-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 2.6.1
+
+ * Application API: Allow to easily write wrappers around any backup program,
+ See the 'amanda-applications' man page.
+ o amgtar: Use GNU tar, it is a lot more configurable than the GNUTAR
+ program. See 'amgtar' man page.
+ o amstar: Use star to do a backup, it work only on a partition. See
+ 'amstar' man page.
+ o amsamba: Use smbclient to backup a cifs share, see amsamba man page.
+ o amzfs-sendrecv: Do a backup of a ZFS filesystem with 'zfs send'.
+ * Script API: Allow to run script before and after amanda process, see the
+ 'amanda-scripts' man page.
+ o amzfs-snapshot: Do a snapshot of a ZFS filesystem, then 'amgtar'
+ application will backup the snapshot. See 'amzfs-snapshot' man page.
+ o script-email: Simple script to send email. see 'script-email' man page.
+ * Changer API v2.0: perl-based changer interface supporting concurrent
+ use of multiple devices and changers.
+ o currently operating in "compatibility mode," calling old changer
+ shell scripts.
+ o under active development.
+ * Xfer API: generic library to move and filter data with maximal efficiency
+ o can read from and write to arbitrary devices, files, etc.
+ o only used in some applications.
+ * Amanda archive format: A simple archive format that an application can
+ use to create backup image.
+ * 'amarchiver' program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
+ * Many improvements to report better error message to user.
+ * amtape subcommands 'slot prev' and 'slot last' are removed.
+ * Dozens more perl libraries, with more stable interfaces.
+ * Many bugs fixed and improvement.
+ * amgetconf '--client' option to retrieve config from
+ amanda-client.conf on a client.
+ * Amanda configuration file changes
+ o new application-tool section
+ o new script-tool section
+ o new device section
+ o new changer section
Changes in release 2.6.0
* '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
+ are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda.
* 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.
+ * Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup
* glib is required to compile and run amanda.
* Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting tapes,
vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3
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