3.3 features

Not all changes are listed. Please check man pages.

• chg-aggregate: new changer that use other changer sequentially.
• meta-volume
• Add meta label in tapelist file
• chg-disk:
  • support for removable disk
  • new NUM-SLOT property
  • new AUTO-CREATE-SLOT property
  • new REMOVABLE property
  • new MOUNT property
  • new UMOUNT property
  • new UMOUNT-LOCKFILE property
  • new UMOUNT-IDLE property
• new taperscan algorithm:
  • oldest: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the oldest order
  • lexical: this algorithm try to run through the volumes in the natural order
• Change in amanda.conf
  • new meta-autolabel option
  • autolabel can include org, config, barcode, meta in the label
  • new client-name option in appication and script
• application and script in amanda-client.conf can be used to set default properties for application or script
• amlabel
  • The label argument is no longer required, an autolabel can be generated
  • new --meta option
  • new --barcode option
  • new --assign option
• amgtar, amstar: The path must be specified, it will not works with a device.
• amrecover: decompression and decryption are now done on the client if compression/encryption was done on the client
• amtape: inventory print the current slot
• amanda.conf:
  • autoflush have value "no|yes|all"
  • script have single-execution setting
  • Add pre-amcheck, post-amcheck, pre-estimate, post-estimate, pre-backup and post-backup to execute-on of script
  • Add taperscan and interactivity section
  • add 'server' value in recovery-limit
  • add dump-limit in a dumptype
• amanda-client.conf
  • add amdump-server setting
• script are searched in $APPLICATION_DIR, $CONFIG_DIR/<conf>/application and $CONFIG_DIR/application
• amservice amservice(8)
  • add -s argument
  • is also installed on client
• new amdumpd server service, if enable, it allow client to start a backup of itself
• new amdump_client program, it is use on client to start a backup of itself