1 Changes in release 3.2.1
3 * barcode are added to the tapelist file.
4 * Faster 'amadmin find', improve speed on many programs.
5 * device-output-buffer-size default to a minimum of 4*block_size.
6 * ssh auth use the client-port
8 o "Can't opendata output stream: Connection refused".
9 o Better handling of dump to tape.
10 o Corrupted 'amdump' log file, amstatus not showing correct state.
11 o Execute subprocess with the config overwrite.
12 o tape-device allow to set LEOM.
13 o Crash in robot changer.
14 o Script output property are not sent to application.
16 Changes in release 3.2.0
18 * Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
19 o Can write to all available drives in parallel.
20 o Works only with the new changer API.
21 o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
22 o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run,
23 previously they were done sequencially after all dump to holding disk.
24 o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option.
25 * Support for LEOM in storage devices
26 o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space
27 o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk in most
29 * new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section:
30 part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size; see
31 amanda.conf(5) for details
32 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
33 o new configuration keyword:
34 + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to
36 o deprecated configuration keywords:
38 + amrecover_check_label
39 * the CONFIG parameter to amidxtaped is now required; this means that
40 versions of amrecover older than 2.4.3 will be unable to recover from
41 servers running Amanda-3.2 and later.
42 * The new dumptype and global parameters 'recovery-limit' can be used to
43 limit which hosts may recover from a particular DLE. See amanda.conf(5)
44 and amanda-auth(7) for more information.
45 * Several old changers have been removed - these changers will work with
46 Amanda for the forseeable future, but are no longer included in the
54 o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
55 o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
60 o new '--no-taper' option to start the run in degraded mode
61 * Amvault is much improved, but still experimental:
62 o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting
63 them on the destination
64 o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
65 o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
66 o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export
68 o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or
70 * Rewritten and improved:
74 Changes in release 3.1.0
76 * Deprecated old changers; see amanda-changers(7) for replacements. These
77 changers are still available in the distribution, but will be removed in a
84 * Although chg-zd-mtx is still supported, we recommend that all users upgrade
85 to the more efficient chg-robot. See contrib/convert-zd-mtx-to-robot.sh
86 for a useful conversion script.
87 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
88 o deprecated configuration keywords:
90 o keywords deprecated in 2.6.1:
94 o new configuration keyword
95 + autolabel -- replace label_new_tapes
96 + columnspec -- can specify a precision.
97 + order -- in script, to specify script order execution.
98 + client_port -- in dumptype, to specify which port to connect on
100 + estimate -- in dumptype, can specify multiple estimate method.
101 o accept 'define' keyword for defining an holdingdisk
102 * Amanda client configuration file changes (amanda-client.conf)
103 o new configuration keyword
104 + debug_days -- how many days to keep debug files.
105 + client_port -- use by amrecover, specify which port to connect on
107 * Removed compile-time default --with-changer-device: specify a device
108 explicitly in amanda.conf instead
109 * amtape behavior has changed:
110 o 'device' subcommand removed
111 o 'slot advance' subcommand removed
112 o 'update' subcommand no longer displays each slot as it is updated, and
113 is not supported by all changers
114 o taperscan output has changed
115 o new 'inventory' subcommand
118 + --changer -- Specify which changer to use
119 + --cleanup -- Remove logs and indexes associated with label
120 + --dryrun -- do not update the original copies.
121 + --erase -- Attempt to erase the data contained on the volume
122 + --keep-label -- Do not remove label from the tapelist
123 + --quiet -- Opposite of --verbose
124 + --verbose -- List backups of hosts and disks that are being
127 o new --label option.
128 o new --properties option.
130 o changed wildcard setting for S3_BUCKET_LOCATION from "" to "*"
131 o new 'ndmp:' device to write to a tape on an ndmp server.
132 o new 'dvdrw:' device to write to a dvd drive.
134 o new properties to many applications
136 + new ACLS, SELINUX and XATTRS properties
138 + Allow '\' in diskname and amandapass.
139 + new ALLOW-ANONYMOUS property.
141 + ampgsql -- Backup PostgreSQL using continuous WAL archiving
142 + amsuntar -- Backup filesytem with the SUN tar
143 + amraw -- Backup only one directory entry
144 * New taper, with DirectTCP support, changed tape and catalog format:
145 o all dumpfiles are now F_SPLIT_DUMPFILE
146 o all on-tape dumpfiles have numparts=-1, since it's no longer possible
147 to calculate this value in advance
148 o there is no logging or reporting of zero-byte, successful parts (this
149 may cause gaps in filenums in the catalog)
150 * Redesigned amreport
151 o much more natural command-line interface (just run 'amreport $config')
152 o experimental XML output
153 * configuration override for dumptype works with inheritance.
155 Changes in release 2.6.1p2
156 * amtapetype: new -p option
160 o file not removed from holding disk
161 o sendbackup compatibility with a 2.4.2 server
162 o handle EROFS error from tape device.
163 o zfs snapshot name us the diskname.
164 o fix fd allocation in amandad
167 Changes in release 2.6.1p1
169 * amplot: better output
170 * Don't include genversion.h in distribution tarballs.
177 o compilation on some platform
180 Changes in release 2.6.1
182 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
183 o deprecated configuration keywords:
187 * Application API: Allow to easily write wrappers around any backup program,
188 See the 'amanda-applications' man page.
189 o amgtar: Use GNU tar, it is a lot more configurable than the GNUTAR
190 program. See 'amgtar' man page.
191 o amstar: Use star to do a backup, it work only on a partition. See
193 o amsamba: Use smbclient to backup a cifs share, see amsamba man page.
194 o amzfs-sendrecv: Do a backup of a ZFS filesystem with 'zfs send'.
195 * Script API: Allow to run script before and after amanda process, see the
196 'amanda-scripts' man page.
197 o amzfs-snapshot: Do a snapshot of a ZFS filesystem, then 'amgtar'
198 application will backup the snapshot. See 'amzfs-snapshot' man page.
199 o script-email: Simple script to send email. see 'script-email' man page.
200 * Changer API v2.0: perl-based changer interface supporting concurrent
201 use of multiple devices and changers.
202 o currently operating in "compatibility mode," calling old changer
204 o under active development.
205 * Xfer API: generic library to move and filter data with maximal efficiency
206 o can read from and write to arbitrary devices, files, etc.
207 o only used in some applications.
208 * Amanda archive format: A simple archive format that an application can
209 use to create backup image.
210 * 'amarchiver' program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
211 * Many improvements to report better error message to user.
212 * amtape subcommands 'slot prev' and 'slot last' are removed.
213 * Dozens more perl libraries, with more stable interfaces.
214 * Many bugs fixed and improvement.
215 * amgetconf '--client' option to retrieve config from
216 amanda-client.conf on a client.
217 * Amanda configuration file changes
218 o new application-tool section
219 o new script-tool section
221 o new changer section
223 Changes in release 2.6.0
225 * configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require
226 shared libraries. Use configure --with-static-binaries to build
227 statically linked binaries.
228 * 'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the
229 new, more flexible 'amcheckdump'
230 * 'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated.
231 * Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/" subdirectories:
232 libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and internal programs
233 are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda.
234 * The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at
235 $localstatedir/amanda/amandates. You may want to move your existing
236 /etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda.
237 * New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on gpg.
238 * New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda configuration tools
239 these tools make assumptions, please see man page.
240 * Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup
241 * glib is required to compile and run amanda.
242 * Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting tapes,
243 vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3
244 * New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda
245 applications in Perl. Perl module are installed by default in the perl
246 installsitelib directory. It can be changed with
247 'configure --with-amperldir'.
248 * New 'local' security driver supports backups of the amanda server
249 without any network connection or other configuration.
250 * Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'.
251 * Amanda configuration file changes
252 o amanda.conf changes
253 + flush-threshold-dumped
254 + flush-threshold-scheduled
257 + usetimestamps default to yes
259 Changes in release 2.5.2p1
263 + missing sockaddr_storage
264 + missing AI_V4MAPPED and AI_ALL
265 + compare of IPv4 and IPv6 v4mapped address.
266 + (bsd/bsdudp): server use two sockets,
267 one for IPv4 and one for IPv6
271 o compilation on some platform
274 Changes in release 2.5.2
276 * Many bugs fixed and code cleanup
277 * krb5 auth is working
278 * Works with IPv6 address
279 * Amanda configuration file changes
280 o amanda.conf changes
281 + debugging is enabled in the config file
282 see all debug_* config option
283 + tapetype 'readblocksize', if maxtapeblocksize is set too
284 larger for your hardware
286 Changes in release 2.5.1p3
289 * amrecover improve handling of not ascii filename in index.
290 * Works with tar-1.16 and exit status of 1.
291 * Can define a LASTSLOT in a chg-disk config file.
294 Changes in release 2.5.1p2
297 * amoverview is working
298 * dumptype starttime is working
300 * Amanda command changes
301 o amtape accept the -o arguments
302 o amgetconf --list to list all tapetype, dumptype, holdingdisk
304 o amgetconf can return a value of a specific tapetype, dumptype,
305 holdingdisk or interface
308 Changes in release 2.5.1p1
311 o Timeout waiting for ACK
312 o "illegal density" with dump
313 o IRIX: Parse config file, amrecover
315 o amrecover with FreeBSD/OpenBSD
316 * Some other small cleanup.
317 * Remove contrib/sst.
320 Changes in release 2.5.1
322 * Defects found by Coverity scan and Klocwork K7 analysis tools fixed.
323 * Works with GNU tar 1.15.91 - work with new gtar state file format.
324 * Open SSL encryption support
325 * Two new authentication methods: bsdtcp, bsdudp.
326 * Unlimited number of DLEs on a client with bsdtcp, rsh and ssh
327 authentication methods.
328 * Recovery process amrecover uses Secure API. amoldrecover command
329 (same syntax and functionality as amrecover command) is provided for
330 compatibility with old Amanda releases. amoldrecover command uses old
331 amidxtaped/amindexd protocol.
332 * Amanda debug files are separated into client/server/amandad and
333 are also classified based on Amanda configuration name.
335 * Amanda command changes
336 o amfetchdump -o is replaced by -O.
337 o amcheck -w option does all tests including the tape writable test.
338 Use amcheck -t -w to do only the tape writable test.
339 o -o command option to override Amanda configuration. See amanda man
341 o amgetconf command doesn't write the BUGGY message when a entry
342 is not found in the configuration file.
344 * Amanda configuration file changes
345 o amanda.conf changes
346 + amrecover_do_fsf in amanda.conf defaults to yes
347 + amrecover_check_label in amanda.conf defaults to yes
348 + usetimestamps in amanda.conf to support multiple
349 backup runs in a calendar day.
350 + holdingdisk in amanda.conf supports new values:
351 NEVER, AUTO, REQUIRED.
352 + amandad_path, client_username and ssh_keys in
353 amanda.conf for ssh/rsh authentication.
354 o New amanda client configuration file - amanda-client.conf.
355 Different client configuration file can be used for each Amanda
357 + gnutar_list-dir and amandates can be specified in
358 Amanda client configuration file - amanda-client.conf
359 o .amandahosts format changes to allow use of secure API for recovery.
360 o Amanda service entries in xinetd configuration has changed.
363 Changes in release 2.5.0p2
365 * listhost subcommand in amrecover
367 Changes in release 2.5.0p1
369 * Add the 'amtape update' command.
371 Changes in release 2.5.0
373 * Communication security/authentication: Kerberos 4/5, OpenSSH
374 * Data security: Symmetric/Assymetric encrytion algorithms (aesutil
375 and gpg encryption), Encryption can be done on server or client,
376 Custom encryption utilities can be used.
377 * Compression: Ability to add custom compression tools. This is a
378 really useful feature especially since it can specified for a DLE. You
379 can use different compression algorithm for images, binaries, ascii files
381 * Dump images spanning multiple media volumes - Dump images are no
382 longer restricted to a single media volume (tape or vtape). Data restoration
383 can be done using amrecover and amfetchdump commands.
384 * Auto tape labelling - This optional feature is good for disk backups.
386 Change in release 2.4.5p1
388 * New [--days <num>] argument to 'amadmin <conf> tape'.
389 * New amoverview -last -num0 -togo0 options.
391 Change in release 2.4.5
393 * new displayunit global option to select the unit use to display number
394 k=kilo, m=mega, g=giga, t=tera.
395 * new amoverview -skipmissed option.
397 Change in release 2.4.5b1
399 * holding disk disk use timestamped directory.
400 * autoflush flush today's dump.
401 * new bumppercent global option, this should improve bumping criteria,
402 the bumpsize is set to a fixed value which can be adequate for small
404 * bumpsize, bumppercent, bumpdays and bumpmult can be in a dumptype.
405 * calcsize support include and exclude like gnutar.
406 * new 'estimate' dumptype option to select estimate type:
407 CLIENT: estimate by the dumping program.
408 CALCSIZE: estimate by the calcsize program, a lot faster but less acurate.
409 SERVER: estimate based on statistic from previous run, take second but
410 can be wrong on the estimate size.
412 Changes in release 2.4.4p3
414 * new chg-iomega changer script.
415 * amanda will not use a tape if it's label is not in the tapelist file
416 (eg. after an amrmtape).
418 Changes in release 2.4.4p2
420 * new initial_poll_delay config in chg-zd-mtx
421 * 'amadmin find' list disk removed from the disklist.
422 * amrecover can recover a disk removed from the disklist file.
423 * amanda works with samba3.
424 * new chg-disk changer script to use with the file: driver.
425 * Kerberos 4 support integrated and functional again.
427 Changes in release 2.4.4p1
429 * amverify do not advance to next tape at the end.
430 * new amflush -b and -s options, change -f behavior.
431 * new chg-mcutil changer.
432 * amrecover_changer works with chg-multi.
433 * default driveslot for chg-zd-mtx is now 0.
434 * amplot generate color postscript by default.
435 * amplot -b flag to generate b/w postscript.
436 * rait: works with file:
437 * print a postscript label for each tape used.
439 Changes in release 2.4.4
441 * New -a option to amcheck to always send an email.
443 Changes in release 2.4.4b1
445 * maxpromoteday: New option for a dumptype.
446 * New amtapetype program (replace tapetype)
447 * Client compile on CYGWIN
448 * amrestore -f <fileno> : amrestore can do fsf before reading the tape
449 * amrestore -l <label> : amrestore can check the label before restoring.
450 * New config options:
451 amrecover_do_fsf: Amrecover will use the -f flag of amrestore to position the
453 amrecover_check_label: amrecover will pass the -l flag to amrestore.
454 amrecover_changer: amrecover will use your changer.
455 maxdumpsize: The maximum size of the dumps during a run,
456 default to tapesize * runtapes
457 taperalgo: select your algo for the taper, try 'largestfit', it can improve
459 * amrecover allow to retry a skip a tape.
460 * New --days option to 'amadmin <config> balance' command.
461 * New --date option to amstatus
462 * amreport print an usage by tape.
463 * Newer promote algorithm that try to reduce the number of full on a
464 single host in a run.
465 * New changer: chg-juke, chg-null and chg-rait
467 Changes in release 2.4.3
469 * Few small bug fixed
470 * New runtapes argument to amverify.
471 * New amverifyrun program.
472 * 2.4.3 client works with older server.
474 Changes in release 2.4.3b4
476 * new noop packet type. It allow the server to know the client features.
477 * exclude list with relative path is working again.
478 * amstatus is working again.
480 Changes in release 2.4.3b3
482 * --with-maxtapeblocksize configure options
483 * blocksize tapetype option
484 * file-pad tapetype option
485 * Multiple exclude in dumptype
486 * Option include in dumptype
487 * New disklist syntax:
488 * hostname diskname [ diskdevice ] dumptype [ spindle [ interface ] ]
489 * chg-zd-mtx: Major cleanup and general overhaul.
490 * amrecover: new listdisk command.
492 Changes in release 2.4.3b2
494 * amrestore try to find the next chunk in the current directory.
495 * amrecover: You can change the tape device between each tape.
496 * amstatus work with amflush.
498 Changes in release 2.4.3b1
501 * New [host [disk]*]* arguments to amdump, amcheck, amadmin and amflush.
502 * New [-D datastamp]* arguments to amflush.
503 * amrecover: cd accept shell wildcard, new command cdx accept regex.
504 * new autoflush option.
505 * new dumperstr option to specify the priority order of each dumper.
507 Changes in release 2.4.2
509 * Samba passwords are now sent to smbclient via a pipe and never displayed.
510 * Debug files in /tmp/amanda (--with-debug-dir) are now timestamped and old
511 ones automatically cleaned out. This means more space (a few KBytes) will
512 be used since in a given run, several of the programs are called more than
513 once. But it also means important debugging information should no longer
514 be lost by the file being overwritten. The length of time to keep the
515 files is controlled by --with-debug-days (default: 4). The old flag
516 --with-pid-debug-files is no longer needed and is ignored.
517 * dumptypes can be specialized in the disklist file
518 * Amanda will never use more space than specified (use) for an holding
520 * A dump on holding disk can spread multiple holding disks
521 * negative chunksize is no longer supported
522 * chunksize is now 1 Gb by default
523 * ufsdump -S is now supported on Solaris
524 * Samba 2.0.0 is now supported
525 * New `incronly' strategy, similar to skip-full, but allows manual
526 scheduling of full backups
527 * chg-scsi was ported to several platforms
528 * --with-amandahosts is now enabled by default
529 * new force-bump, force-no-bump and unforce-bump command in amadmin.
530 * Increased the maximum number of filesystems that can be backed up
531 from a single host, by increasing the maximum UDP request packet
533 * A new `dtimeout' keyword in amanda.conf to replace the READ_TIMEOUT
534 constant in dumper.c.
535 * A new `ctimeout' keyword in amanda.conf to replace the CHECK_TIMEOUT
536 constant in amcheck.c.
537 * new amtrmlog command
538 * --with-samba-user is deprecated, the username go in the amandapass file
540 Changes in release 2.4.1
542 * FAQ for new users, in docs/FAQ.
543 * A new `runspercycle' keyword in amanda.conf to specify the number
544 of amdump runs in a dumpcycle. The default is one run every day.
545 A value of 0 (the default) means the same value as dumpcycle.
546 A value of -1 means guess the number of runs from the tapelist file,
547 which is the number of tape used in the last dumpcycle days / runtapes.
548 If you don't run amdump every days, you must set runspercycle
549 otherwise amanda will noy be able to balance the dump. You must
550 set runspercycle to -1 if you want the same behavior as previous
552 * Space to be use as holding disk can now be "use all space except ??? Kb"
553 using a negative value for the 'use' parameter.
554 * amrecover will restore SAMBA backups using SAMBA.
555 * New `amstatus' program.
556 * New `chg-scsi' tape changer program, that replaces `chg-chio' and uses
557 tape-changer-related ioctls on OSs that support them.
558 * Reporter can now print tape labels.
559 * ZFTAPEs are now supported on Linux.
560 * amrestore now accepts a list of filesystems to be restored.
561 * New `clean' amtape command.
562 * amlabel will only overwrite an Amanda tape if `-f' is specified.
563 * Tapes can now be marked so as not to be recycled with amadmin no-reuse.
564 * amidxtrm will no longer remove index files of backups in active tapes.
565 * Large dumps can now be split into multiple files on holding disk
566 (but they won't span across tapes yet).
567 * A total estimate time-out may be specified.
568 * Fixed skip-incr and skip-full support.
569 * amcheck now accepts -Maddress to send e-mail to the specified address.
570 * amdump, amflush and amcheck will use the log files as locks, so as
571 to avoid running concurrently.
572 * driver now supports configurable level-0 dumps in degraded mode via
573 new amanda.conf keyword "reserve"; see docs/WHATS.NEW for details.
574 * Configure now looks for vxdump and vxrestore in /usr/lib/fs/vxfs for Solaris
575 systems and will use it vxdump/vxrestore automatically on vxfs filesystems.
576 * New `killpgrp' setuid-root program, that kills estimate dumps even
577 if they are setuid-root.
579 Changes in release 2.4.0p1
581 * Fixed kerberos encryption
582 * New --with-owner configure option, to specify owner of installed files
583 * amcheck now checks for the existence of gnutar-listdir and of a
584 compressor on the server (for indexes and server compression)
585 * Implemented dumptype option `strategy skip'
586 * Updated to libtool 1.2a
587 * Minor portability-related bugfixes.
589 Changes in release 2.4.0
591 * Several security-related fixes, see docs/SECURITY for details.
592 * New configuration file syntax: dumptypes can now be used as keywords.
593 * New text database format, to replace dbm/ndbm/gdbm/db databases with
594 a more portable and user-friendly format.
595 * Index files are now sent through a separate TCP connection, as they
596 are generated, instead of being stored in /tmp. This breaks Amanda
597 protocol backward compatibility.
598 * Estimates are now performed concurrently, if maxdumps>1.
599 * At configure time, it is now possible to specify a suffix for amanda
600 service names (--with-testing=suffix) and a directory for debugging
601 files (--with-debugging=/directory/name)
602 * New tape changer configuration keywords, that partially standardize
603 tape changer script configuration interface.
604 * amrecover can now handle GNU tar and AIX dump restores; it must now
606 * Shared libraries are built by default, using GNU libtool.
607 * Extended regular expression syntax has been adopted.
608 * amcheck will no longer report failures about unused programs.
609 * It is now possible to specify a SAMBA username at configure time.
610 * BSD security is now enabled by default.
611 * A time-out for estimate requests can now be specified in amanda.conf.
612 * New patch-system script, for editing /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf.
613 * Amdump will wait if a file named `hold' exists in the log directory.
614 * Various bugfixes and new ports.
616 Changes in release 2.3.0.4
617 * New chg-generic.conf option 'multieject' added which lets
618 chg-generic work on tape drives that need multiple 'mt offline'
619 commands. See examples/chg-generic.conf for more information.
620 * New configure options:
621 --with-db=DBLIB Force database library choice from {db,dbm,gdbm,ndbm}
622 --enable-buffered-dump Use buffered sockets on server for faster dumps
623 --with-group=GROUPNAME Install all files into group GROUPNAME
624 * Include the file seagate-changer.c which controls
625 Seagate/Conner/Archive autoloading DAT drive on NetBSD systems.
626 * Add a new amanda.conf option named "starttime" which is used in the
627 dumptype configuration. It takes one argument which is a time of day
628 (local timezone) formated as either hhmm or hmm (no `.'s, no `:'s,
629 just an integer). This tells Amanda to start a particular dump at
631 * Index files are now retrieved from the clients through amandad, not rsh/rcp.
632 * Fix configure bug when multiple invocations would not do the correct things.
633 * Better fully qualified domain name support.
634 * Many little dumper fixes.
635 * Remove C style comments from amrmtape and fix a bug when there is
636 only one tape in the tapelist.
637 * More declarations of Unix system functions for those OSes that do not
639 * Fix --with-mmap configure bug.
641 Changes in release 2.3.0.4b3
642 * Include amplot-2.2.6 which makes plots of the amdump files for performance
643 improvements. Amplot requires gnuplot and a version of awk that
644 understands command line variable assignment.
645 * Include amoverview which creates a list of each disk dumped and the level
646 and success or failure of those dumps over a complete tapecycle.
647 * Amanda now supports backups of clients in different domains. Requires
648 using the configure --with-fqdn options and fully qualified domain
649 names (FQDNs) in the disklist file.
650 * rth-changer checks all system calls for valid returns.
651 * no-changer and hp-changer use different status files and do more checking.
652 * amrestore works again with gzip compressed tapes.
653 * New setuid program rundump for systems where dump must run as root.
654 * Setuid programs are now installed o-rwx for tighter security.
655 * Fix bug where if Amanda was not configured using the --with-bsd-security
656 configure option, Amanda would not connect to the client machines. This
658 * Rundump and runtar now check if the proper user is invoking them.
659 * Amanda now can use gdbm if the compatibility header files are not installed.
660 * Bug fixes for gnutar file exclusions.
661 * Fix bug in sendsize which would loop forever if debugging was not turned on.
662 * Bug fixes in Samba code.
663 * More configure and bug fixes for HP-UX, m88k-motorola-sysv4, SGI, OSF, and
666 Changes in release 2.3.0.4b2
667 * New tape changer script (rth-changer) for the Robotic Tape Handling system.
668 * Include amindex-1.0 from Alan McIvor.
669 * Gnutar incrementals should now work.
670 * amgetidx now caches if a remote client is reachable.
671 * amanda.conf settings used before --with-dbdir and --with-logdir settings
673 * New configure options:
674 --with-mmap force mmap() instead of shared memory
675 --with-gnutar-listed-incremental=DIR gnutar directory lists go in DIR
676 --enable-gnutar-atime-preserve gnutar preserves atime, do not use
677 --with-pid-debug-files use pid in /tmp debugging filenames
678 * Samba support must now be explicitly included using --with-smblcient.
679 * Amanda now compiles with K&R compilers.
680 * Better AIX, Linux, OSF support.
681 * configure checks if /dev/r devices exist or not.
682 * Amanda uses POSIX fcntl locking before flock or lockf locking if available.
683 * dumper.c uses less aggressive I/O values for SunOS server support.
684 * Many bug fixes in the configure script for various platforms.
685 * Many bug fixes to codes.
687 Changes in release 2.3.0.4b1
688 * Configuration now uses configure. Build environment now uses
689 automake and autoconf.
690 * Samba PC client backup support added.
691 * New programs and scripts:
692 amrmtape: invalidate the contents of an existing backup tape
693 amverify: check Amanda tapes for gnutar driven backups.
694 hp-changer: script for a HP DAT changer.
695 no-changer: make a single tape appear like an infinite count tape stacker.
696 * New options added to programs:
697 amadmin: `amadmin <conf> version' shows version information.
698 amtape: `amtape <conf> current' shows the current tape label,
699 * Amanda now supports server side compression of dumps on the tape
700 host. Use the srvcompress option in amanda.conf.
701 * Better gnutar support for indexing. Amanda now lets you exclude
703 * Tape planning improvements.
704 * Email reports have better formating for disks with long mount points.
705 * Tighter DNS checking added to amandad.
706 * More debugging added to several programs.
707 * Amdump now calls amgetidx and amtrmidx.
708 * Better support for multidomain environments.
709 * Contains amindex-0.3 from Alan McIvor.
710 * Many bug fixes and compiler warnings handled.
712 Changes in release 2.3.0.3
713 * Amadmin uses regular expression matching to match disks.
714 * Expand the column width of the disk names from reporter.
715 * Contains amindex-0.2 from Alan McIvor.
718 Changes in release 2.3.0.2
721 Changes in release 2.3.0.1
722 * Contains amindex-0.1 from Alan McIvor.
725 Changes in release 2.3.0 alpha
726 * A number of material bugs fixed, including fixes incorporated into
727 John Stoffel's WPI patches to amanda, which he called 2.2.6.5.
728 * Backup files larger than 2 GB now supported. The current limit is
729 2^31 Kbytes (2 terabytes), which should hold us for a few more years
731 * Support for GNUTAR-based backups.
732 * Support for writing to multiple tapes (sequentially) in one run.
733 * Support for multiple backups in parallel from the same client host.
734 * Records from the curinfo database can be exported and imported
735 to/from a textual format. This allows fixing a corrupted database by
736 running the text version through a script and reimporting it.
737 Individual records or the entire database can be exported/imported.
739 Changes in release 2.2.6
740 * A number of material bugs fixed.
741 * A lot of lint picked in the whole package.
742 * The documentation is now reasonably up to date.
743 * This version has been locally compiled and at least the client side
744 tested on the following systems:
746 Solaris 2.3 BSDI BSD/386 1.1
747 Ultrix 4.2 NetBSD 1.0
748 DEC OSF/1 2.0 AIX 3.2
749 I don't have any HP/UX machines locally to try it on, but I've
750 tracked patches submitted by Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comset.com>, so
751 I'm reasonably confident that 2.2.6 shouldn't be far from the mark on
754 Changes in release 2.2.5
755 * SYSV shared memory no longer required on server side if mmap is
757 * Supports GZIP compression.
758 * Supports use of mount names as well as device names in disk list
759 (eg "/usr" instead of "sd0g").
760 * Amanda now thinks in real-time - you may run it several times a day
761 if you wish, and it won't get confused.
762 * Supports Kerberos 4 security as well as BSD-style .rhosts, including
763 encrypting files over the net. The Kerberos support is available as
764 a separate add-on package - see the file KERBEROS.HOW-TO-GET on the
766 * Improved network protocol - faster startup, no longer dump specific,
767 hooks in place for non-dump clients.
768 * Client-side checks in amcheck - can check sanity of all client hosts
770 * Supports multiple holding disks, and load balances between them.