X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a039ad819cf41aa1fdd68a0da0426225d7c49fa9;hb=f30188137ea92bf1ce1ad0c07d2f6e1cfe49c5ac;hp=62afb4572afce0037f035e9a57796c1d33cc1695;hpb=bde83ad58d800ae004caccab6531234272181da2;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 62afb45..a039ad8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,186 @@ +Changes in release 2.6.0p2 + + * Bugs fix only: + o Various device-api fix + o Compilation on various platform + o others small fixes. + +Changes in release 2.6.0p1 + + * Bugs fix only: + o amfetchdump -p + o amtapetype crash + o Fix DS_INCRONLY and FORCE_FULL + o planner crash + o others small bugs + +Changes in release 2.6.0 + + * configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require + shared libraries. Use configure --with-static-binaries to build + statically linked binaries. + * 'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the + new, more flexible 'amcheckdump' + * 'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated. + * Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/" subdirectories: + libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and internal programs + are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda. You can set --with-amlibdir + and --with-amlibexecdir if you don't want the amanda suffix. + If you mix 2.6.0 and earlier version with rsh/ssh auth, you need to + add an 'amandad_path' to the dumptype and to amanda-client.conf + * The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at + $localstatedir/amanda/amandates. You may want to move your existing + /etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda. + * New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on gpg. + * New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda configuration tools + these tools make assumptions, please see man page. + * Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup. + Speedup in 'amrecover find' and starting amrecover. + * glib is required to compile and run amanda. + * Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting tapes, + vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3 + * New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda + applications in Perl. Perl module are installed by default in the perl + installsitelib directory. It can be changed with + 'configure --with-amperldir'. + * New 'local' security driver supports backups of the amanda server + without any network connection or other configuration. + * Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'. + * Amanda configuration file changes + o amanda.conf changes + + flush-threshold-dumped + + flush-threshold-scheduled + + taperflush + + device_property + + usetimestamps default to yes + +Changes in release 2.5.2p1 + + * Many bugs fixed + o Many IPv6 bugs + + missing sockaddr_storage + + missing AI_V4MAPPED and AI_ALL + + compare of IPv4 and IPv6 v4mapped address. + + (bsd/bsdudp): server use two sockets, + one for IPv4 and one for IPv6 + o amflush/autoflush + o chown/chmod + o amstatus + o compilation on some platform + o others small bug + +Changes in release 2.5.2 + + * Many bugs fixed and code cleanup + * krb5 auth is working + * Works with IPv6 address + * Amanda configuration file changes + o amanda.conf changes + + debugging is enabled in the config file + see all debug_* config option + + tapetype 'readblocksize', if maxtapeblocksize is set too + larger for your hardware + +Changes in release 2.5.1p3 + + * Many bugs fixed + * amrecover improve handling of not ascii filename in index. + * Works with tar-1.16 and exit status of 1. + * Can define a LASTSLOT in a chg-disk config file. + + +Changes in release 2.5.1p2 + + * Many bugs fixed + * amoverview is working + * dumptype starttime is working + + * Amanda command changes + o amtape accept the -o arguments + o amgetconf --list to list all tapetype, dumptype, holdingdisk + or interface + o amgetconf can return a value of a specific tapetype, dumptype, + holdingdisk or interface + + +Changes in release 2.5.1p1 + + * Many bugs fixed: + o Timeout waiting for ACK + o "illegal density" with dump + o IRIX: Parse config file, amrecover + o MacOs: compilation + o amrecover with FreeBSD/OpenBSD + * Some other small cleanup. + * Remove contrib/sst. + + +Changes in release 2.5.1 + + * Defects found by Coverity scan and Klocwork K7 analysis tools fixed. + * Works with GNU tar 1.15.91 - work with new gtar state file format. + * Open SSL encryption support + * Two new authentication methods: bsdtcp, bsdudp. + * Unlimited number of DLEs on a client with bsdtcp, rsh and ssh + authentication methods. + * Recovery process amrecover uses Secure API. amoldrecover command + (same syntax and functionality as amrecover command) is provided for + compatibility with old Amanda releases. amoldrecover command uses old + amidxtaped/amindexd protocol. + * Amanda debug files are separated into client/server/amandad and + are also classified based on Amanda configuration name. + + * Amanda command changes + o amfetchdump -o is replaced by -O. + o amcheck -w option does all tests including the tape writable test. + Use amcheck -t -w to do only the tape writable test. + o -o command option to override Amanda configuration. See amanda man + page for details. + o amgetconf command doesn't write the BUGGY message when a entry + is not found in the configuration file. + + * Amanda configuration file changes + o amanda.conf changes + + amrecover_do_fsf in amanda.conf defaults to yes + + amrecover_check_label in amanda.conf defaults to yes + + usetimestamps in amanda.conf to support multiple + backup runs in a calendar day. + + holdingdisk in amanda.conf supports new values: + NEVER, AUTO, REQUIRED. + + amandad_path, client_username and ssh_keys in + amanda.conf for ssh/rsh authentication. + o New amanda client configuration file - amanda-client.conf. + Different client configuration file can be used for each Amanda + configuration. + + gnutar_list-dir and amandates can be specified in + Amanda client configuration file - amanda-client.conf + o .amandahosts format changes to allow use of secure API for recovery. + o Amanda service entries in xinetd configuration has changed. + + +Changes in release 2.5.0p2 + +* listhost subcommand in amrecover + +Changes in release 2.5.0p1 + +* Add the 'amtape update' command. + +Changes in release 2.5.0 + +* Communication security/authentication: Kerberos 4/5, OpenSSH +* Data security: Symmetric/Assymetric encrytion algorithms (aesutil + and gpg encryption), Encryption can be done on server or client, + Custom encryption utilities can be used. +* Compression: Ability to add custom compression tools. This is a + really useful feature especially since it can specified for a DLE. You + can use different compression algorithm for images, binaries, ascii files + and so on. +* Dump images spanning multiple media volumes - Dump images are no + longer restricted to a single media volume (tape or vtape). Data restoration + can be done using amrecover and amfetchdump commands. +* Auto tape labelling - This optional feature is good for disk backups. + Change in release 2.4.5p1 * New [--days ] argument to 'amadmin tape'. @@ -119,13 +302,9 @@ Changes in release 2.4.3b1 * new autoflush option. * new dumperstr option to specify the priority order of each dumper. -Changes in release 2.4.2p2 +Changes in release 2.4.2 -* Mostly bug fixes. * Samba passwords are now sent to smbclient via a pipe and never displayed. -* Amrecover should now work with xfsrestore. -* Amrecover no longer binds an incorrect port that resulted in connection - failures on some systems. * Debug files in /tmp/amanda (--with-debug-dir) are now timestamped and old ones automatically cleaned out. This means more space (a few KBytes) will be used since in a given run, several of the programs are called more than @@ -133,16 +312,6 @@ Changes in release 2.4.2p2 be lost by the file being overwritten. The length of time to keep the files is controlled by --with-debug-days (default: 4). The old flag --with-pid-debug-files is no longer needed and is ignored. -* updated chg-zd-mtx.sh.in changer. - -Changes in release 2.4.2p1 - -* Bugs fix release, the most annoying one is that amanda could retry - the same filesystem indefinitely if it is larger than the holding - disk but the estimate was smaller. - -Changes in release 2.4.2 - * dumptypes can be specialized in the disklist file * Amanda will never use more space than specified (use) for an holding disk @@ -158,7 +327,7 @@ Changes in release 2.4.2 * new force-bump, force-no-bump and unforce-bump command in amadmin. * Increased the maximum number of filesystems that can be backed up from a single host, by increasing the maximum UDP request packet - size + size. * A new `dtimeout' keyword in amanda.conf to replace the READ_TIMEOUT constant in dumper.c. * A new `ctimeout' keyword in amanda.conf to replace the CHECK_TIMEOUT