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Release Notes for Bacula 1.34.4
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Bacula code: Total files = 364 Total lines = 103,481 (*.h *.c *.in)
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Major Changes/Features:
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- Implement | and < in FD for new FileSet files.
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- Implement simplistic attribute spooling statistics in status.
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- Make storage=xxx on restore override the restore default.
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- Clear InChanger flag during "update barcodes" if no VolName present,
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i.e. no Volume in Changer.
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- An update pulled in Christopher Hull's fixes to the client program
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execution on Win32 to search the path and use COMSPEC. New rules
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- In SD mount.c, if get I/O error or read label error on non-removable
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Volume, mark the volume in error and retry.
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- Apply Tim Oberfoell's ACL patch.
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- If you are upgrading from 1.32, please be sure to see the database
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upgrade procedure under the 1.34.0 notes.
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- If your system has a libacl in the standard location, acl's will
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be enabled, and you can turn them on with "aclsupport=yes" as an
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Include or Option option.
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- Enhance regression scripts.
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- Implement bsscanf() because sscanf on FreeBSD amd64 stores
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in 64 bit words for %ld. Turned on for the moment only for
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- Fix all conversions of ptr to int to use (long unsigned) this
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works on i386 and amd64.
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- Add mtimeonly and keepatime to new Options list -- omitted before.
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- Add a bit more authentication debug code.
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- Start variable name/overload cleanup in SD
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- Fix sscanf() in askdir.c scanning into bool to use local int.
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- Make max_spool_size int to allow proper arithmetic.
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- Remove trailing junk on sscanf() of "Hello Start Job" in SD.
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- Make ask_sysop_to_mount_volume() always ask sysop.
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- In SD mount.c, if get I/O error or read label error on non-removable
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Volume, mark the volume in error and retry.
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- In SD mount.c, if non-removable volume, never ask sysop to mount. We
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ask sysop if there are no appendable Volumes though.
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- The above 3 items fix the looping error Bacula would get if the
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Volume was in the catalog but didn't exist -- or was zero bytes
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- Fix an uninitialized stack variable in append.c that caused data
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corruption on amd64 machines and *could* cause the same on other
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- Fix a seg fault in automatic tape labeling.
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- Eliminate a PoolId=nn when zeroing the InChanger flag for a Volume.
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- Add a bit more debug info to bls.c
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- Fix UpdateDB to complain if mum_rows < 1 rather than != 1.
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- Implemented and documented the first cut of the new FileSet directives.
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The first cut permits using wild-card matches for including files in
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addition to excluding files.
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- The Windows rescue procedure is confirmed for WinXP/2K (probably not NT).
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- Modification of the PostgreSQL database creation scripts to improve
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performance by removing foreign keys.
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- Use trasactions on PostgreSQL to improve performance.
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- Restore jobs will now not start until they can get exclusive use
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of the Storage daemon Device previously they erred.
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- Permit execution of more kinds of Win32 files with ClientRunxxxJob.
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If an absolute path is specified, the filename must contain the correct
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- If you are upgrading from 1.32, please be sure to see the database
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upgrade procedure under the 1.34.0 notes.
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- Although the daemons are compatible for all 1.34.2 features,
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the new FileSet directives are not compatible with 1.34.2 daemons.
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- Fixed several query.sql bugs.
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- The behavior of the hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly keywords in
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the Run directive have been changed to be more logical -- they only
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affect the one item mentioned rather than all items.
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- The wx-console has had significant improvements.
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- Upgraded to latest autoconf files.
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- Added BaculaRoadmap_v1.1.pdf in doc directory
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- Fixed a crash in the btape "fill" command.
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- Added a new alpha directory to platforms -- first cut.
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- The mtx-changer script was broken in 1.34.2 -- it is now fixed.
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- Pass all arguments on database creation scripts.
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- I finally found and fixed the bug that in some cases required a double
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mount to get Bacula to look at the tape again.
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- Thanks to user input corrected (I think) the negative values that
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sometimes occurred in the spooling statistics.
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- Fixed several bsmpt bugs thanks to user input.
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- Added user supplied code to read the Directors's conf file in dbcheck so
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that remote databases could be contacted as well as the working directory
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and other catalog parameters obtained.
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- Fixed changing a Volume from one Pool to another in "update volumes".
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- wx-console can now be built both under GTK and Win32. It is
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now part of the Win32 binary release. It has a very nice tree
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oriented restore. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat for this program.
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- bconsole is now included in the Win32 binary release.
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- bscan restored StartBlocks one block off resulting in loss of
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data if any bscanned volumes were restored. Thanks to Gregory
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for reporting this. It is fixed in this release.
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- Due to an oversight, "Maximum Job Spool Size" was is not implemented.
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It will be in the next release.
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- To build wx-console on Linux. Download wxWidgets 2.4.2 from wxwidgets.org,
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build and install it on your system, then add --enable-wx-console on
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your Bacula ./configure and it will be built and installed.
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- For both the Win32 and Linux GTK versions of wx-console, you must
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create a wx-console.conf in the current directory. The contents are
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identical to a bconsole.conf file.
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- Make SD utility programs accept device name as well as archive device
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- Remove old debug code from Win32 FD.
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- A new version of depkgs-win32 was released containing the Win32
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wxWidgets source code.
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- Disable SIGHUP code in Director which is not yet complete.
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- Autochanger users, please note you must add %d to the end of the
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changer command line in your Device resource in your bacula-sd.conf
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- There is a new wx-console program that does restores with a
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tree allowing you to visually select what files are to be restored.
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It is in a preliminary stage of development, but can be easily
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be built under Linux with GTK, and with just a bit more difficulty
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under Win32 with MinGW.
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- Fixed a major race condition in the job scheduler when multiple
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simultaneous jobs is enabled. This occurred only when on job had
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blocked another because of resource usage.
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- Fixed crash in SD during restore.
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- Changed the backup report to indicate "Backup OK -- with warnings
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if any warning messages were generated.
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- Change output of restore report to indicate:
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"Restore OK -- warning file count mismatch"
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- Make backup report say "Backup OK with warnings" if either FD or SD
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report any non-fatal errors.
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- Modify bscan to print some elementary statistics (#Jobs, #Files, ...)
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- Added --enable-wx-console and updated Makefile.in
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- Fix mtx-changer so that the calling sequence is compatible
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with the previous version (the new one required arguments that
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were not necessarily used).
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- Document how to use stunnel with Bacula.
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- Fix crash in query command.
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- Remove schedule from the default restore job.
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- Fix data spooler to use min/max tape blocking factors.
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- Automatically turn of conio if library not found instead of bombing.
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- Cleaned up a lot of copyright dates.
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- Try to keep spool statistics from going negative.
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- Added new Pools chapter. Doc about using two disks.
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- Attempt to keep the spool file statistics size from going
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- Fix the Director's Scheduled Jobs: list to have a ===
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- Fixed ./configure to disable readline rather than stop if
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readline.h is not found
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- Fixed a typo in the SQLite database update script as reported
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by Robert J. Clark - thanks.
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- Removed src/win32/pthreads and src/win32/zlib from the source
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- Created a new depkgs-win32 that has the pthreads and zlib source
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- Removed the JobDefs from the default Restore job as it has a
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schedule. Thanks to Matt Howard for this.
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- Data spooling which reduces tape shoe-shine during Inc backups,
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and permits multiple simultaneous backups without interleaved blocks.
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- Native Win32 client -- much faster and restores permissions correctly
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(thanks to Christopher Hull)
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- New Windows style installer for the Win32 Client.
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- PostgreSQL database driver (thanks to Dan Langille).
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- Polling of devices eliminating need to unmount and mount from
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- Improved Autochange support of Slots (update slots scan).
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- Autochanger support for multiple drives (I think).
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- New conio code to implement Console command line editing and history.
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- JobDefs resource permits smaller .conf files for Director
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- Access console lists for the Console
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- Pool level overrides.
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- Daemon "status" is recovered across daemon executions.
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- Improved btape "test" and "fill" commands.
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- If you have a RedHat system, be sure to delete the /lib/tls
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directory from your system. It contains defective pthreads code.
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- The restore default is changed to have nothing selected by default.
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You must either enter: "restore all" or after getting into the tree
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selection prompt enter "mark *" to have everything selected.
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- In previous versions the "all" keyword on the restore command caused
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it to return without user interaction after selecting everything.
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This function is now replaced by the "done" keyword (more logical).
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The "all" keyword now causes everything to be selected by default.
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- The default tape driver behavior is now to write only a single EOF
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at the end of the tape. For most tape drives, this is totally
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transparent and nothing needs to be done. For FreeBSD see below.
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- FreeBSD users NOTE!!!!!
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You may need the following two records to your SD Device resource for
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Fast Forward Space File = no
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The "Fast Forward Space File" is surely needed, and the TWOEOF
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is needed on some systems and not others. Running the btape
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"test" command will tell you. If you get an error with TWOEOF set
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to yes, set it to no.
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- If you want either bsmtp or bconsole on Win32, you will need
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to load the 1.32 version along with cygwin1.dll. Some solution
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for this will be forthcoming in a future update.
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- The daemon protocol has changed from version 1.32, you must update
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- The database level has been updated. You must either re-initialize
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which will delete ALL prior catalog information, or you can
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update your 1.32 database with:
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./update_bacula_tables
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Please save your old database before dropping the tables or doing
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an upgrade or you may regret it later.
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- If you are updating versions older than 1.32, you can look in
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the updatedb directory for scripts that you can use. You will need
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to manually set the paths for your system.
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- smtp has now become bsmtp -- you *must* modify your .conf files.
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- console has now become bconsole.
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- console.conf is now bconsole.conf
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- Please don't underestimate the repercussions of the bsmtp and bconsole
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- "Close on Poll = yes/no" in SD Device resource.
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- "Volume Poll Interval = time-interval" in SD Device resource.
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- "Two EOF = yes/no" in SD Device resource.
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- "Maximum Network Buffer Size = size" in SD Device resource.
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- "Maximum Network Buffer Size = size" in FD FileDaemon (or Client) resource.
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- "Console" new resource in Director conf file.
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New directives: Name, Description, Password, JobACL, ClientACL,
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StorageACL, ScheduleACL, RunACL, PoolACL, CommandACL,
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FileSetACL, CatalogACL.
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- "Max Run Time = duration" in Director Job resource.
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- "Max Wait Time = duration" in Director Job resource (not fully implemented).
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- "JobDefs = name-of-resource" in Director Job resource.
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- "Jobdefs" new resource in Director. Same directives as for a Job.
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- "Full Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
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- "Incremental Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
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- "Differential Backup Pool = xxx" in Job resource in the Director.
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- Three new options on the Run override statement in a Schedule resource:
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- SpoolData=yes/no in DIR Job resource
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- SpoolData=yes/no in Run override directive.
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- MaximumSpoolSize in SD Device resource
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- MaximumJobSpoolSize in SD Device resource
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- SpoolDirectory in SD Device resource.
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- Drive Index in SD Device resource for using two autochanger
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- mtimeonly=yes/no on Include directive.
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- keepatime=yes/no on Include directive.
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- Added "pool=xxx" to restore command line.
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- Added "fileset=xxx" to restore command line.
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- Fixed "storage=xxx" on restore command line.
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- "markdir" command in restore tree.
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- "unmarkdir" command in restore tree.
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- "quit" command in restore tree.
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- Trace option on "setdebug trace=1/0 ..."
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- The "all" keyword on the restore command marks all files by default.
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- The "done" keyword prevents user interaction with the tree -- used
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mostly for batch scripting.
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- On multiple ctl-c, exit from console quickly.
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- Implement "delete job jobid=xxx jobid=yyy ..."
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- Implement "purge volume=xxx volume=yyy ..."
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- Add -p option to all SD programs including bacula-sd. It causes
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Bacula to proceed or forge on in case of I/O errors. It is unlikely
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this will help, and it is strongly recommended against running
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the daemon with this option in production.
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- Add a missing unlock in the jobq handler.
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- Fix bug where a soft linked file and a directory had the same name
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by treating the soft link as a directory and putting the entries under
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it. This fixes the bug reported by Alexander Mueller.
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- Apply Jess Guardiani's second fix to list autochanger volumes without
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opening the drive (necessary on FreeBSD if no tape is in the drive).
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- Reworked the command line handler in restore to walk through the
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arguments one at a time. This makes the file= entries work correctly.
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Also reworked the code that takes the MediaType and finds a
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- Add quit command to restore tree handler.
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- Make restore tree handler remember if a hard link is present, and
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in doing a mark, only get database entry if there is a hard link.
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mark commands thus run at least 2 orders of magnitude faster.
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- Add files=xxx field to run command submitted for restore.
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- Add yes to restore run command if either yes or run is command line
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- Make "yes" on command line argument skip prompt for modification of
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- Add markdir and unmarkdir -- both affect only the directory in
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question and do not do a recursive descent.
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- Make tree command automatically mark all higher level directories to
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be restored when a directory or a file is selected. Such directories
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are indicated by preceding the name with a + to indicate that only
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the directory entry is selected and not the whole directory tree.
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- Modify a few tree commands to walk through all arguments rather than
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just taking the first one.
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- Improved btape "test" and "fill" commands.
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- The ability to ask the Storage daemon on a device by device basis
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to "poll" the tape drive at a given interval (minimum 1 minute). If
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a tape is found, its label is read and if appropriate it is used.
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This eliminates the need to do "mount" commands.
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- The ability to close and re-open the device when a poll occurs.
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This permits dealing with certain recalcitrant autochangers that
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invalidate devices (typically on FreeBSD).
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- Dan Langille has written a PostgreSQL driver for Bacula.
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- Implement "update slots scan" that reads the volume label(s).
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- The full form of the scan is "scan=1,2,4-5,7". With no specification,
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all occupied slots are scanned.
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- Turn off changer Volumes that are not current in the changer when
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an "update slots" is done, or if any tape operation discovers that
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the right volume is not in the slot.
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- The console program will run all commands it finds in ~/.bconsolerc
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- Add Dan Langille's changes to the bacula start/stop script that
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permit dropping root permissions just after startup.
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- New version 1.5.5-1 Cygwin.
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- Modify SD to update the catalog database when it is shutdown,
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even if the job is canceled.
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- Fixed seg fault in restore of multiple simultaneous jobs to
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- Fixed thread race problem in multiple simultaneous jobs to
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a single Volume where the volume label is not in the first
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tape block, so the tape is not recognized.
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- Restore directory tree automatically selects all higher level
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directories to be restored.
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- Implement conio.c to use in console program -- mini-readline.
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- Enhance "fill" command of btape -- simpler output. Use -v to
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cause last block to be dumped after write and after re-read.
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- Added an autochanger test to the btape "test" command. It is
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automatically invoked if the autochanger is properly configured. It
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is still a bit primitive but covers the essential of testing
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the mtx-changer script with your autochanger.
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- Select the oldest LastWritten volume during recycling.
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- Added forward space file test to btape "test" command.
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- All 1.32d patches applied.
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- Fixed seg fault in restore of multiple simultaneous jobs to
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- Fixed thread race problem in multiple simultaneous jobs to
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a single Volume where the volume lable is not in the first
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tape block, so the tape is not recognized.
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