault in error exit of acquire_for_read after unsuccessfully
2311 trying to switch drives by checking for blocking before unblocking.
2313 - Cancel storage daemon in all cases where FD reports error. This
2314 should fix virtually all cases of bug #920 and will ensure that Devices
2315 are released as soon as possible.
2316 - Fix error message that was clobbered when Dir tells SD it does not
2317 have write permission on Volume. This should fix a minor point
2318 in bug #942, but not the main problem.
2319 - Fix migration code to get correct Volume name with multiple volumes
2320 by skipping |. Fixes bug #936.
2321 - Implement patch supplied by Landon to fix bug #944 where using
2322 TLS with bconsole uses 99+% of the CPU.
2323 - Fix bug #946 about "bacula-dir -t" which doesn't works
2325 - Using "m" in bconsole will show messages as in prior versions
2326 and not memory usage.
2328 - Note, you need GTK >= 2.10 to be able to link the Tray Monitor
2331 Kern;;;2007/9/9;;;14:30
2332 I regret to announce that there is a rather serious bug in Bacula.
2334 Bacula bug #935 reports that during a restore, a large number of files are
2335 missing and thus not restored. This is really quite surprising because we
2336 have a fairly extensive regression test suite that explicitly tests for this
2337 kind of problem many times.
2339 Despite our testing, there is indeed a bug in Bacula that has the following
2342 1. It happens only when multiple simultaneous Jobs are run (regardless of
2343 whether or not data spooling is enabled), and happens only when the
2344 Storage daemon is changing from one Volume to another -- i.e. the
2345 backups span multiple volumes, and it only happens for Jobs writing
2348 2. It has only been observed on disk based backup, but not on tape.
2350 3. Under the right circumstances (timing), it could and probably does happen
2353 4. It seems to be timing dependent, and requires multiple clients to
2354 reproduce, although under the right circumstances, it should be reproducible
2355 with a single client doing multiple simultaneous backups.
2357 5. Analysis indicates that it happens most often when the clients are slow
2358 (e.g. doing Incremental backups).
2360 6. It has been verified to exist in versions 2.0.x and 2.2.x.
2362 7. It should also be in version 1.38, but could not be reproduced in testing,
2363 perhaps due to timing considerations or the fact that the test FD daemons
2366 8. The data is correctly stored on the Volume, but incorrect index (JobMedia)
2367 records are stored in the database. (the JobMedia record generated during
2368 the Volume change contains the index of the new Volume rather than the
2369 previous Volume). This will be described in more detail below.
2371 9. You can prevent the problem from occurring by either turning off multiple
2372 simultaneous Jobs or by ensuring that while running multiple simultaneous
2373 Jobs that those Jobs do not span Volumes. E.g. you could manually mark
2374 Volumes as full when they are sufficiently large.
2376 10. If you are not running multiple simultaneous Jobs, you will not be
2377 affected by this bug.
2379 11. If you are running multiple simultaneous Jobs to tapes, I believe there is
2380 a reasonable probability that this problem could show up when Jobs are split
2383 12. If you are running multiple simultaneous Jobs to disks, I believe there is
2384 a high probability that this problem will show up when Jobs are split across
2387 13. The bug concerns only the Storage daemon so there is no need to update
2388 the clients, though I do recommend updating the Director when installing
2389 an updated Storage daemon.
2391 I have uploaded patches to bug #935 (bugs.bacula.org) that will correct
2392 version 2.2.0, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2. The patch has been tested only on version
2393 2.2.2 and passes all regression tests as well as the specific test that
2394 reproduced the problem.
2396 The patch has now been confirmed to fix the problem reported, and Bacula
2397 version 2.2.3 has been released to Source Forge.
2399 For the technical details of the bug, please see:
2401 http://www.bacula.org/downloads/bug-935.txt
2405 Kern;;;2007/8/11;;;14:30
2407 Bacula Version 2.2.0 has been released to Source Forge.
2409 Release Notes for Bacula 2.2.0
2411 Bacula code: Total files = 520 Total lines = 195,550 (*.h *.c *.in)
2412 82 new files, 41,221 new lines of code, 208,380 lines of change from 2.0.3
2414 This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
2415 but they should be compatible with all 2.0.x File daemons, unless you
2416 use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
2417 not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
2418 no database upgrade needed from version 2.0.x to 2.2.0.
2420 Areas requiring caution or testing:
2421 - You must have the thread safe version of MySQL client libraries loaded
2422 to build with MySQL enabled.
2423 - Volumes are pruned only when absolutely necessary -- this may cause
2424 your database to grow compared to prior Bacula versions.
2425 - Solaris door and even port files are no longer restored (equivalent
2426 to what we do with sockets).
2427 - SQLite is no longer supported for Solaris -- it fails too often with
2428 bus errors. SQLite3 should work on Solaris.
2429 - The default setting for SQLite3 is now 'PRAGMA synchronous=OFF'.
2430 This makes it run 30 times faster, but increases the possiblity
2431 of a corrupted database if your server shuts down unexpectedly.
2432 The default behavior can be changed in src/version.h
2433 - Restore on Win32, and in particular on Vista is untested. Please
2434 test before relying on it. It should backup and restore reparse
2436 - Win32 servers are untested, and very likely not to work.
2438 The major new features are:
2439 - Much faster insertion of attributes (somewhere around 10 times),
2440 many thanks to Eric Bollengier and Marc Cousin.
2441 - First release of bat (Bacula Administration Tool). Note to build
2442 bat you must explicitly enable it on the ./configure line, you
2443 must have the Qt4 version 4.2 or later libraries loaded, the qwt
2444 (Qt Graphics) package loaded, and qmake and the other Qt4 tools
2445 must be available. Most of the implementation was done by Dirk Bartley.
2446 - Red/Black restore in memory tree (500 times faster loading).
2447 - The Regex Where code to allow easier relocation of restored files
2449 - Socket level heartbeat for all connections (untested).
2450 - posix_fadvise() use in the FD to improve performance reduces
2451 swapping due to opening/reading lots of files. Win32 equivalent
2453 - Much improved Volume reservation code that should eliminate most
2454 conflicts experienced in multiple drive autochangers.
2455 - Simpler locking in the SD in the reservation system.
2456 - Detection of file size/date change during backup if enabled.
2457 - New Recycle Pool feature -- thanks to Eric.
2458 - Efficient implementation of very large include/exclude lists.
2459 - Volumes are no longer pruned during 'status dir'
2460 - Pruning is now more efficient, and if a Volume is purged,
2461 during pruning, it is immediately discovered.
2462 - License is now GPL v2 without modifications, fix a few copyright
2463 mistakes made when adding FSFE copyright notice.
2465 New ./configure options:
2466 - --enable-bwx-console
2471 - --enable-batch-insert
2473 New bconsole commands:
2476 - update recyclepool
2479 - .pwd (in restore tree)
2480 - restoreclient (keyword)
2481 - backupclient (keyword)
2482 - regexwhere (keyword)
2483 - update jobid (new command)
2484 - recyclepool (keyword)
2487 - Heartbeat Interval (bconsole.conf)
2488 - Heartbeat Interval (bacula-dir.conf in Director, Client, Storage)
2489 - TLS Allowed CN (bacula-dir.conf in Client)
2490 - Regex Where (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
2491 - Strip Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
2492 - Add Prefix (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
2493 - Add Suffex (bacula-dir.conf in Job)
2494 - Recycle Pool (bacula-dir.conf in Pool)
2495 - FailJobOnError (bacula-dir.conf in RunScript)
2496 - CheckFileChanges (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
2497 - StripPath (bacula-dir.conf in FileSet)
2499 Other features or bug fixes:
2500 - Fixed bugs: 916, 910, 917, 914, 906, 907,
2501 842, 830, 893, 861, 888, 886, 807, 877, 872
2502 885, 887, 864, 874, 882, 881, 863, 859,
2503 856, 854, 845, 847, 846, 809, 772,
2504 822, 825, 824, 808, 802, 797, 798, 795, 789, 791,
2505 788, 780, 763, 782, 612, 767, 775, 621, 772, 764,
2506 766, 621, 761, 755, 750, 741, 747, 742, 744, and 743.
2507 - Configure bat with --enable-bat. Define qwt libraries with
2508 --with-qwt=<dir>. See Installation chapter of manual for details.
2509 - Create a depkgs-qt package that has both Qt4 and qwt, which are
2510 needed to build bat. Most modern Linux systems will have both
2511 these packages in the distro.
2512 - Storage overrides delete all previous storage definitions instead
2514 - One should be able to mount and unmount removable devices if the
2515 Device resource has Removeable Media set and the mount and unmount
2516 directives are defined.
2517 - ./configure will do a better job of searching for qwt libraries.
2518 - The Win32 version can no longer be shutdown from the tray monitor.
2519 Use the command line or the Services panne.
2520 - Keep prune_volumes() from pruning the whole Scratch pool.
2521 - More debug output in status storage.
2522 - Correct moving a Scratch volume from pool to pool (some
2523 critical columns were lost).
2524 - Different locking in reservations and despooling systems,
2525 which means more micro-locking and less macro-locking, which
2526 should give a lot more concurrency at the expense of slightly
2527 (<0.1%) more overhead due to more locking/unlocking, but
2528 concurrent jobs should run much faster.
2529 - Additional drive reservation algorithm that should solve a lot of
2530 the problems experienced with multiple drive autochangers.
2531 - Storage daemon status command enhanced to more clearly show Volume,
2532 pool and media type when a job is waiting.
2533 - Made bsmtp work with more strict SMTP servers.
2534 - Detect doubly freed buffers in smartall.c
2535 - wx-console renamed to bwx-console (Fedora request)
2536 - gnome-console renamed to bgnome-console (Fedora request)
2537 - Migration preserves original job's FileSetId
2538 - Spooling implemented for migration jobs.
2539 - Config files can be read through a pipe, by specifying a leading |
2540 in front of the configuration path/filename.
2541 - New memory command (bconsole) that will print the current Director's
2542 memory usage, and an in use buffer dump.
2543 - Console name changed from *Console* to -Console- to accomodate Win32
2544 filename restrictions.
2545 - Corrected the Win32 ftruncate bug.
2546 - Additional version information added to Job reports.
2547 - New -8 option for bsmtp to specify UTF-8 encoding type.
2548 - bsmtp will no longer add < > to target (from, to, cc) if there
2549 is already a < in the target.
2550 - Prefer Mounted Volumes extended to mean a volume that is being
2551 mounted by another job.
2552 - Runscript timing set to same as version 1.38.11
2553 - New TLS Allowed CN directive(s) permitted.
2554 - New bconsole 'exec' command to run external script/command.
2555 - Turn on FreeBSD/OpenBSD code to set EOT model on tape.
2556 - Drop from root done before database is opened.
2557 - Database user and name can be configured with:
2558 --with-db-name=name --with-db-user=user
2559 - Turn on wait_for_drive in mtx-changer script.
2560 - Rework how bar codes are handled in mtx-changer script.
2561 This appears to have been an unreported bug.
2562 - Updated nagios plugin supplied by Christian Masopust
2563 - Better restricted console ACL checking.
2564 - New Client Connect Wait directive in Storage daemon so that
2565 users can configure how long SD waits for FD connection.
2566 - Bacula will no longer permit pruning of the currently running
2567 job (note, if other jobs are running, they may be pruned).
2568 - Sockets are no longer restored.
2569 - dbcheck works in 300K chunks so will typically run faster.
2570 - Include/Exclude lists can now be efficiently handled for quite
2571 large sizes -- tens of thousands of entries.
2572 - Several memory leaks in migration and database usage were fixed.
2573 - New console keyword restoreclient, which specifies the client to
2574 which the restore will be sent. The client keyword specifies
2575 the backup client. The restoreclient keyword is optional if it is
2576 not specified, the backup client will also be the restore client.
2577 - The disk file size is now checked to ensure that it agrees with the
2578 catalog value before Bacula will append to the disk (same as tape
2583 Kern;;;2007/3/6;;;14:30
2585 Bacula Version 2.0.3 has been released to Source Forge.
2586 This is a bug fix release to version 2.0.2. If you are upgrading from
2587 a version older than 2.0.0, please be sure to read the important notes
2590 Also, please check the patches directory in the current SVN or the
2591 patches release section on Source Forge for important bug fixes to
2595 kes File migrate bug with Pool Occupancy using mediaid instead
2596 of jobids. Fixes bug #795.
2597 kes Fix orphaned buffers in filed backup and verify due to
2598 crypto buffers not freed during errors. Fixes bug #789.
2600 kes Add smartctl call to bacula-sd.conf as an example of getting
2603 kes Add Client Connect Wait to Storage daemon to permit users to
2604 modify the time the SD waits for a FD connection.
2606 kes Apply Command ACL filter to JobId list in restore command.
2607 kes Correct typeo in var.c patch.
2609 kes Don't let Bacula prune File or Job records for the current Job.
2610 kes Fix variable substitution pad + inc bug reported (with patch)
2613 kes Correct SQLite log table index as reported by Luca Berra.
2615 ebl Fix FIFO stuff, bacula tries to rewind the FIFO... Thanks to Andreas
2617 kes Fix a few places in lib/message.c where the open fd may
2620 kes Add LANG=C to autoconf/randpass so it works with languages other
2621 than English. Fixes bug #788.
2623 ebl Revert ClientRunBeforeJob as it was in 1.38.x
2625 You will not be able to generate Include/Exclude list any more.
2626 If you want to use this, you can apply
2627 trunk/bacula/patches/testing/clientrunbeforejob_can_generate_include_exclude_list.patch
2629 kes Restore of sockets created false error messages because Bacula
2630 no longer restores sockets, but the code was still trying to
2631 set the attributes on a non-existent file. Reported by a user.
2633 kes Fix encryption deblocking bug, which caused some restored files
2634 to be truncated. This fixes bug #763. This is a CRITICAL bug fix.
2635 kes Add FD event sequence order prepared by Eric -- for RunScripts.
2636 kes Fix 12am/pm bug as reported in bug #782.
2638 kes Add quick disconnect FD code from 2.1.4 to 2.0.3. This code
2639 causes the SD to release the FD as soon as the FD has sent
2640 all the data to the SD. After that the SD will do any final
2641 despooling (data and attributes) that are necessary. This
2642 allows laptops to disconnect much quicker from the network
2645 kes Apply Eric's ClientRunScriptAfter patch to 2.0 and 2.1.
2647 kes Optimize the use of the database a bit in the Status dir command.
2648 Only open it when needed, ensure that if any previous database
2649 was opened, it is closed.
2651 kes Modify dbcheck to handle orphaned JobMedia, Path, Filename,
2652 and File records in 300K chunks to be more efficient. This
2653 idea came from Juan Luis Frances (if I remember right).
2655 kes Update projects list.
2657 kes Fix dird/ua_cmds.c so that a cancel command checks if the
2658 console is authorized to cancel the job. This fixes bug
2660 kes Modify SD so that the VolCatJobs medium record is updated
2661 at the beginning of a Job rather than the end. This
2662 fixes bug #775 where exceeding MaxVolJobs caused jobs
2664 kes Added a mutex around getting and setting Volume information
2665 so that multiple simultaneous jobs will single thread.
2667 Switch to using Subversion
2668 kes Remove src/pygtk-console/ from configure
2670 kes Delete src/lib/btree.c from win32 build, then add rblist.c
2671 plus the entrypoints.
2672 kes Apply patch supplied that corrects debug print
2673 in canceling jobs for max run time. Supplied as
2674 part of bug #621, which was previously fixed.
2676 kes Test on job_canceled() and sd_msg_thread_done inside
2677 loop starting the message thread to avoid a race condition.
2679 kes Remove rl_catch_signal from console.c as it conflicted
2680 with the header definition. Fixes bug #765.
2681 ebl Fixes bug #766 about RunsOnClient = Yes (case sensitive)
2683 kes Clarify some stored/acquire messages to indicate if the
2684 problem is with read or append.
2686 kes Fix memory leak with storage ids in cats/sql_get.c
2687 kes Terminate watchdog earlier to avoid reference to released
2688 memory -- reported by Jason Austin.
2689 kes Move closing the database from jobq.c to the director daemon
2690 termination routine. This fixes memory leaks for shadow jobs
2691 (i.e. migration jobs).
2692 kes Free up the unique jobid chain items in migrate.c. This fixes
2693 a memory leak problem.
2694 kes Convert some ugly looking for statements to use foreach_alist
2695 in findlib/find.c. This will facilitate converting the structures
2696 to use dlist (for large include/exclude lists).
2697 kes Fix a bug in the btree.c and btree.h routines, then rename them
2698 rblist and add them to be built in src/lib. Include some new
2699 methods written by Rudolf Cejka that make the code more readable
2700 (hides some of the ugly casting).
2702 kes Implement item #12 on project list -- quick release of FD by
2703 the SD. This is noted in more detail above.
2707 Kern;;;2007/1/28;;;14:30
2709 Bacula Version 2.0.2 released:
2711 kes Fix maxruntime bug #621.
2713 kes Get current main CVS .specs for RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake.
2715 ebl Implement the include JobID in spool file name project.
2716 kes Reorder projects file in order determined by Jan 2007 vote.
2717 kes Fix open of SQLite3 db where user does not have write permission
2718 so that DIR does not crash. Fixes bug #761.
2720 kes Change 'Device not configured to autolabel' from INFO
2722 kes Fix jobq.c to restart failed jobs when Reschedule Times = 0
2723 which should restart an indefinite # of times.
2724 kes Fix configure --help to print --with-mysql[=DIR]. Same for
2725 other DIR specifications.
2727 rn Fix msvc build problems. Fix bacula.dll exports for msvc build.
2728 Fix path quoting in SQLite scripts.
2729 Fix problems with SHGetFolderPath.
2731 kes Create patches/2.0.1-restart.patch. Fixes bug #755.
2733 kes Fix Job restart on error bug that promotes an Inc to a Full
2734 backup. This should fix bug #755.
2735 kes Add qt-console and first cut of code.
2739 Kern;;;2007/1/13;;;14:30
2741 Bacula Version 2.0.1 has been released to Source Forge.
2742 This is bug fix update to version 2.0.0 and contains
2743 the following fixes:
2745 - Fix Bacula->Documentation link on Win32 to point to index.html
2746 instead of bacula.html. Fixed bug #750.
2747 - Return JobId in db_get_job_record() when JobId==0. This should
2749 - Do not release source pointers when restarting a failed job.
2750 - Add dynamic dll entry point for SHGetFolderPath to Win32 code.
2751 This *should* fix bug #747.
2752 - Modify winbacula.nsi to substitute with g bin_dir_cmd. Should fix
2754 - Modify USTORE constructor to set an empty store_source string,
2755 and don't copy the store_source string in a cancel. Hopefully
2756 this will fix Arno's seg fault, bug #744.
2757 - Add back code to disable conio in configure. Fixes bug #743.
2758 - Correct the Options scanner in the FD to correctly handle
2759 SHA1 option, which was eating the next option. Reported by
2761 - Add code to indicate when the SD is spooling, spool wait, and
2762 despooling as requested by Alan Brown.
2766 Kern;;;2007/1/4;;;14:30
2768 Bacula Version 2.0.0 has been released to Source Forge.
2770 There is an English Press Kit, written by Dan Langille at:
2772 http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.en
2774 and a German version, translated by Arno Lehmann at:
2776 http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.de
2780 Kern;;;2007/1/4;;;14:31
2782 Release Notes for Bacula 2.0.0
2784 Bacula code: Total files = 438 Total lines = 154,329 (*.h *.c *.in)
2786 ==== IMPORTANT Catalog update required =====
2787 - The database format has been updated from what was used in
2788 Bacula 1.38.x. You must manually update your database before
2789 running Bacula 1.39.x or higher. If you are using Bacula supplied
2790 RPMs this is not necessary as the RPM does it automatically.
2791 Please backup your previous version of the database before
2792 running the update. The update script will be automatically
2793 installed in your scripts directory, or can also be found in
2794 <bacula-source>/src/cats. It is called:
2796 ./update_bacula_tables
2798 It is necessary to run it only once the first time you move to
2799 a 2.0.0. Upgrading the Bacula version thereafter does not
2800 require updating the database again. Depending on the size of
2801 your database the script make take a bit of time, to run, but
2802 in general, it should be very fast.
2804 ==== IMPORTANT new Win32 install procedure =====
2805 For Win32 migrations from versions prior to 1.39.0 nothing special
2806 needs to be done to upgrade. Everything should be taken care of
2807 automatically. The only thing not done is to delete the old C:\bacula
2808 directory mostly out of paranoia.
2810 ==== IMPORTANT miscellaneous ====
2811 - The Gnome console program (gconsole) no longer functions as it
2812 should.More importantly, in restore mode, the restore tree is
2813 no longer shown in the left pane. I suspect this is due to
2814 incompatible changes in the GTK+ API, and hence have given up
2815 on gnome and gtk+, as this has already happened several times
2816 previously. At some point there will be a new GUI console.
2817 - The bacula-dir.conf directive Accept Any Volume has been
2818 removed because it was never implemented. You must delete all
2819 occurrence of this directive for the Director to run. The Storage
2820 daemon will automatically accept any valid Volume that you mount.
2821 - The --mandir ./configure option now points to the top level man
2822 directory. The man files will be installed under mandir/man8 and
2823 mandir/man1 as appropriate.
2824 - You *should* be able to use 1.38.x FDs with version 2.0.0 Director
2825 and SD providing you do not use any of the new features (runscript,
2826 data encryption). It seems to work here, but we do not guarantee it.
2827 - Your Director and SD must be simultaneously upgraded.
2828 - The restore command no longer uses the MediaType as the primary method
2829 of finding a suitable Storage device. Normally it will select the last
2830 device used to write a Volume. If no storage device is defined, it
2831 will use the old algorithm which selects the first Storage resource
2832 with the correct MediaType.
2833 - The MD5/SHA1 hash codes kept in the database are now kept in a binary
2834 format compatible with the rest of the world. If you are running verify
2835 jobs, you *must* do an InitCatalog or all files will show an MD5
2836 difference. Also, authentication uses the new algorithm by
2837 default, but *should* accept connections from older components (FD) using
2838 the old non-compatible algorithm. This has been tested, but more
2839 more testing is still needed.
2840 - A stock SuSE 10.1 kernel may crash when Bacula runs and accesses
2841 the tape drive. Workaround, load the SuSE 10.1 version 2.6.16.21-0.25
2842 kernel or later. The SuSE 10.2 Alpha 5 or later kernel also works.
2843 This problem may also be present in certain Fedora FC5 kernels.
2844 - If you have been using the data encryption feature of 1.39.x, please
2845 be aware that certain combinations of encryption and other options
2846 with version 1.39.0 through 1.39.26 created Volume data that cannot
2847 be restored. We strongly recommend that anyone using encryption
2848 carefully review his/her backups and at a minium do a Full backup
2849 with 1.39.28 of all encrypted data. Robert Nelson has identified
2850 and fixed it as follows:
2852 No filters = Works fine
2854 Compression = Works fine
2855 Encryption = Works fine
2856 Sparse + Compression = Works fine
2858 Sparse + Encryption = Restore broken
2859 Sparse + Compression + Encryption = Restore broken
2860 Compression + Encryption = Restore broken
2863 Most combinations work, but some encrypted files are
2864 not properly restored.
2867 All combinations work fine except Sparse+Encryption.
2869 Bottom line, if you are using data encryption, please test restoring
2870 data to be sure it all works correctly.
2871 - The current Volume format written by 1.39.22 is different from
2872 the format written by previous versions. The two formats
2873 are not compatible. Thus any DVDs written prior to 1.39.22 will
2874 be unreadable by version 1.39.22.
2875 - If you previously run a Bacula version prior to 1.39.30, the JobMedia
2876 data may not be correct for disk Volumes. This can cause incorrect
2877 seeking in versions after 1.39.30. If you experience what appears to
2878 be data I/O or integrity errors during restores, please add the
2879 following directive to your disk DEVICE resource in the Storage
2882 Block Positioning = no
2884 This will turn off all seek requests during restores and avoid
2886 - VSS for Windows clients is now enabled by default.
2887 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
2888 - Implement mount command for autochanger, see manual.
2890 New Features in 2.0.0:
2891 - Turn on disk seek code for restores.
2892 - There is a partial but reasonable translation of the Bacula
2893 messages for French. To install it, first configure and build
2894 Bacula, then as root run:
2896 cd <bacula-source>/po
2899 If you have your locale set properly you will get the translated
2901 - Bacula now support Migration jobs that are documented in a new
2902 Migration chapter in the manual
2903 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Migration.html
2904 - Data encryption is now implemented and is documented in
2905 a new chapter of the manual at:
2906 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Bacula_Data_Encryption.html
2907 - Additional support for removable devices. See the
2908 Requires Mount, Mount Point, Mount Command, and Unmount
2909 Commands in the Storage daemon configuration chapter:
2910 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html
2911 Also see the Edit Codes for Mount and Unmount Directives in the
2913 - Switch the Win32 build from using Microsoft C++ to using mingw32
2914 cross-compiling. The initial work was done by Howard Thomson,
2915 then tweaked by me. Robert Nelson then totally reworked the
2916 cross-compiling code so that it not only cross-compiles, but
2917 also compiles on Visual Studio, and at the same time, he added
2918 all the current Unix features to the FD, such as selection on
2919 drives, encryption support, building *all* the tools, ...
2920 - The Director and Storage daemon have now been ported to Win32.
2921 This code is working but should still be tested carefully
2922 before putting into production.
2923 - Bacula restore and bextract can now extract non-portable Win32 data to
2924 any client (including Unix/Linux clients). Of course, in doing so,
2925 the Microsoft specific permissions and ACLs will be lost. Thanks
2926 to Thorsten Engel for this code.
2927 - The 260 character limitation for Win32 paths name lengths is now
2928 eliminated thanks to Thorsten Engel. However, if you are using
2929 Volume Shadow Copy, please be careful to specify all the paths
2930 in the bacula-fd.conf file using a full path notation including
2932 - Eric Bollengier wrote new RunScript directives that includes
2933 the old RunBefore/AfterJob and ClientRunBefore/AfterJob features
2934 plus a *lot* more, allowing you to control just about every aspect
2935 of running scripts. See the manual for detailed documentation.
2936 http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Configuring_Director.html#5227
2937 - SunOS ACLs should now work thanks to a patch from David Duchscher.
2938 - Apply days keyword patch from Alexander.Bergolth at wu-wien.ac.at
2939 If this patch is applied, the number of days can be specified with
2940 "list nextvol days=xx"
2942 "status dir days=xx"
2943 This can be used to preview the next scheduled job (and the
2944 next tape to be used) on Fridays if there are no scheduled jobs during
2946 - From Eric Bollengier. One can now using the bconsole wait command do:
2947 wait (wait for all jobs to stop)
2949 wait jobuid=unique id
2951 - Volumes can now be set to Enable, Disable, or Archive. If they
2952 are not enabled, Volumes will not be mounted.
2953 Implement update volume enable=(on|off|true|false|archived|0|1|2)
2954 - Add Catalog message destination in Messages resource that puts the
2955 job report in the Log database table.
2956 - Writing/reading DVD Volumes is much more stable -- to the point
2957 of being useful. Thanks to Richard Mortimer.
2958 - Add enable/disable job=<job-name>. This command prevents
2959 the specified job from being scheduled. Even when disabled,
2960 the job can be manually started from the console.
2961 - The database Id records should be 32/64 bit independent now. 64 bits
2962 can be enabled by changing one define and changing the appropriate
2963 table variable. Normally, you need 64 bits only for FileId.
2964 - Relative path specifications (i.e. ../xxx) are now permitted in
2965 the restore cd command.
2966 - When running multiple simultaneous jobs, most jobs that use spooling
2967 will now finish faster due to a mutex optimization made by Eric
2969 - Conf files containing UTF-8 marker at the head of the file as well as
2970 conf files containing Window cr/lf and Mac cr line termination characters
2971 are now accepted thanks to Robert Nelson.
2972 - Windows tray status windows are scrollable and resizable.
2973 - Win32 external script execution is much more flexible -- handles
2974 spaces in names better, ...
2975 - Lots of DVD fixes -- writing DVDs is now reported to work.
2976 - Fix opening of database in a restricted console to respect
2978 - Much better automatic handling of multiple database catalogs in
2979 the restore command.
2980 - Permit multiple console/director resources in bconsole.conf.
2981 patch from Carsten Paeth calle@calle.in-berlin.de
2982 - Character substitution in Job/JobDefs WriteBootStrap.
2983 from Eric Bollengier.
2984 - Apply patch supplied in bug #656 to pass priority field
2985 in the run dialog to the Director in gnome console.
2986 - Add support of encrypted data stream to bscan from Eric.
2987 display data_len instead of data content (may be binary).
2988 - Add Enabled=xxx on update slots command.
2989 - Add host:port to connect failure messages to FD and SD from Dir/
2990 - Add WhereACL to console ACL list. If nothing is specified, only
2991 the default is permitted for restore. Otherwise, *all* allows any
2992 path, or you can specify permitted paths. This should allow control
2993 over where users can restore files. This is untested.
2994 - Install man pages with 'make install'.
2995 - Add Media.Enabled flag to client backups for dotcmds.c
2996 - Enforce Media.Enabled=1 for a current restore to work
2997 - Require restore case 3 to have sqlquery permission to work.
2998 - Add -n option to bconsole to turn off conio -- used in bweb.
2999 - The bytes field in the terminated jobs part of the status
3000 command now reports in KB, MB, ... units.
3001 - When not descending into a directory, print the File= name that
3002 triggered it -- makes why not descending a bit clearer
3003 - Do not unload autochanger when doing "update slots"
3004 - Implement mount command for autochanger
3005 - Fix bug #462 incorrect error message printed when client script called
3006 from File= was not found.
3007 - Fix bug #558 (waiting for feedback) where Bacula needs too much time to
3008 do a rewind on Solaris when no tape is in the drive (Solaris does not
3009 have the detailed errno found on Linux). Added Solaris specific code.
3010 Note, this may apply to other OSes as well.
3011 - The examples directory has a new bacula_mail_summary.sh file that
3012 creates a single email summary of any number of jobs. Submitted by
3014 - Add nagios plugin to the examples directory. Submitted by
3016 - Modify most restore error messages to be queued so that they
3017 appear at the end of the job rather than mixed with the restore
3018 listing where they could be "lost".
3019 - Apply patch supplied by user (slightly modified) to fix
3020 correct detection of holes in block devices and FIFOs.
3022 - Added a report.pl program to the examples directory from Jonas Bjorklund.
3023 - Add two new queries to query.sql provided by Arno. One
3024 list volumes known to the Storage device, and the other
3025 lists volumes possibly needing replacement (error, ...).
3026 - Implement new code for changing userid and group at startup. This
3027 should get Bacula into the correct groups.
3028 - Implement support for removable filesystems -- device type directive
3029 and mount, unmount directives.
3030 - Transfer rates are now presented in a more readable format thanks
3031 to a user submission.
3032 - SD is now aware of what volumes are mounted. More information is printed
3033 in the Status report. You must take much more care now to unmount
3034 devices prior to removing tapes that Bacula has open or prior to
3035 changing a magazine. Don't forget to do a mount afterwards or the
3036 device will be blocked.
3037 - The Pool Maximum Volumes directive is now respected in all places.
3038 - A Storage device can now be specified in a Pool resource. It will override
3039 all other Storage specifications.
3040 - Most but not all directives accept true/false in place of yes/no.
3041 - A patch from Karl Hakimian that reads JobIds, FileIndexes
3042 from a database table for restore.
3043 - There are a number of new tables. Some such as the Location table are
3044 designed for user use in doing Volume Management software.
3045 - Maximum Changer Wait, Maximum Open Wait, Maximum Rewind Wait to
3046 accept time qualifiers.
3047 - Implement jobuid to replace old usage of job in keywords as
3048 suggested by Eric Bollengier.
3049 - Implement write variables for Python to set Priority (anytime), and
3050 Job Level, only during JobInit event.
3051 - Use the keyword ujobid to mean the unique job id; job or jobname
3052 to mean the Job name given on the Name directive, and jobid to
3053 be the numeric (non-unique) job id.
3054 - Allow the SD to use multiple drives during a backup/restore (only
3056 - Integrate addition of line count limitation to bsmtp -l from
3057 Sebastian Stark <stark at tuebingen.mpg.de>
3058 - Split the bacula start/start script into four files:
3059 bacula -- starts and stops calling other scripts
3060 bacula-ctl-dir -- starts/stops the director
3061 bacula-ctl-fd -- starts/stops the File daemon
3062 bacula-ctl-sd -- starts/stops the Storage daemon
3063 - Remove automatic case folding on Windows FDs. You must
3064 explicitly use the 'Ignore Case = yes' option.
3065 - Implement wild program in tools directory for testing
3066 wild-cards. Almost identical to the regex program.
3067 - Use the new bregex.c to implement Regex expressions on Win32.
3068 - Apply patch from Christopher Hull
3069 - Allow multiple connections to database with different
3071 - Invalidate the scheduler when doing a reload. Fixes seg
3072 fault, but still 60 second window.
3073 - Additional info in Reschedule message.
3074 - Use set_jcr_job_status() everywhere to prevent loss of
3076 - Display peer IP in FD if error from connecting DIR.
3077 - Don't increment file count for DIRBEGIN.
3078 - Replace illegal characters in Win32 filename by _.
3079 - Add SE_CREATE_PERMANENT_NAME privilege in Win32.
3080 - Hash hard link filenames rather than linked list (performance).
3081 - Fix for security failure in chdir on Win32.
3082 - Add CreateDirectoryA/W win32 API entry points.
3083 - programs to duplicate Bacula's base64 algorithm using standard
3084 routines. This fixes bugs #296, and 565. Patch submitted by
3086 - Fixes to reloading the Dir conf file from Eric Bollengier and Christopher
3088 - Modify LICENSE to correct some problems pointed out by Debian.
3089 - Apply a patch submitted by cesarb in bug #606 to implement O_NOATIME support.
3090 O_NOATIME is a open() flag which makes it possible to read a file without
3091 updating the inode atime (and also without the inode ctime update which
3092 happens if you try to set the atime back to its previous value). It also
3093 prevents a race condition when two programs are reading the same file, but
3094 only one does not want to change the atime. It's most useful for backup
3095 programs and file integrity checkers (and bacula can fit on both
3097 You enable it in the Bacula FileSet Options resource by setting:
3099 The effect of this option is similar to the keepatime option except
3100 it is more efficient and avoids modifying ctime.
3101 - Implement a pile of new man pages contributed by Jose Tallon.
3102 - Modify the database format for handling Migration jobs:
3103 Add PriorJobId, RealEndTime to Job table
3105 Remove Stripe from JobMedia record (not used, wasting space)
3106 Add ScratchPoolId, RecyclePoolId, Enabled to Media record
3107 Add Cost to Location table.
3108 Enabled to Media table and Location table.
3109 - Security: harden authentication failure in FD by single threading errors
3110 and forcing a 6 second wait.
3111 - If using GCC (actually g++) add the following compiler flags
3112 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
3113 - Turn on new bsnprintf() code. The reason for this code is to
3114 eliminate the security problems associated with using the
3115 system libraries print routines.
3116 - Implement job report that indicates where Storage and Pool
3117 came from -- with overrides and Pool storage and NextPool,
3118 it is all very complicated.
3119 - Add more detail (Storage, Device) to list of volumes printed
3121 - Add new VOLMGMT message class. No messages are yet sent with this
3123 - Improved Bacula rescue procedures -- see the Disaster Recovery
3124 chapter of the manual
3125 - Add spooling/despooling info in status output of SD.
3126 - Add Comment field to llist of a volume.
3127 - Allow true/false in many but not all yes/no directives.
3128 - The Bacula source code is now copyrighted by the Free Software
3129 Foundation Europe. The Developer's Guide documents the new procedures,
3130 and the LICENSE file has been updated.
3131 - Apply Jaime Ventura's patch that implements the Messages resource
3132 Mail On Success directive.
3133 - The Client returns its Version string, which is printed in the Job
3135 - The Client returns whether or not VSS and Encryption are used, which
3136 are printed in the Job report.
3138 Additional Features Added for Win32:
3139 - Added DriveType directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
3140 resource. Allowed values are: fixed, removable, cdrom, and remote. There
3141 is only an implementation for Windows because it is the only platform that
3142 has the concept of drives.
3144 - Adds EnhancedWild directive to the Director's Include Option FileSet
3145 resource. Allowed values are: yes and no.
3147 When EnhancedWild is enabled then the processing of the
3148 Wild, WildDir and WildFile is changed in the following ways.
3150 Patterns conform to Posix
3151 \ is not a special character in character classification []
3152 To match a - it must be the first or last character
3153 To match a ] it must be the first character
3155 fnmatch option FNM_FILE_NAME is specified * doesn't match a /
3156 so it won't match multiple directory levels in a path
3158 - Relative WildFile patterns (ones without a leading /) match
3159 against the filename portion. This in combination with the
3160 FNM_FILE_NAME fnmatch() flag makes directives such as WildFile =
3161 abc*.def work as expected.
3163 - Adds support for the shell's feature of brace expansion.
3165 Here is an example where braces allow 24 lines to be expressed in 5.
3167 # Exclude directories full of lots and lots of useless little files
3168 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Cookies"
3169 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/Recent"
3170 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/History"
3171 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temp"
3172 WildDir = "[A-Z]:/{Documents and Settings,{WINNT,Windows}/Profiles}/*/{Local Settings,LOCALS~1}/Temporary Internet Files"