1 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.2
4 o New IGNORE-ZEROS property.
6 o Fix use of subdir for restore.
9 o New PASSWORD, USERNAME, TENANT_ID, TENANT_NAME properties.
10 o New STORAGE_API property.
11 o New S3_MULTI_DELETE property
12 o New CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET and REFRESH_TOKEN properties.
13 o New CREATE-BUCKET property.
14 o New PROJECT-ID property.
15 o New REUSE-CONNECTION property.
16 o Works with swift and google storage.
18 o Add INDIRECT property.
20 o Add 'max-warnings', The maximum number of warning lines in the report.
21 o Default 'columspec' changed to: HostName=0:-12:12,Disk=1:-11:11,Level=1:-1:1,OrigKB=1:-7:0,OutKB=1:-7:0,Compress=1:-6:1,DumpTime=1:-7:7,Dumprate=1:-6:1,TapeTime=1:-6:6,TapeRate=1:-6:1
23 o Add --no-default and --print-source arguments for config and
27 o Add --decrypt, --no-decrypt, --server-decrypt, --client-decrypt,
28 --compress, --no-compress, --server-compress and --client-compress
30 * fix for compilation with newer glib.
31 * fix for compilation on cigwin.
35 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.1
38 o New 'settransalte' command.
40 o new '$s' substitution in autolabel.
41 o new 'max-dle-by-volume' global option.
42 o new 'eject-volume' global option.
44 o new 'includefile' option
46 o new '--client-verbose' argument.
47 * All programs have a new '--version' argument.
48 * ampgsql can take property from server configuration.
49 * amgetconf can print one property of a section.
51 o new S3_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION property.
52 o use multiple thread to speedup deleting a volume.
56 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.0
58 * The default auth is changed to "bsdtcp", if you are using the default bsd
59 then you must add it to your configuration.
61 o in amanda-client.conf
62 o in dumptype/disklist
63 o in xinetd (if no '-auth' argument to amandad)
64 * amdump trap crtl-c, it still send the report and do cleanup if you do
65 one crtl-c, do it more than once to abort the run.
67 o use multiple threads to speedup the transfer
68 o can connect to eucalytus.
69 o new NB_THREADS_BACKUP property
70 o new NB_THREADS_RECOVERY property
71 o new S3_HOST property
72 o new S3_SERVICE_PATH property
73 o new S3_SUBDOMAIN property
74 * chg-aggregate: new changer that use other changer sequentially.
76 * Add meta label in tapelist file
78 o support for removable disk
79 o new NUM-SLOT property
80 o new AUTO-CREATE-SLOT property
81 o new REMOVABLE property
84 o new UMOUNT-LOCKFILE property
85 o new UMOUNT-IDLE property
86 * new taperscan algorithm:
87 o oldest: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the oldest
89 o lexical: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the natural
91 * Change in amanda.conf
92 o new meta-autolabel option
93 o autolabel can include org, config, barcode, meta in the label
94 o new client-name option in appication and script.
95 * application and script in amanda-client.conf can be used to set default
96 properties for application or script.
98 o The label argument is no longer required, an autolabel can be
101 o new --barcode option
102 o new --assign option
103 * amgtar, amstar: The path must be specified, it will not works with a
105 * amrecover: decompression and decryption are now done on the client if
106 compression/encryption was done on the client.
107 * amtape: inventory print the current slot
109 o autoflush have value "no|yes|all"
110 o script have single-execution setting.
111 o Add pre-amcheck, post-amcheck, pre-estimate, post-estimate, pre-backup
112 and post-backup to execute-on of script.
113 o Add taperscan and interactivity section.
114 o add 'server' value in recovery-limit.
115 o add dump-limit in a dumptype.
117 o add amdump-server setting.
118 * script are searched in $APPLICATION_DIR, $CONFIG_DIR/<conf>/application
119 and $CONFIG_DIR/application
122 o is also installed on client
123 * new amdumpd server service, if enable, it allow client to start a backup
125 * new amdump_client program, it is use on client to start a backup of itself
126 * implement restore command amzfs-sendrecv, it can be use with amrecover.
128 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.2
130 * Do not restore the NUL padding bytes, some program fail with them.
131 * Fix driver doing nothing if taper crash early.
132 * Fix taperalog *FIT no going to second volume.
133 * Fix amrestore '-p' not going to next file.
134 * flush even if flush threshold are not met if it save tape space.
135 * fix crash in amtrmidx due to memory leak.
136 * amsamba use 'Use smbclient -TF' for restore.
138 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.1
140 * barcode are added to the tapelist file.
141 * Faster 'amadmin find', improve speed on many programs.
142 * device-output-buffer-size default to a minimum of 4*block_size.
143 * ssh auth use the client-port
145 o "Can't opendata output stream: Connection refused" bug.
146 o Better handling of dump to tape.
147 o Corrupted 'amdump' log file, amstatus not showing correct state.
148 o Execute subprocess with the config overwrite.
149 o tape-device allow to set LEOM.
150 o Crash in robot changer.
151 o Script output property are not sent to application.
153 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.0
155 * Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
156 o Can write to all available drives in parallel.
157 o Works only with the new changer API.
158 o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
159 o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run,
160 previously they were done sequencially after all dump to holding disk.
161 o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option.
162 * Support for LEOM in storage devices
163 o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space
164 o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk in most
166 * new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section:
167 part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size; see
168 amanda.conf(5) for details
169 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
170 o new configuration keyword:
171 + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to
173 o deprecated configuration keywords:
175 + amrecover_check_label
176 * the CONFIG parameter to amidxtaped is now required; this means that
177 versions of amrecover older than 2.4.3 will be unable to recover from
178 servers running Amanda-3.2 and later.
179 * The new dumptype and global parameters 'recovery-limit' can be used to
180 limit which hosts may recover from a particular DLE. See amanda.conf(5)
181 and amanda-auth(7) for more information.
182 * Several old changers have been removed - these changers will work with
183 Amanda for the forseeable future, but are no longer included in the
191 o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
192 o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
197 o new '--no-taper' option to start the run in degraded mode
198 * Amvault is much improved, but still experimental:
199 o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting
200 them on the destination
201 o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
202 o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
203 o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export
205 o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or
207 * Rewritten and improved:
211 Release Notes for amanda-3.1.0
214 * The 'rawtapedev' keyword was removed, and the 'label_new_tapes' keyword
216 * New warnings for dangerous splitting configurations
219 We have many changers implementing the new changer API. The new changers are
220 faster, more reliable, and have many new features. One new features is that
221 the changer keeps track of which label is in which slot, allowing it to
222 locate a tape faster. But with some changers (new chg-multi or chg-robot
223 without a barcode), it doesn't get automaticaly notified if you change the
224 volume in a slot. In this case, you must notify the changer of it with the
225 'amtape <conf> update' command:
226 amtape DailySet1 update 3-8
227 amtape DailySet1 update 3-8=
228 amtape DailySet1 update 3=DailySet-003
229 See amanda-changers(7) for more information.
232 New Amanda devices - see amanda-devices(7) for more information.
235 The default amandapass file for the amsamba application is
236 $CONFIG_DIR/amandapass, but it is /etc/amandapass for program GNUTAR.
237 Don't forget to move the file if you switch to the amsamba application.
239 ampgsql, amsuntar, amraw
240 New applications to back up PostgreSQL databases, Solaris systems, and
241 raw device files, respectively.
244 Amtape's behavior has changed; see NEWS
247 Rewritten with new command-line interface; see NEWS
250 New --label and --properties options give more information about device
253 New, more natural command-line interface (try 'amreport $config')
256 Release Notes for amanda-2.6.1
258 amgtar, amstar, amsamba, amzfs-sendrecv
259 Three new programs implementing application-api.
260 Swithching from the program "GNUTAR" to the application "amgtar" have some
262 - amgtar use by default the gtar --atime-preserve=system option, you must
263 disable it if you gtar relase doesn't have that option.
264 - Can be configured to cross filesystem.
265 - Can be configured to not check the device number on newer gtar
266 (--no-check-device of gtar).
267 - You can configure error message from gtar you don't want to see in the
270 amzfs-snapshot, script-email
271 Two new scripts implementing script-api.
272 The 'zfs-snapshot' script must be used only with the 'amgtar' application.
275 New program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
278 Application (perl utility functions for Applications)
279 Archive (Perl access to the amanda archive library)
280 Constants (perl access to build-time configuration values)
281 MainLoop (Perl interface to the Glib MainLoop)
282 Process (interface to process), used by amcleanup.
283 Script (perl utility functions for Scripts)
284 Tapelist (Manipulate the Amanda tapelist)
288 Release Notes for amanda-2.6.0
291 New program written entirely in perl, it replaces 'amverify' and
294 amcryptsimple, amgpgcrypt
295 New encryption plugins based on gpg.
297 amserverconfig, amaddclient
298 New Initial Amanda configuration tools, these tools make assumptions,
302 'amverify' and 'amveryfyrun' are deprecated -- use amcheckdump.
303 'amdd' and 'ammt' are also deprecated. If you have scripts that use
304 them, then you must rewrite them in perl using the new perl modules.
307 --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require shared library.
308 Instead, use --with-static-binaries to build staticailly linked binaries.
309 --with-amlibdir, libraries are now installed in $amlibdir
310 --without-amlibdir : amlibdir=$libdir
311 --with-amlibdir=yes : amlibdir=$libdir/amanda (default value)
312 --with-amlibdir=/path/to/libdir : amlibdir=/path/to/libdir
313 --with-amlibexecdir, internal programs are installed in $amlibexecdir
314 --without-amlibexecdir : amlibdir=$libexecdir
315 --with-amlibexecdir=yes : amlibdir=$libexecdir/amanda
317 --with-amlibexecdir=/path/to/libexecdir : amlibdir=/path/to/libexecdir
318 --with-amperldir, Where to install perl modules
319 --without-amperldir : amperldir=$amlibdir/perl
320 --with-amperldir=yes : amperldir= $(perl installsitelib)
322 --with-amperldir=/path/to/perldir : amperldir=/path/to/perldir
325 Libraries are installed in $amlibdir (previously $libdir)
326 Internal programs are installed in $amlibexecdir (previously $libexecdir)
327 You must change your inetd/xinetd config for the new amandad path.
328 The amandad path change affect rsh/ssh auth, amanda-2.6.0 installations
329 will need to add an 'amandad_path' parameter to configuration files in
330 order to talk to older versions of Amanda:
331 amanda-2.6.0 client -> amanda-2.5.2 or earlier server: add
332 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amandad"' (or the appropriate path) to
333 /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
334 amanda-2.5.2 or earlier client -> amanda-2.6.0 server: add
335 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amanda/amandad"' (or the appropriate path)
336 to /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
337 amanda-2.6.0 server -> amanda-2.5.2 or earlier client: add
338 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amandad"' (or the appropriate path) to the
340 amanda-2.5.2 or earlier server -> amanda-2.6.0 client: add
341 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amanda/amandad"' (or the appropriate path)
343 The amandates files is now $localstatedir/amanda/amandates, previously it
344 was /etc/amandates, this file must be created on all client.
347 It now defaults to 'yes'.
350 glib is required to compile and run amanda.
351 It is free and can be downloaded form http://www.gtk.org/download/
354 The Device API is a complete rewrite of all tape-access functionality.
355 To use the Device API, all devices must be specified by their full
356 name, e.g., tape:/dev/nst0. Existing functionality is now available
357 in the tape, file, and rait devices, and a new Amazon S3 backend named
358 's3' is also available.
361 Link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda applications in Perl
363 Changer (Execute changer scripts)
364 Cmdline (Parse command line argument)
365 Config (Parse config files)
367 Debug (Write to debug files)
368 Logfile (Parse log files)
369 Tapefile (Parse tapelist file)
370 Perl modules are installed in $amperldir
372 local security driver (auth)
373 Allows backups of the Amanda server without any need for network
374 configuration, and similarly allows amrecover to work on the Amanda
375 server without any network configuration.
378 Almost 200 unit tests are available, which should be run on an installed
379 copy of Amanda. See http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Testing for more
382 flush-threshold-dumped, flush-threshold-scheduled, taperflush
383 These three config options allow to better fill your tapes.
384 They are what was known as the taperstart/taperflush feature.
387 Release Notes for amanda-2.5.2
391 IPv6 support is enabled by default if your OS support it, if your OS is
392 not working correctly with IPV6, you can disable it at configure time
393 with '--without-ipv6'.
397 This option is useful only if you configured amanda with a big
398 '--with-maxtapeblocksize' and your hardware can't works with big block
402 Release Notes for amanda-2.5.1
407 This new feature will record all dump with timestamp instead of datestamp,
408 it will allow to do many dump in a day and recover easily anyone of them.
410 If you use this features, you will not be able to downgrade to 2.5.0 or
413 see the usetimestamps section of 'man amanda.conf'
418 These are 2 new auth, they still use bsd authentification like bsd, but
421 bsdudp is like bsd, it use udp for connecting to client but it will use
422 only one tcp port for all data stream.
424 bsdtcp use tcp to connect the to client and it's the only network
425 connection use. It doesn't have the udp packet size limit, so you can
426 have an unlimited number of DLE for a single host.
428 amrecover use the security-api
430 amrecover now use the security-api, You don't need to configure an
431 amindexd and an amidxtaped services in your xinetd.
432 amindexd and amidxtaped will be launched by amandad like any other services.
433 You must do modification to your xinetd configuration and .amandahosts toi
434 allow connection to amindexd and amidxtaped.
436 new format of xinetd.d/amanda
438 amandad get in arguments the list of services it can launch, you must add
439 theses services in the server_args options.
441 new format of .amandahosts
443 You must append to each line the services this client can launch, the
447 See the AUTHORIZATION section of the amanda man page and the