X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ReleaseNotes;h=d8b494ad146b438f9b266e24c13e0a3ed85eb68f;hb=410e1914f1e53a812bcbb4601c90b9506f98ace1;hp=e6f11b26a9e126fa8854ea44e024b022ff00afa3;hpb=e442edb4d5816c4ad107ad9e71164f845eba70ad;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes index e6f11b2..d8b494a 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes +++ b/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,3 +1,136 @@ + Release Notes for amanda-3.2.0 + +* Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices + o Can write to all available drives in parallel. + o Works only with the new changer API. + o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run. + o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run, + previously they were done sequencially after all dump to holding disk. + o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option. +* Support for LEOM in storage devices + o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space + o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk in most + cases +* new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section: + part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size; see + amanda.conf(5) for details +* Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf) + o new configuration keyword: + + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to + in parallel. + o deprecated configuration keywords: + + amrecover_do_fsf + + amrecover_check_label +* the CONFIG parameter to amidxtaped is now required; this means that + versions of amrecover older than 2.4.3 will be unable to recover from + servers running Amanda-3.2 and later. +* The new dumptype and global parameters 'recovery-limit' can be used to + limit which hosts may recover from a particular DLE. See amanda.conf(5) + and amanda-auth(7) for more information. +* Several old changers have been removed - these changers will work with + Amanda for the forseeable future, but are no longer included in the + distribution. + o chg-chio + o chg-chs + o chg-iomega + o chg-juke + o chg-mcutil + o chg-mtx + o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:") + o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}") + o chg-rth + o chg-scsi-chio + o chg-scsi +* Amvault is much improved, but still experimental: + o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting + them on the destination + o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump + o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source + o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export + slots when completed + o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or + 'amvault --help' +* Rewritten and improved: + o amoverview + o amcheckdump + + Release Notes for amanda-3.1.0 + +config + * The 'rawtapedev' keyword was removed, and the 'label_new_tapes' keyword + was deprecated. + * New warnings for dangerous splitting configurations + +changer + We have many changers implementing the new changer API. The new changers are + faster, more reliable, and have many new features. One new features is that + the changer keeps track of which label is in which slot, allowing it to + locate a tape faster. But with some changers (new chg-multi or chg-robot + without a barcode), it doesn't get automaticaly notified if you change the + volume in a slot. In this case, you must notify the changer of it with the + 'amtape update' command: + amtape DailySet1 update 3-8 + amtape DailySet1 update 3-8= + amtape DailySet1 update 3=DailySet-003 + See amanda-changers(7) for more information. + +ndmp, dvdrw + New Amanda devices - see amanda-devices(7) for more information. + +amsamba + The default amandapass file for the amsamba application is + $CONFIG_DIR/amandapass, but it is /etc/amandapass for program GNUTAR. + Don't forget to move the file if you switch to the amsamba application. + +ampgsql, amsuntar, amraw + New applications to back up PostgreSQL databases, Solaris systems, and + raw device files, respectively. + +amtape + Amtape's behavior has changed; see NEWS + +amrmtape + Rewritten with new command-line interface; see NEWS + +amdevcheck + New --label and --properties options give more information about device + +amreport + New, more natural command-line interface (try 'amreport $config') + + + Release Notes for amanda-2.6.1 + +amgtar, amstar, amsamba, amzfs-sendrecv + Three new programs implementing application-api. + Swithching from the program "GNUTAR" to the application "amgtar" have some + advantage: + - amgtar use by default the gtar --atime-preserve=system option, you must + disable it if you gtar relase doesn't have that option. + - Can be configured to cross filesystem. + - Can be configured to not check the device number on newer gtar + (--no-check-device of gtar). + - You can configure error message from gtar you don't want to see in the + report. + +amzfs-snapshot, script-email + Two new scripts implementing script-api. + The 'zfs-snapshot' script must be used only with the 'amgtar' application. + +amarchiver + New program to manipulate file in amanda archive format. + +New perl Module: + Application (perl utility functions for Applications) + Archive (Perl access to the amanda archive library) + Constants (perl access to build-time configuration values) + MainLoop (Perl interface to the Glib MainLoop) + Process (interface to process), used by amcleanup. + Script (perl utility functions for Scripts) + Tapelist (Manipulate the Amanda tapelist) + Xfer (Xfer-api) + + Release Notes for amanda-2.6.0 amcheckdump @@ -18,7 +151,7 @@ Deprecated programs Configure options --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require shared library. - Instead, use --with-static-binaries to build statically linked binaries. + Instead, use --with-static-binaries to build staticailly linked binaries. --with-amlibdir, libraries are now installed in $amlibdir --without-amlibdir : amlibdir=$libdir --with-amlibdir=yes : amlibdir=$libdir/amanda (default value)