1 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.1
4 o New 'settransalte' command.
6 o new '$s' substitution in autolabel.
7 o new 'max-dle-by-volume' global option.
8 o new 'eject-volume' global option.
10 o new 'includefile' option
12 o new '--client-verbose' argument.
13 * All programs have a new '--version' argument.
14 * ampgsql can take property from server configuration.
15 * amgetconf can print one property of a section.
17 o new S3_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION property.
18 o use multiple thread to speedup deleting a volume.
22 Release Notes for amanda-3.3.0
24 * The default auth is changed to "bsdtcp", if you are using the default bsd
25 then you must add it to your configuration.
27 o in amanda-client.conf
28 o in dumptype/disklist
29 o in xinetd (if no '-auth' argument to amandad)
30 * amdump trap crtl-c, it still send the report and do cleanup if you do
31 one crtl-c, do it more than once to abort the run.
33 o use multiple threads to speedup the transfer
34 o can connect to eucalytus.
35 o new NB_THREADS_BACKUP property
36 o new NB_THREADS_RECOVERY property
37 o new S3_HOST property
38 o new S3_SERVICE_PATH property
39 o new S3_SUBDOMAIN property
40 * chg-aggregate: new changer that use other changer sequentially.
42 * Add meta label in tapelist file
44 o support for removable disk
45 o new NUM-SLOT property
46 o new AUTO-CREATE-SLOT property
47 o new REMOVABLE property
50 o new UMOUNT-LOCKFILE property
51 o new UMOUNT-IDLE property
52 * new taperscan algorithm:
53 o oldest: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the oldest
55 o lexical: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the natural
57 * Change in amanda.conf
58 o new meta-autolabel option
59 o autolabel can include org, config, barcode, meta in the label
60 o new client-name option in appication and script.
61 * application and script in amanda-client.conf can be used to set default
62 properties for application or script.
64 o The label argument is no longer required, an autolabel can be
67 o new --barcode option
69 * amgtar, amstar: The path must be specified, it will not works with a
71 * amrecover: decompression and decryption are now done on the client if
72 compression/encryption was done on the client.
73 * amtape: inventory print the current slot
75 o autoflush have value "no|yes|all"
76 o script have single-execution setting.
77 o Add pre-amcheck, post-amcheck, pre-estimate, post-estimate, pre-backup
78 and post-backup to execute-on of script.
79 o Add taperscan and interactivity section.
80 o add 'server' value in recovery-limit.
81 o add dump-limit in a dumptype.
83 o add amdump-server setting.
84 * script are searched in $APPLICATION_DIR, $CONFIG_DIR/<conf>/application
85 and $CONFIG_DIR/application
88 o is also installed on client
89 * new amdumpd server service, if enable, it allow client to start a backup
91 * new amdump_client program, it is use on client to start a backup of itself
92 * implement restore command amzfs-sendrecv, it can be use with amrecover.
94 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.2
96 * Do not restore the NUL padding bytes, some program fail with them.
97 * Fix driver doing nothing if taper crash early.
98 * Fix taperalog *FIT no going to second volume.
99 * Fix amrestore '-p' not going to next file.
100 * flush even if flush threshold are not met if it save tape space.
101 * fix crash in amtrmidx due to memory leak.
102 * amsamba use 'Use smbclient -TF' for restore.
104 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.1
106 * barcode are added to the tapelist file.
107 * Faster 'amadmin find', improve speed on many programs.
108 * device-output-buffer-size default to a minimum of 4*block_size.
109 * ssh auth use the client-port
111 o "Can't opendata output stream: Connection refused" bug.
112 o Better handling of dump to tape.
113 o Corrupted 'amdump' log file, amstatus not showing correct state.
114 o Execute subprocess with the config overwrite.
115 o tape-device allow to set LEOM.
116 o Crash in robot changer.
117 o Script output property are not sent to application.
119 Release Notes for amanda-3.2.0
121 * Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
122 o Can write to all available drives in parallel.
123 o Works only with the new changer API.
124 o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
125 o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run,
126 previously they were done sequencially after all dump to holding disk.
127 o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option.
128 * Support for LEOM in storage devices
129 o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space
130 o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk in most
132 * new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section:
133 part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size; see
134 amanda.conf(5) for details
135 * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
136 o new configuration keyword:
137 + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to
139 o deprecated configuration keywords:
141 + amrecover_check_label
142 * the CONFIG parameter to amidxtaped is now required; this means that
143 versions of amrecover older than 2.4.3 will be unable to recover from
144 servers running Amanda-3.2 and later.
145 * The new dumptype and global parameters 'recovery-limit' can be used to
146 limit which hosts may recover from a particular DLE. See amanda.conf(5)
147 and amanda-auth(7) for more information.
148 * Several old changers have been removed - these changers will work with
149 Amanda for the forseeable future, but are no longer included in the
157 o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
158 o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
163 o new '--no-taper' option to start the run in degraded mode
164 * Amvault is much improved, but still experimental:
165 o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting
166 them on the destination
167 o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
168 o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
169 o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export
171 o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or
173 * Rewritten and improved:
177 Release Notes for amanda-3.1.0
180 * The 'rawtapedev' keyword was removed, and the 'label_new_tapes' keyword
182 * New warnings for dangerous splitting configurations
185 We have many changers implementing the new changer API. The new changers are
186 faster, more reliable, and have many new features. One new features is that
187 the changer keeps track of which label is in which slot, allowing it to
188 locate a tape faster. But with some changers (new chg-multi or chg-robot
189 without a barcode), it doesn't get automaticaly notified if you change the
190 volume in a slot. In this case, you must notify the changer of it with the
191 'amtape <conf> update' command:
192 amtape DailySet1 update 3-8
193 amtape DailySet1 update 3-8=
194 amtape DailySet1 update 3=DailySet-003
195 See amanda-changers(7) for more information.
198 New Amanda devices - see amanda-devices(7) for more information.
201 The default amandapass file for the amsamba application is
202 $CONFIG_DIR/amandapass, but it is /etc/amandapass for program GNUTAR.
203 Don't forget to move the file if you switch to the amsamba application.
205 ampgsql, amsuntar, amraw
206 New applications to back up PostgreSQL databases, Solaris systems, and
207 raw device files, respectively.
210 Amtape's behavior has changed; see NEWS
213 Rewritten with new command-line interface; see NEWS
216 New --label and --properties options give more information about device
219 New, more natural command-line interface (try 'amreport $config')
222 Release Notes for amanda-2.6.1
224 amgtar, amstar, amsamba, amzfs-sendrecv
225 Three new programs implementing application-api.
226 Swithching from the program "GNUTAR" to the application "amgtar" have some
228 - amgtar use by default the gtar --atime-preserve=system option, you must
229 disable it if you gtar relase doesn't have that option.
230 - Can be configured to cross filesystem.
231 - Can be configured to not check the device number on newer gtar
232 (--no-check-device of gtar).
233 - You can configure error message from gtar you don't want to see in the
236 amzfs-snapshot, script-email
237 Two new scripts implementing script-api.
238 The 'zfs-snapshot' script must be used only with the 'amgtar' application.
241 New program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
244 Application (perl utility functions for Applications)
245 Archive (Perl access to the amanda archive library)
246 Constants (perl access to build-time configuration values)
247 MainLoop (Perl interface to the Glib MainLoop)
248 Process (interface to process), used by amcleanup.
249 Script (perl utility functions for Scripts)
250 Tapelist (Manipulate the Amanda tapelist)
254 Release Notes for amanda-2.6.0
257 New program written entirely in perl, it replaces 'amverify' and
260 amcryptsimple, amgpgcrypt
261 New encryption plugins based on gpg.
263 amserverconfig, amaddclient
264 New Initial Amanda configuration tools, these tools make assumptions,
268 'amverify' and 'amveryfyrun' are deprecated -- use amcheckdump.
269 'amdd' and 'ammt' are also deprecated. If you have scripts that use
270 them, then you must rewrite them in perl using the new perl modules.
273 --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require shared library.
274 Instead, use --with-static-binaries to build staticailly linked binaries.
275 --with-amlibdir, libraries are now installed in $amlibdir
276 --without-amlibdir : amlibdir=$libdir
277 --with-amlibdir=yes : amlibdir=$libdir/amanda (default value)
278 --with-amlibdir=/path/to/libdir : amlibdir=/path/to/libdir
279 --with-amlibexecdir, internal programs are installed in $amlibexecdir
280 --without-amlibexecdir : amlibdir=$libexecdir
281 --with-amlibexecdir=yes : amlibdir=$libexecdir/amanda
283 --with-amlibexecdir=/path/to/libexecdir : amlibdir=/path/to/libexecdir
284 --with-amperldir, Where to install perl modules
285 --without-amperldir : amperldir=$amlibdir/perl
286 --with-amperldir=yes : amperldir= $(perl installsitelib)
288 --with-amperldir=/path/to/perldir : amperldir=/path/to/perldir
291 Libraries are installed in $amlibdir (previously $libdir)
292 Internal programs are installed in $amlibexecdir (previously $libexecdir)
293 You must change your inetd/xinetd config for the new amandad path.
294 The amandad path change affect rsh/ssh auth, amanda-2.6.0 installations
295 will need to add an 'amandad_path' parameter to configuration files in
296 order to talk to older versions of Amanda:
297 amanda-2.6.0 client -> amanda-2.5.2 or earlier server: add
298 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amandad"' (or the appropriate path) to
299 /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
300 amanda-2.5.2 or earlier client -> amanda-2.6.0 server: add
301 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amanda/amandad"' (or the appropriate path)
302 to /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf
303 amanda-2.6.0 server -> amanda-2.5.2 or earlier client: add
304 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amandad"' (or the appropriate path) to the
306 amanda-2.5.2 or earlier server -> amanda-2.6.0 client: add
307 'amandad_path "/usr/libexec/amanda/amandad"' (or the appropriate path)
309 The amandates files is now $localstatedir/amanda/amandates, previously it
310 was /etc/amandates, this file must be created on all client.
313 It now defaults to 'yes'.
316 glib is required to compile and run amanda.
317 It is free and can be downloaded form http://www.gtk.org/download/
320 The Device API is a complete rewrite of all tape-access functionality.
321 To use the Device API, all devices must be specified by their full
322 name, e.g., tape:/dev/nst0. Existing functionality is now available
323 in the tape, file, and rait devices, and a new Amazon S3 backend named
324 's3' is also available.
327 Link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda applications in Perl
329 Changer (Execute changer scripts)
330 Cmdline (Parse command line argument)
331 Config (Parse config files)
333 Debug (Write to debug files)
334 Logfile (Parse log files)
335 Tapefile (Parse tapelist file)
336 Perl modules are installed in $amperldir
338 local security driver (auth)
339 Allows backups of the Amanda server without any need for network
340 configuration, and similarly allows amrecover to work on the Amanda
341 server without any network configuration.
344 Almost 200 unit tests are available, which should be run on an installed
345 copy of Amanda. See http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Testing for more
348 flush-threshold-dumped, flush-threshold-scheduled, taperflush
349 These three config options allow to better fill your tapes.
350 They are what was known as the taperstart/taperflush feature.
353 Release Notes for amanda-2.5.2
357 IPv6 support is enabled by default if your OS support it, if your OS is
358 not working correctly with IPV6, you can disable it at configure time
359 with '--without-ipv6'.
363 This option is useful only if you configured amanda with a big
364 '--with-maxtapeblocksize' and your hardware can't works with big block
368 Release Notes for amanda-2.5.1
373 This new feature will record all dump with timestamp instead of datestamp,
374 it will allow to do many dump in a day and recover easily anyone of them.
376 If you use this features, you will not be able to downgrade to 2.5.0 or
379 see the usetimestamps section of 'man amanda.conf'
384 These are 2 new auth, they still use bsd authentification like bsd, but
387 bsdudp is like bsd, it use udp for connecting to client but it will use
388 only one tcp port for all data stream.
390 bsdtcp use tcp to connect the to client and it's the only network
391 connection use. It doesn't have the udp packet size limit, so you can
392 have an unlimited number of DLE for a single host.
394 amrecover use the security-api
396 amrecover now use the security-api, You don't need to configure an
397 amindexd and an amidxtaped services in your xinetd.
398 amindexd and amidxtaped will be launched by amandad like any other services.
399 You must do modification to your xinetd configuration and .amandahosts toi
400 allow connection to amindexd and amidxtaped.
402 new format of xinetd.d/amanda
404 amandad get in arguments the list of services it can launch, you must add
405 theses services in the server_args options.
407 new format of .amandahosts
409 You must append to each line the services this client can launch, the
413 See the AUTHORIZATION section of the amanda man page and the