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Revision as of 21:00, 3 June 2010
- Deprecated old changers; see amanda-changers(7) for replacements. These
changers are still available in the distribution, but will be removed in a future release. * chg-null * chg-zd-mtx * chg-rait * chg-disk * chg-multi
- Although chg-zd-mtx is still supported, we recommend that all users upgrade
to the more efficient chg-robot. See contrib/convert-zd-mtx-to-robot.sh for a useful conversion script.
- Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
* deprecated configuration keywords: * label_new_tapes * keywords deprecated in 2.6.1: * rawtapedev * tapebufs * file-pad * new configuration keyword * autolabel -- replace label_new_tapes * columnspec -- can specify a precision. * order -- in script, to specify script order execution. * client_port -- in dumptype, to specify which port to connect on the client. * estimate -- in dumptype, can specify multiple estimate method. * accept 'define' keyword for defining an holdingdisk
- Amanda client configuration file changes (amanda-client.conf)
* new configuration keyword * debug_days -- how many days to keep debug files. * client_port -- use by amrecover, specify which port to connect on the server.
- Removed compile-time default --with-changer-device: specify a device
explicitly in amanda.conf instead
- amtape behavior has changed:
* 'device' subcommand removed * 'slot advance' subcommand removed * 'update' subcommand no longer displays each slot as it is updated, and is not supported by all changers * taperscan output has changed * new 'inventory' subcommand
- amrmtape rewrite
* use long option * --changer -- Specify which changer to use * --cleanup -- Remove logs and indexes associated with label * --dryrun -- do not update the original copies. * --erase -- Attempt to erase the data contained on the volume * --keep-label -- Do not remove label from the tapelist * --quiet -- Opposite of --verbose * --verbose -- List backups of hosts and disks that are being discarded.
- amdevcheck
* new --label option. * new --properties option.
- Device API
* changed wildcard setting for S3_BUCKET_LOCATION from "" to "*" * new 'ndmp:' device to write to a tape on an ndmp server. * new 'dvdrw:' device to write to a dvd drive.
- Application API
* new properties to many applications * amgtar * new ACLS, SELINUX and XATTRS properties * amsamba * Allow '\' in diskname and amandapass. * new ALLOW-ANONYMOUS property. * new applications: * ampgsql -- Backup PostgreSQL using continuous WAL archiving * amsuntar -- Backup filesytem with the SUN tar * amraw -- Backup only one directory entry
- New taper, with DirectTCP support, changed tape and catalog format:
* all dumpfiles are now F_SPLIT_DUMPFILE * all on-tape dumpfiles have numparts=-1, since it's no longer possible to calculate this value in advance * there is no logging or reporting of zero-byte, successful parts (this may cause gaps in filenums in the catalog)
- Redesigned amreport
* much more natural command-line interface (just run 'amreport $config') * experimental XML output
- configuration override for dumptype works with inheritance.