1 Changes in release 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.
34 Changes in release 3.3.1
37 o New 'settransalte' command.
39 o new '$s' substitution in autolabel.
40 o new 'max-dle-by-volume' global option.
41 o new 'eject-volume' global option.
43 o new 'includefile' option.
45 o new '--client-verbose' argument.
46 * All programs have a new '--version' argument.
47 * ampgsql can take property from server configuration.
48 * amgetconf can print one property of a section.
50 o new S3_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION property.
51 o use multiple thread to speedup deleting a volume.
54 Changes in release 3.3.0
56 * The default auth is changed to "bsdtcp", if you are using the default bsd
57 then you must add it to your configuration.
59 o in amanda-client.conf
60 o in dumptype/disklist
61 o in xinetd (if no '-auth' argument to amandad)
62 * amdump trap crtl-c, it still send the report and do cleanup if you do
63 one crtl-c, do it more than once to abort the run.
65 o use multiple threads to speedup the transfer
66 o can connect to eucalytus.
67 o new NB_THREADS_BACKUP property
68 o new NB_THREADS_RECOVERY property
69 o new S3_HOST property
70 o new S3_SERVICE_PATH property
71 o new S3_SUBDOMAIN property
72 * chg-aggregate: new changer that use other changer sequentially.
74 * Add meta label in tapelist file
76 o support for removable disk
77 o new NUM-SLOT property
78 o new AUTO-CREATE-SLOT property
79 o new REMOVABLE property
82 o new UMOUNT-LOCKFILE property
83 o new UMOUNT-IDLE property
84 * new taperscan algorithm:
85 o oldest: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the oldest
87 o lexical: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the natural
89 * Change in amanda.conf
90 o new meta-autolabel option
91 o autolabel can include org, config, barcode, meta in the label
92 o new client-name option in appication and script.
93 * application and script in amanda-client.conf can be used to set default
94 properties for application or script.
96 o The label argument is no longer required, an autolabel can be
99 o new --barcode option
100 o new --assign option
101 * amgtar, amstar: The path must be specified, it will not works with a
103 * amrecover: decompression and decryption are now done on the client if
104 compression/encryption was done on the client.
105 * amtape: inventory print the current slot
107 o autoflush have value "no|yes|all"
108 o script have single-execution setting.
109 o Add pre-amcheck, post-amcheck, pre-estimate, post-estimate, pre-backup
110 and post-backup to execute-on of script.
111 o Add taperscan and interactivity section.
112 o add 'server' value in recovery-limit.
113 o add dump-limit in a dumptype.
115 o add amdump-server setting.
116 * script are searched in $APPLICATION_DIR, $CONFIG_DIR/<conf>/application
117 and $CONFIG_DIR/application
120 o is also installed on client
121 * new amdumpd server service, if enable, it allow client to start a backup
123 * new amdump_client program, it is use on client to start a backup of itself
124 * implement restore command amzfs-sendrecv, it can be use with amrecover.
126 Changes in release 3.2.2
128 * Do not restore the NUL padding bytes, some program fail with them.
129 * Fix driver doing nothing if taper crash early.
130 * Fix taperalog *FIT no going to second volume.
131 * Fix amrestore '-p' not going to next file.
132 * flush even if flush threshold are not met if it save tape space.
133 * fix crash in amtrmidx due to memory leak.
134 * amsamba use 'Use smbclient -TF' for restore.
136 Changes in release 3.2.1
138 * barcode are added to the tapelist file.
139 * Faster 'amadmin find', improve speed on many programs.
140 * device-output-buffer-size default to a minimum of 4*block_size.
141 * ssh auth use the client-port
143 o "Can't opendata output stream: Connection refused".
144 o Better handling of dump to tape.
145 o Corrupted 'amdump' log file, amstatus not showing correct state.
146 o Execute subprocess with the config overwrite.
147 o tape-device allow to set LEOM.
148 o Crash in robot changer.
149 o Script output property are not sent to application.
151 Changes in release 3.2.0
153 * Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
154 o Can write to all available drives in parallel.
155 o Works only with the new changer API.
156 o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
157 o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run,
158 previously they were done sequencially after all dump to holding disk.
159 o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option.
160 * Support for LEOM in storage devices
161 o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space
162 o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk in most
164 * new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section:
165 part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size; see
166 amanda.conf(5) for details
167 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
168 o new configuration keyword:
169 + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to
171 o deprecated configuration keywords:
173 + amrecover_check_label
174 * the CONFIG parameter to amidxtaped is now required; this means that
175 versions of amrecover older than 2.4.3 will be unable to recover from
176 servers running Amanda-3.2 and later.
177 * The new dumptype and global parameters 'recovery-limit' can be used to
178 limit which hosts may recover from a particular DLE. See amanda.conf(5)
179 and amanda-auth(7) for more information.
180 * Several old changers have been removed - these changers will work with
181 Amanda for the forseeable future, but are no longer included in the
189 o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
190 o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
195 o new '--no-taper' option to start the run in degraded mode
196 * Amvault is much improved, but still experimental:
197 o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting
198 them on the destination
199 o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
200 o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
201 o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export
203 o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or
205 * Rewritten and improved:
209 Changes in release 3.1.0
211 * Deprecated old changers; see amanda-changers(7) for replacements. These
212 changers are still available in the distribution, but will be removed in a
219 * Although chg-zd-mtx is still supported, we recommend that all users upgrade
220 to the more efficient chg-robot. See contrib/convert-zd-mtx-to-robot.sh
221 for a useful conversion script.
222 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
223 o deprecated configuration keywords:
225 o keywords deprecated in 2.6.1:
229 o new configuration keyword
230 + autolabel -- replace label_new_tapes
231 + columnspec -- can specify a precision.
232 + order -- in script, to specify script order execution.
233 + client_port -- in dumptype, to specify which port to connect on
235 + estimate -- in dumptype, can specify multiple estimate method.
236 o accept 'define' keyword for defining an holdingdisk
237 * Amanda client configuration file changes (amanda-client.conf)
238 o new configuration keyword
239 + debug_days -- how many days to keep debug files.
240 + client_port -- use by amrecover, specify which port to connect on
242 * Removed compile-time default --with-changer-device: specify a device
243 explicitly in amanda.conf instead
244 * amtape behavior has changed:
245 o 'device' subcommand removed
246 o 'slot advance' subcommand removed
247 o 'update' subcommand no longer displays each slot as it is updated, and
248 is not supported by all changers
249 o taperscan output has changed
250 o new 'inventory' subcommand
253 + --changer -- Specify which changer to use
254 + --cleanup -- Remove logs and indexes associated with label
255 + --dryrun -- do not update the original copies.
256 + --erase -- Attempt to erase the data contained on the volume
257 + --keep-label -- Do not remove label from the tapelist
258 + --quiet -- Opposite of --verbose
259 + --verbose -- List backups of hosts and disks that are being
262 o new --label option.
263 o new --properties option.
265 o changed wildcard setting for S3_BUCKET_LOCATION from "" to "*"
266 o new 'ndmp:' device to write to a tape on an ndmp server.
267 o new 'dvdrw:' device to write to a dvd drive.
269 o new properties to many applications
271 + new ACLS, SELINUX and XATTRS properties
273 + Allow '\' in diskname and amandapass.
274 + new ALLOW-ANONYMOUS property.
276 + ampgsql -- Backup PostgreSQL using continuous WAL archiving
277 + amsuntar -- Backup filesytem with the SUN tar
278 + amraw -- Backup only one directory entry
279 * New taper, with DirectTCP support, changed tape and catalog format:
280 o all dumpfiles are now F_SPLIT_DUMPFILE
281 o all on-tape dumpfiles have numparts=-1, since it's no longer possible
282 to calculate this value in advance
283 o there is no logging or reporting of zero-byte, successful parts (this
284 may cause gaps in filenums in the catalog)
285 * Redesigned amreport
286 o much more natural command-line interface (just run 'amreport $config')
287 o experimental XML output
288 * configuration override for dumptype works with inheritance.
290 Changes in release 2.6.1p2
291 * amtapetype: new -p option
295 o file not removed from holding disk
296 o sendbackup compatibility with a 2.4.2 server
297 o handle EROFS error from tape device.
298 o zfs snapshot name us the diskname.
299 o fix fd allocation in amandad
302 Changes in release 2.6.1p1
304 * amplot: better output
305 * Don't include genversion.h in distribution tarballs.
312 o compilation on some platform
315 Changes in release 2.6.1
317 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
318 o deprecated configuration keywords:
322 * Application API: Allow to easily write wrappers around any backup program,
323 See the 'amanda-applications' man page.
324 o amgtar: Use GNU tar, it is a lot more configurable than the GNUTAR
325 program. See 'amgtar' man page.
326 o amstar: Use star to do a backup, it work only on a partition. See
328 o amsamba: Use smbclient to backup a cifs share, see amsamba man page.
329 o amzfs-sendrecv: Do a backup of a ZFS filesystem with 'zfs send'.
330 * Script API: Allow to run script before and after amanda process, see the
331 'amanda-scripts' man page.
332 o amzfs-snapshot: Do a snapshot of a ZFS filesystem, then 'amgtar'
333 application will backup the snapshot. See 'amzfs-snapshot' man page.
334 o script-email: Simple script to send email. see 'script-email' man page.
335 * Changer API v2.0: perl-based changer interface supporting concurrent
336 use of multiple devices and changers.
337 o currently operating in "compatibility mode," calling old changer
339 o under active development.
340 * Xfer API: generic library to move and filter data with maximal efficiency
341 o can read from and write to arbitrary devices, files, etc.
342 o only used in some applications.
343 * Amanda archive format: A simple archive format that an application can
344 use to create backup image.
345 * 'amarchiver' program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
346 * Many improvements to report better error message to user.
347 * amtape subcommands 'slot prev' and 'slot last' are removed.
348 * Dozens more perl libraries, with more stable interfaces.
349 * Many bugs fixed and improvement.
350 * amgetconf '--client' option to retrieve config from
351 amanda-client.conf on a client.
352 * Amanda configuration file changes
353 o new application-tool section
354 o new script-tool section
356 o new changer section
358 Changes in release 2.6.0
360 * configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require
361 shared libraries. Use configure --with-static-binaries to build
362 statically linked binaries.
363 * 'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the
364 new, more flexible 'amcheckdump'
365 * 'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated.
366 * Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/" subdirectories:
367 libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and internal programs
368 are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda.
369 * The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at
370 $localstatedir/amanda/amandates. You may want to move your existing
371 /etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda.
372 * New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on gpg.
373 * New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda configuration tools
374 these tools make assumptions, please see man page.
375 * Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup
376 * glib is required to compile and run amanda.
377 * Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting tapes,
378 vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3
379 * New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda
380 applications in Perl. Perl module are installed by default in the perl
381 installsitelib directory. It can be changed with
382 'configure --with-amperldir'.
383 * New 'local' security driver supports backups of the amanda server
384 without any network connection or other configuration.
385 * Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'.
386 * Amanda configuration file changes
387 o amanda.conf changes
388 + flush-threshold-dumped
389 + flush-threshold-scheduled
392 + usetimestamps default to yes
394 Changes in release 2.5.2p1
398 + missing sockaddr_storage
399 + missing AI_V4MAPPED and AI_ALL
400 + compare of IPv4 and IPv6 v4mapped address.
401 + (bsd/bsdudp): server use two sockets,
402 one for IPv4 and one for IPv6
406 o compilation on some platform
409 Changes in release 2.5.2
411 * Many bugs fixed and code cleanup
412 * krb5 auth is working
413 * Works with IPv6 address
414 * Amanda configuration file changes
415 o amanda.conf changes
416 + debugging is enabled in the config file
417 see all debug_* config option
418 + tapetype 'readblocksize', if maxtapeblocksize is set too
419 larger for your hardware
421 Changes in release 2.5.1p3
424 * amrecover improve handling of not ascii filename in index.
425 * Works with tar-1.16 and exit status of 1.
426 * Can define a LASTSLOT in a chg-disk config file.
429 Changes in release 2.5.1p2
432 * amoverview is working
433 * dumptype starttime is working
435 * Amanda command changes
436 o amtape accept the -o arguments
437 o amgetconf --list to list all tapetype, dumptype, holdingdisk
439 o amgetconf can return a value of a specific tapetype, dumptype,
440 holdingdisk or interface
443 Changes in release 2.5.1p1
446 o Timeout waiting for ACK
447 o "illegal density" with dump
448 o IRIX: Parse config file, amrecover
450 o amrecover with FreeBSD/OpenBSD
451 * Some other small cleanup.
452 * Remove contrib/sst.
455 Changes in release 2.5.1
457 * Defects found by Coverity scan and Klocwork K7 analysis tools fixed.
458 * Works with GNU tar 1.15.91 - work with new gtar state file format.
459 * Open SSL encryption support
460 * Two new authentication methods: bsdtcp, bsdudp.
461 * Unlimited number of DLEs on a client with bsdtcp, rsh and ssh
462 authentication methods.
463 * Recovery process amrecover uses Secure API. amoldrecover command
464 (same syntax and functionality as amrecover command) is provided for
465 compatibility with old Amanda releases. amoldrecover command uses old
466 amidxtaped/amindexd protocol.
467 * Amanda debug files are separated into client/server/amandad and
468 are also classified based on Amanda configuration name.
470 * Amanda command changes
471 o amfetchdump -o is replaced by -O.
472 o amcheck -w option does all tests including the tape writable test.
473 Use amcheck -t -w to do only the tape writable test.
474 o -o command option to override Amanda configuration. See amanda man
476 o amgetconf command doesn't write the BUGGY message when a entry
477 is not found in the configuration file.
479 * Amanda configuration file changes
480 o amanda.conf changes
481 + amrecover_do_fsf in amanda.conf defaults to yes
482 + amrecover_check_label in amanda.conf defaults to yes
483 + usetimestamps in amanda.conf to support multiple
484 backup runs in a calendar day.
485 + holdingdisk in amanda.conf supports new values:
486 NEVER, AUTO, REQUIRED.
487 + amandad_path, client_username and ssh_keys in
488 amanda.conf for ssh/rsh authentication.
489 o New amanda client configuration file - amanda-client.conf.
490 Different client configuration file can be used for each Amanda
492 + gnutar_list-dir and amandates can be specified in
493 Amanda client configuration file - amanda-client.conf
494 o .amandahosts format changes to allow use of secure API for recovery.
495 o Amanda service entries in xinetd configuration has changed.
498 Changes in release 2.5.0p2
500 * listhost subcommand in amrecover
502 Changes in release 2.5.0p1
504 * Add the 'amtape update' command.
506 Changes in release 2.5.0
508 * Communication security/authentication: Kerberos 4/5, OpenSSH
509 * Data security: Symmetric/Assymetric encrytion algorithms (aesutil
510 and gpg encryption), Encryption can be done on server or client,
511 Custom encryption utilities can be used.
512 * Compression: Ability to add custom compression tools. This is a
513 really useful feature especially since it can specified for a DLE. You
514 can use different compression algorithm for images, binaries, ascii files
516 * Dump images spanning multiple media volumes - Dump images are no
517 longer restricted to a single media volume (tape or vtape). Data restoration
518 can be done using amrecover and amfetchdump commands.
519 * Auto tape labelling - This optional feature is good for disk backups.
521 Change in release 2.4.5p1
523 * New [--days <num>] argument to 'amadmin <conf> tape'.
524 * New amoverview -last -num0 -togo0 options.
526 Change in release 2.4.5
528 * new displayunit global option to select the unit use to display number
529 k=kilo, m=mega, g=giga, t=tera.
530 * new amoverview -skipmissed option.
532 Change in release 2.4.5b1
534 * holding disk disk use timestamped directory.
535 * autoflush flush today's dump.
536 * new bumppercent global option, this should improve bumping criteria,
537 the bumpsize is set to a fixed value which can be adequate for small
539 * bumpsize, bumppercent, bumpdays and bumpmult can be in a dumptype.
540 * calcsize support include and exclude like gnutar.
541 * new 'estimate' dumptype option to select estimate type:
542 CLIENT: estimate by the dumping program.
543 CALCSIZE: estimate by the calcsize program, a lot faster but less acurate.
544 SERVER: estimate based on statistic from previous run, take second but
545 can be wrong on the estimate size.
547 Changes in release 2.4.4p3
549 * new chg-iomega changer script.
550 * amanda will not use a tape if it's label is not in the tapelist file
551 (eg. after an amrmtape).
553 Changes in release 2.4.4p2
555 * new initial_poll_delay config in chg-zd-mtx
556 * 'amadmin find' list disk removed from the disklist.
557 * amrecover can recover a disk removed from the disklist file.
558 * amanda works with samba3.
559 * new chg-disk changer script to use with the file: driver.
560 * Kerberos 4 support integrated and functional again.
562 Changes in release 2.4.4p1
564 * amverify do not advance to next tape at the end.
565 * new amflush -b and -s options, change -f behavior.
566 * new chg-mcutil changer.
567 * amrecover_changer works with chg-multi.
568 * default driveslot for chg-zd-mtx is now 0.
569 * amplot generate color postscript by default.
570 * amplot -b flag to generate b/w postscript.
571 * rait: works with file:
572 * print a postscript label for each tape used.
574 Changes in release 2.4.4
576 * New -a option to amcheck to always send an email.
578 Changes in release 2.4.4b1
580 * maxpromoteday: New option for a dumptype.
581 * New amtapetype program (replace tapetype)
582 * Client compile on CYGWIN
583 * amrestore -f <fileno> : amrestore can do fsf before reading the tape
584 * amrestore -l <label> : amrestore can check the label before restoring.
585 * New config options:
586 amrecover_do_fsf: Amrecover will use the -f flag of amrestore to position the
588 amrecover_check_label: amrecover will pass the -l flag to amrestore.
589 amrecover_changer: amrecover will use your changer.
590 maxdumpsize: The maximum size of the dumps during a run,
591 default to tapesize * runtapes
592 taperalgo: select your algo for the taper, try 'largestfit', it can improve
594 * amrecover allow to retry a skip a tape.
595 * New --days option to 'amadmin <config> balance' command.
596 * New --date option to amstatus
597 * amreport print an usage by tape.
598 * Newer promote algorithm that try to reduce the number of full on a
599 single host in a run.
600 * New changer: chg-juke, chg-null and chg-rait
602 Changes in release 2.4.3
604 * Few small bug fixed
605 * New runtapes argument to amverify.
606 * New amverifyrun program.
607 * 2.4.3 client works with older server.
609 Changes in release 2.4.3b4
611 * new noop packet type. It allow the server to know the client features.
612 * exclude list with relative path is working again.
613 * amstatus is working again.
615 Changes in release 2.4.3b3
617 * --with-maxtapeblocksize configure options
618 * blocksize tapetype option
619 * file-pad tapetype option
620 * Multiple exclude in dumptype
621 * Option include in dumptype
622 * New disklist syntax:
623 * hostname diskname [ diskdevice ] dumptype [ spindle [ interface ] ]
624 * chg-zd-mtx: Major cleanup and general overhaul.
625 * amrecover: new listdisk command.
627 Changes in release 2.4.3b2
629 * amrestore try to find the next chunk in the current directory.
630 * amrecover: You can change the tape device between each tape.
631 * amstatus work with amflush.
633 Changes in release 2.4.3b1
636 * New [host [disk]*]* arguments to amdump, amcheck, amadmin and amflush.
637 * New [-D datastamp]* arguments to amflush.
638 * amrecover: cd accept shell wildcard, new command cdx accept regex.
639 * new autoflush option.
640 * new dumperstr option to specify the priority order of each dumper.
642 Changes in release 2.4.2
644 * Samba passwords are now sent to smbclient via a pipe and never displayed.
645 * Debug files in /tmp/amanda (--with-debug-dir) are now timestamped and old
646 ones automatically cleaned out. This means more space (a few KBytes) will
647 be used since in a given run, several of the programs are called more than
648 once. But it also means important debugging information should no longer
649 be lost by the file being overwritten. The length of time to keep the
650 files is controlled by --with-debug-days (default: 4). The old flag
651 --with-pid-debug-files is no longer needed and is ignored.
652 * dumptypes can be specialized in the disklist file
653 * Amanda will never use more space than specified (use) for an holding
655 * A dump on holding disk can spread multiple holding disks
656 * negative chunksize is no longer supported
657 * chunksize is now 1 Gb by default
658 * ufsdump -S is now supported on Solaris
659 * Samba 2.0.0 is now supported
660 * New `incronly' strategy, similar to skip-full, but allows manual
661 scheduling of full backups
662 * chg-scsi was ported to several platforms
663 * --with-amandahosts is now enabled by default
664 * new force-bump, force-no-bump and unforce-bump command in amadmin.
665 * Increased the maximum number of filesystems that can be backed up
666 from a single host, by increasing the maximum UDP request packet
668 * A new `dtimeout' keyword in amanda.conf to replace the READ_TIMEOUT
669 constant in dumper.c.
670 * A new `ctimeout' keyword in amanda.conf to replace the CHECK_TIMEOUT
671 constant in amcheck.c.
672 * new amtrmlog command
673 * --with-samba-user is deprecated, the username go in the amandapass file
675 Changes in release 2.4.1
677 * FAQ for new users, in docs/FAQ.
678 * A new `runspercycle' keyword in amanda.conf to specify the number
679 of amdump runs in a dumpcycle. The default is one run every day.
680 A value of 0 (the default) means the same value as dumpcycle.
681 A value of -1 means guess the number of runs from the tapelist file,
682 which is the number of tape used in the last dumpcycle days / runtapes.
683 If you don't run amdump every days, you must set runspercycle
684 otherwise amanda will noy be able to balance the dump. You must
685 set runspercycle to -1 if you want the same behavior as previous
687 * Space to be use as holding disk can now be "use all space except ??? Kb"
688 using a negative value for the 'use' parameter.
689 * amrecover will restore SAMBA backups using SAMBA.
690 * New `amstatus' program.
691 * New `chg-scsi' tape changer program, that replaces `chg-chio' and uses
692 tape-changer-related ioctls on OSs that support them.
693 * Reporter can now print tape labels.
694 * ZFTAPEs are now supported on Linux.
695 * amrestore now accepts a list of filesystems to be restored.
696 * New `clean' amtape command.
697 * amlabel will only overwrite an Amanda tape if `-f' is specified.
698 * Tapes can now be marked so as not to be recycled with amadmin no-reuse.
699 * amidxtrm will no longer remove index files of backups in active tapes.
700 * Large dumps can now be split into multiple files on holding disk
701 (but they won't span across tapes yet).
702 * A total estimate time-out may be specified.
703 * Fixed skip-incr and skip-full support.
704 * amcheck now accepts -Maddress to send e-mail to the specified address.
705 * amdump, amflush and amcheck will use the log files as locks, so as
706 to avoid running concurrently.
707 * driver now supports configurable level-0 dumps in degraded mode via
708 new amanda.conf keyword "reserve"; see docs/WHATS.NEW for details.
709 * Configure now looks for vxdump and vxrestore in /usr/lib/fs/vxfs for Solaris
710 systems and will use it vxdump/vxrestore automatically on vxfs filesystems.
711 * New `killpgrp' setuid-root program, that kills estimate dumps even
712 if they are setuid-root.
714 Changes in release 2.4.0p1
716 * Fixed kerberos encryption
717 * New --with-owner configure option, to specify owner of installed files
718 * amcheck now checks for the existence of gnutar-listdir and of a
719 compressor on the server (for indexes and server compression)
720 * Implemented dumptype option `strategy skip'
721 * Updated to libtool 1.2a
722 * Minor portability-related bugfixes.
724 Changes in release 2.4.0
726 * Several security-related fixes, see docs/SECURITY for details.
727 * New configuration file syntax: dumptypes can now be used as keywords.
728 * New text database format, to replace dbm/ndbm/gdbm/db databases with
729 a more portable and user-friendly format.
730 * Index files are now sent through a separate TCP connection, as they
731 are generated, instead of being stored in /tmp. This breaks Amanda
732 protocol backward compatibility.
733 * Estimates are now performed concurrently, if maxdumps>1.
734 * At configure time, it is now possible to specify a suffix for amanda
735 service names (--with-testing=suffix) and a directory for debugging
736 files (--with-debugging=/directory/name)
737 * New tape changer configuration keywords, that partially standardize
738 tape changer script configuration interface.
739 * amrecover can now handle GNU tar and AIX dump restores; it must now
741 * Shared libraries are built by default, using GNU libtool.
742 * Extended regular expression syntax has been adopted.
743 * amcheck will no longer report failures about unused programs.
744 * It is now possible to specify a SAMBA username at configure time.
745 * BSD security is now enabled by default.
746 * A time-out for estimate requests can now be specified in amanda.conf.
747 * New patch-system script, for editing /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf.
748 * Amdump will wait if a file named `hold' exists in the log directory.
749 * Various bugfixes and new ports.
751 Changes in release 2.3.0.4
752 * New chg-generic.conf option 'multieject' added which lets
753 chg-generic work on tape drives that need multiple 'mt offline'
754 commands. See examples/chg-generic.conf for more information.
755 * New configure options:
756 --with-db=DBLIB Force database library choice from {db,dbm,gdbm,ndbm}
757 --enable-buffered-dump Use buffered sockets on server for faster dumps
758 --with-group=GROUPNAME Install all files into group GROUPNAME
759 * Include the file seagate-changer.c which controls
760 Seagate/Conner/Archive autoloading DAT drive on NetBSD systems.
761 * Add a new amanda.conf option named "starttime" which is used in the
762 dumptype configuration. It takes one argument which is a time of day
763 (local timezone) formated as either hhmm or hmm (no `.'s, no `:'s,
764 just an integer). This tells Amanda to start a particular dump at
766 * Index files are now retrieved from the clients through amandad, not rsh/rcp.
767 * Fix configure bug when multiple invocations would not do the correct things.
768 * Better fully qualified domain name support.
769 * Many little dumper fixes.
770 * Remove C style comments from amrmtape and fix a bug when there is
771 only one tape in the tapelist.
772 * More declarations of Unix system functions for those OSes that do not
774 * Fix --with-mmap configure bug.
776 Changes in release 2.3.0.4b3
777 * Include amplot-2.2.6 which makes plots of the amdump files for performance
778 improvements. Amplot requires gnuplot and a version of awk that
779 understands command line variable assignment.
780 * Include amoverview which creates a list of each disk dumped and the level
781 and success or failure of those dumps over a complete tapecycle.
782 * Amanda now supports backups of clients in different domains. Requires
783 using the configure --with-fqdn options and fully qualified domain
784 names (FQDNs) in the disklist file.
785 * rth-changer checks all system calls for valid returns.
786 * no-changer and hp-changer use different status files and do more checking.
787 * amrestore works again with gzip compressed tapes.
788 * New setuid program rundump for systems where dump must run as root.
789 * Setuid programs are now installed o-rwx for tighter security.
790 * Fix bug where if Amanda was not configured using the --with-bsd-security
791 configure option, Amanda would not connect to the client machines. This
793 * Rundump and runtar now check if the proper user is invoking them.
794 * Amanda now can use gdbm if the compatibility header files are not installed.
795 * Bug fixes for gnutar file exclusions.
796 * Fix bug in sendsize which would loop forever if debugging was not turned on.
797 * Bug fixes in Samba code.
798 * More configure and bug fixes for HP-UX, m88k-motorola-sysv4, SGI, OSF, and
801 Changes in release 2.3.0.4b2
802 * New tape changer script (rth-changer) for the Robotic Tape Handling system.
803 * Include amindex-1.0 from Alan McIvor.
804 * Gnutar incrementals should now work.
805 * amgetidx now caches if a remote client is reachable.
806 * amanda.conf settings used before --with-dbdir and --with-logdir settings
808 * New configure options:
809 --with-mmap force mmap() instead of shared memory
810 --with-gnutar-listed-incremental=DIR gnutar directory lists go in DIR
811 --enable-gnutar-atime-preserve gnutar preserves atime, do not use
812 --with-pid-debug-files use pid in /tmp debugging filenames
813 * Samba support must now be explicitly included using --with-smblcient.
814 * Amanda now compiles with K&R compilers.
815 * Better AIX, Linux, OSF support.
816 * configure checks if /dev/r devices exist or not.
817 * Amanda uses POSIX fcntl locking before flock or lockf locking if available.
818 * dumper.c uses less aggressive I/O values for SunOS server support.
819 * Many bug fixes in the configure script for various platforms.
820 * Many bug fixes to codes.
822 Changes in release 2.3.0.4b1
823 * Configuration now uses configure. Build environment now uses
824 automake and autoconf.
825 * Samba PC client backup support added.
826 * New programs and scripts:
827 amrmtape: invalidate the contents of an existing backup tape
828 amverify: check Amanda tapes for gnutar driven backups.
829 hp-changer: script for a HP DAT changer.
830 no-changer: make a single tape appear like an infinite count tape stacker.
831 * New options added to programs:
832 amadmin: `amadmin <conf> version' shows version information.
833 amtape: `amtape <conf> current' shows the current tape label,
834 * Amanda now supports server side compression of dumps on the tape
835 host. Use the srvcompress option in amanda.conf.
836 * Better gnutar support for indexing. Amanda now lets you exclude
838 * Tape planning improvements.
839 * Email reports have better formating for disks with long mount points.
840 * Tighter DNS checking added to amandad.
841 * More debugging added to several programs.
842 * Amdump now calls amgetidx and amtrmidx.
843 * Better support for multidomain environments.
844 * Contains amindex-0.3 from Alan McIvor.
845 * Many bug fixes and compiler warnings handled.
847 Changes in release 2.3.0.3
848 * Amadmin uses regular expression matching to match disks.
849 * Expand the column width of the disk names from reporter.
850 * Contains amindex-0.2 from Alan McIvor.
853 Changes in release 2.3.0.2
856 Changes in release 2.3.0.1
857 * Contains amindex-0.1 from Alan McIvor.
860 Changes in release 2.3.0 alpha
861 * A number of material bugs fixed, including fixes incorporated into
862 John Stoffel's WPI patches to amanda, which he called 2.2.6.5.
863 * Backup files larger than 2 GB now supported. The current limit is
864 2^31 Kbytes (2 terabytes), which should hold us for a few more years
866 * Support for GNUTAR-based backups.
867 * Support for writing to multiple tapes (sequentially) in one run.
868 * Support for multiple backups in parallel from the same client host.
869 * Records from the curinfo database can be exported and imported
870 to/from a textual format. This allows fixing a corrupted database by
871 running the text version through a script and reimporting it.
872 Individual records or the entire database can be exported/imported.
874 Changes in release 2.2.6
875 * A number of material bugs fixed.
876 * A lot of lint picked in the whole package.
877 * The documentation is now reasonably up to date.
878 * This version has been locally compiled and at least the client side
879 tested on the following systems:
881 Solaris 2.3 BSDI BSD/386 1.1
882 Ultrix 4.2 NetBSD 1.0
883 DEC OSF/1 2.0 AIX 3.2
884 I don't have any HP/UX machines locally to try it on, but I've
885 tracked patches submitted by Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comset.com>, so
886 I'm reasonably confident that 2.2.6 shouldn't be far from the mark on
889 Changes in release 2.2.5
890 * SYSV shared memory no longer required on server side if mmap is
892 * Supports GZIP compression.
893 * Supports use of mount names as well as device names in disk list
894 (eg "/usr" instead of "sd0g").
895 * Amanda now thinks in real-time - you may run it several times a day
896 if you wish, and it won't get confused.
897 * Supports Kerberos 4 security as well as BSD-style .rhosts, including
898 encrypting files over the net. The Kerberos support is available as
899 a separate add-on package - see the file KERBEROS.HOW-TO-GET on the
901 * Improved network protocol - faster startup, no longer dump specific,
902 hooks in place for non-dump clients.
903 * Client-side checks in amcheck - can check sanity of all client hosts
905 * Supports multiple holding disks, and load balances between them.