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+Changes in release 3.2.0alpha
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+   * 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
+
 Changes in release 3.1.0
 
    * Deprecated old changers; see amanda-changers(7) for replacements.  These