- 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
* 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.
* new --label option.
* new --properties option.
* 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.
* 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)
* much more natural command-line interface (just run 'amreport $config')
* experimental XML output
- configuration override for dumptype works with inheritance.