3.2 features

Not all changes are listed. Please check man pages.

• Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
  • Can write to all available drives in parallel.
  • Works only with the new changer API.
  • Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
  • Dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the run, previously they were done sequentially after all dump to holding disk.
  • Enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration option. see amanda.conf(5)
• Support for LEOM in storage devices
  • allows splitting without partial parts, saving space.
  • 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)
• Amanda server configuration file changes amanda.conf(5)
  • new configuration keyword:
    • taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can write to in parallel.
  • 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.
    • chg-chio
    • chg-chs
    • chg-iomega
    • chg-juke
    • chg-mcutil
    • chg-mtx
    • chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
    • chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
    • chg-rth
    • chg-scsi-chio
    • chg-scsi
• Amdump change amdump(8)
  • new '--no-taper' option to start the run in degraded mode
• Amvault changes amvault(8)
  • Supports assembling split parts on the source volume and re-splitting them on the destination
  • Supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
  • --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
  • --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to import/export slots when completed
  • incompatible command-line syntax changes; see amvault(8) or 'amvault --help'
• Rewritten and improved:
  • amoverview amoverview(8)
  • amcheckdump amcheckdump(8)