1 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.3
3 * amdump.X log files use timestamp instead of number, amdump and amdump.1
4 are maintained as symlink.
6 o Use the changerfile for the statefile.
8 o support CASTOR storage
10 o New REPORT-USE-MEDIA and REPORT-NEXT-MEDIA.
12 o new --extract, --directory, --data-path and --application-property
13 arguments. It allow to do the extraction on the server.
14 * --exact-match argument to many command, and '=' prefix to expression.
15 o It diable use of expression for host, disk, level and datestamp on
16 command line argument.
17 * All changer scripts.
18 o Add LOCK-TIMEOUT property.
22 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.2
25 o New IGNORE-ZEROS property.
27 o Fix use of subdir for restore.
30 o New PASSWORD, USERNAME, TENANT_ID, TENANT_NAME properties.
31 o New STORAGE_API property.
32 o New S3_MULTI_DELETE property
33 o New CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET and REFRESH_TOKEN properties.
34 o New CREATE-BUCKET property.
35 o New PROJECT-ID property.
36 o New REUSE-CONNECTION property.
37 o Works with swift and google storage.
39 o Add INDIRECT property.
41 o Add 'max-warnings', The maximum number of warning lines in the report.
42 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
44 o Add --no-default and --print-source arguments for config and
48 o Add --decrypt, --no-decrypt, --server-decrypt, --client-decrypt,
49 --compress, --no-compress, --server-compress and --client-compress
51 * fix for compilation with newer glib.
52 * fix for compilation on cigwin.
56 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.1
59 o New 'settransalte' command.
61 o new '$s' substitution in autolabel.
62 o new 'max-dle-by-volume' global option.
63 o new 'eject-volume' global option.
65 o new 'includefile' option
67 o new '--client-verbose' argument.
68 * All programs have a new '--version' argument.
69 * ampgsql can take property from server configuration.
70 * amgetconf can print one property of a section.
72 o new S3_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION property.
73 o use multiple thread to speedup deleting a volume.
77 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.0
79 * The default auth is changed to "bsdtcp", if you are using the default bsd
80 then you must add it to your configuration.
82 o in amanda-client.conf
83 o in dumptype/disklist
84 o in xinetd (if no '-auth' argument to amandad)
85 * amdump trap crtl-c, it still send the report and do cleanup if you do
86 one crtl-c, do it more than once to abort the run.
88 o use multiple threads to speedup the transfer
89 o can connect to eucalytus.
90 o new NB_THREADS_BACKUP property
91 o new NB_THREADS_RECOVERY property
92 o new S3_HOST property
93 o new S3_SERVICE_PATH property
94 o new S3_SUBDOMAIN property
95 * chg-aggregate: new changer that use other changer sequentially.
97 * Add meta label in tapelist file
99 o support for removable disk
100 o new NUM-SLOT property
101 o new AUTO-CREATE-SLOT property
102 o new REMOVABLE property
104 o new UMOUNT property
105 o new UMOUNT-LOCKFILE property
106 o new UMOUNT-IDLE property
107 * new taperscan algorithm:
108 o oldest: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the oldest
110 o lexical: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the natural
112 * Change in amanda.conf
113 o new meta-autolabel option
114 o autolabel can include org, config, barcode, meta in the label
115 o new client-name option in appication and script.
116 * application and script in amanda-client.conf can be used to set default
117 properties for application or script.
119 o The label argument is no longer required, an autolabel can be
122 o new --barcode option
123 o new --assign option
124 * amgtar, amstar: The path must be specified, it will not works with a
126 * amrecover: decompression and decryption are now done on the client if
127 compression/encryption was done on the client.
128 * amtape: inventory print the current slot
130 o autoflush have value "no|yes|all"
131 o script have single-execution setting.
132 o Add pre-amcheck, post-amcheck, pre-estimate, post-estimate, pre-backup
133 and post-backup to execute-on of script.
134 o Add taperscan and interactivity section.
135 o add 'server' value in recovery-limit.
136 o add dump-limit in a dumptype.
138 o add amdump-server setting.
139 * script are searched in $APPLICATION_DIR, $CONFIG_DIR/<conf>/application
140 and $CONFIG_DIR/application
143 o is also installed on client
144 * new amdumpd server service, if enable, it allow client to start a backup
146 * new amdump_client program, it is use on client to start a backup of itself
147 * implement restore command amzfs-sendrecv, it can be use with amrecover.
149 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.2
151 * Do not restore the NUL padding bytes, some program fail with them.
152 * Fix driver doing nothing if taper crash early.
153 * Fix taperalog *FIT no going to second volume.
154 * Fix amrestore '-p' not going to next file.
155 * flush even if flush threshold are not met if it save tape space.
156 * fix crash in amtrmidx due to memory leak.
157 * amsamba use 'Use smbclient -TF' for restore.
159 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.1
161 * barcode are added to the tapelist file.
162 * Faster 'amadmin find', improve speed on many programs.
163 * device-output-buffer-size default to a minimum of 4*block_size.
164 * ssh auth use the client-port
166 o "Can't opendata output stream: Connection refused" bug.
167 o Better handling of dump to tape.
168 o Corrupted 'amdump' log file, amstatus not showing correct state.
169 o Execute subprocess with the config overwrite.
170 o tape-device allow to set LEOM.
171 o Crash in robot changer.
172 o Script output property are not sent to application.
174 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.0
176 * Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
177 o Can write to all available drives in parallel.
178 o Works only with the new changer API.
179 o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
180 o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run,
181 previously they were done sequencially after all dump to holding disk.
182 o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option.
183 * Support for LEOM in storage devices
184 o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space
185 o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk in most
187 * new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section:
188 part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size; see
189 amanda.conf(5) for details
190 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
191 o new configuration keyword:
192 + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to
194 o deprecated configuration keywords:
196 + amrecover_check_label
197 * the CONFIG parameter to amidxtaped is now required; this means that
198 versions of amrecover older than 2.4.3 will be unable to recover from
199 servers running Amanda-3.2 and later.
200 * The new dumptype and global parameters 'recovery-limit' can be used to
201 limit which hosts may recover from a particular DLE. See amanda.conf(5)
202 and amanda-auth(7) for more information.
203 * Several old changers have been removed - these changers will work with
204 Amanda for the forseeable future, but are no longer included in the
212 o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
213 o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
218 o new '--no-taper' option to start the run in degraded mode
219 * Amvault is much improved, but still experimental:
220 o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting
221 them on the destination
222 o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
223 o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
224 o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export
226 o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or
228 * Rewritten and improved:
232 Release Notes for amanda-3.1.0
235 * The 'rawtapedev' keyword was removed, and the 'label_new_tapes' keyword
237 * New warnings for dangerous splitting configurations
240 We have many changers implementing the new changer API. The new changers are
241 faster, more reliable, and have many new features. One new features is that
242 the changer keeps track of which label is in which slot, allowing it to
243 locate a tape faster. But with some changers (new chg-multi or chg-robot
244 without a barcode), it doesn't get automaticaly notified if you change the
245 volume in a slot. In this case, you must notify the changer of it with the
246 'amtape <conf> update' command:
247 amtape DailySet1 update 3-8
248 amtape DailySet1 update 3-8=
249 amtape DailySet1 update 3=DailySet-003
250 See amanda-changers(7) for more information.
253 New Amanda devices - see amanda-devices(7) for more information.
256 The default amandapass file for the amsamba application is
257 $CONFIG_DIR/amandapass, but it is /etc/amandapass for program GNUTAR.
258 Don't forget to move the file if you switch to the amsamba application.
260 ampgsql, amsuntar, amraw
261 New applications to back up PostgreSQL databases, Solaris systems, and
262 raw device files, respectively.
265 Amtape's behavior has changed; see NEWS
268 Rewritten with new command-line interface; see NEWS
271 New --label and --properties options give more information about device
274 New, more natural command-line interface (try 'amreport $config')
277 Release Notes for amanda-2.6.1
279 amgtar, amstar, amsamba, amzfs-sendrecv
280 Three new programs implementing application-api.
281 Swithching from the program "GNUTAR" to the application "amgtar" have some
283 - amgtar use by default the gtar --atime-preserve=system option, you must
284 disable it if you gtar relase doesn't have that option.
285 - Can be configured to cross filesystem.
286 - Can be configured to not check the device number on newer gtar
287 (--no-check-device of gtar).
288 - You can configure error message from gtar you don't want to see in the
291 amzfs-snapshot, script-email
292 Two new scripts implementing script-api.
293 The 'zfs-snapshot' script must be used only with the 'amgtar' application.
296 New program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
299 Application (perl utility functions for Applications)
300 Archive (Perl access to the amanda archive library)
301 Constants (perl access to build-time configuration values)
302 MainLoop (Perl interface to the Glib MainLoop)
303 Process (interface to process), used by amcleanup.
304 Script (perl utility functions for Scripts)
305 Tapelist (Manipulate the Amanda tapelist)
309 Release Notes for amanda-2.6.0
312 New program written entirely in perl, it replaces 'amverify' and
315 amcryptsimple, amgpgcrypt
316 New encryption plugins based on gpg.
318 amserverconfig, amaddclient
319 New Initial Amanda configuration tools, these tools make assumptions,
323 'amverify' and 'amveryfyrun' are deprecated -- use amcheckdump.
324 'amdd' and 'ammt' are also deprecated. If you have scripts that use
325 them, then you must rewrite them in perl using the new perl modules.
328 --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require shared library.
329 Instead, use --with-static-binaries to build staticailly linked binaries.
330 --with-amlibdir, libraries are now installed in $amlibdir
331 --without-amlibdir : amlibdir=$libdir
332 --with-amlibdir=yes : amlibdir=$libdir/amanda (default value)
333 --with-amlibdir=/path/to/libdir : amlibdir=/path/to/libdir
334 --with-amlibexecdir, internal programs are installed in $amlibexecdir
335 --without-amlibexecdir : amlibdir=$libexecdir
336 --with-amlibexecdir=yes : amlibdir=$libexecdir/amanda
338 --with-amlibexecdir=/path/to/libexecdir : amlibdir=/path/to/libexecdir
339 --with-amperldir, Where to install perl modules
340 --without-amperldir : amperldir=$amlibdir/perl
341 --with-amperldir=yes : amperldir= $(perl installsitelib)
343 --with-amperldir=/path/to/perldir : amperldir=/path/to/perldir
346 Libraries are installed in $amlibdir (previously $libdir)
347 Internal programs are installed in $amlibexecdir (previously $libexecdir)
348 You must change your inetd/xinetd config for the new amandad path.
349 The amandad path change affect rsh/ssh auth, amanda-2.6.0 installations
350 will need to add an 'amandad_path' parameter to configuration files in
351 order to talk to older versions of Amanda:
352 amanda-2.6.0 client -> amanda-2.5.2 or earlier server: add
353 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amandad"' (or the appropriate path) to
354 /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
355 amanda-2.5.2 or earlier client -> amanda-2.6.0 server: add
356 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amanda/amandad"' (or the appropriate path)
357 to /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
358 amanda-2.6.0 server -> amanda-2.5.2 or earlier client: add
359 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amandad"' (or the appropriate path) to the
361 amanda-2.5.2 or earlier server -> amanda-2.6.0 client: add
362 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amanda/amandad"' (or the appropriate path)
364 The amandates files is now $localstatedir/amanda/amandates, previously it
365 was /etc/amandates, this file must be created on all client.
368 It now defaults to 'yes'.
371 glib is required to compile and run amanda.
372 It is free and can be downloaded form http://www.gtk.org/download/
375 The Device API is a complete rewrite of all tape-access functionality.
376 To use the Device API, all devices must be specified by their full
377 name, e.g., tape:/dev/nst0. Existing functionality is now available
378 in the tape, file, and rait devices, and a new Amazon S3 backend named
379 's3' is also available.
382 Link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda applications in Perl
384 Changer (Execute changer scripts)
385 Cmdline (Parse command line argument)
386 Config (Parse config files)
388 Debug (Write to debug files)
389 Logfile (Parse log files)
390 Tapefile (Parse tapelist file)
391 Perl modules are installed in $amperldir
393 local security driver (auth)
394 Allows backups of the Amanda server without any need for network
395 configuration, and similarly allows amrecover to work on the Amanda
396 server without any network configuration.
399 Almost 200 unit tests are available, which should be run on an installed
400 copy of Amanda. See http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Testing for more
403 flush-threshold-dumped, flush-threshold-scheduled, taperflush
404 These three config options allow to better fill your tapes.
405 They are what was known as the taperstart/taperflush feature.
408 Release Notes for amanda-2.5.2
412 IPv6 support is enabled by default if your OS support it, if your OS is
413 not working correctly with IPV6, you can disable it at configure time
414 with '--without-ipv6'.
418 This option is useful only if you configured amanda with a big
419 '--with-maxtapeblocksize' and your hardware can't works with big block
423 Release Notes for amanda-2.5.1
428 This new feature will record all dump with timestamp instead of datestamp,
429 it will allow to do many dump in a day and recover easily anyone of them.
431 If you use this features, you will not be able to downgrade to 2.5.0 or
434 see the usetimestamps section of 'man amanda.conf'
439 These are 2 new auth, they still use bsd authentification like bsd, but
442 bsdudp is like bsd, it use udp for connecting to client but it will use
443 only one tcp port for all data stream.
445 bsdtcp use tcp to connect the to client and it's the only network
446 connection use. It doesn't have the udp packet size limit, so you can
447 have an unlimited number of DLE for a single host.
449 amrecover use the security-api
451 amrecover now use the security-api, You don't need to configure an
452 amindexd and an amidxtaped services in your xinetd.
453 amindexd and amidxtaped will be launched by amandad like any other services.
454 You must do modification to your xinetd configuration and .amandahosts toi
455 allow connection to amindexd and amidxtaped.
457 new format of xinetd.d/amanda
459 amandad get in arguments the list of services it can launch, you must add
460 theses services in the server_args options.
462 new format of .amandahosts
464 You must append to each line the services this client can launch, the
468 See the AUTHORIZATION section of the amanda man page and the