- Application API: Allow to easily write wrappers around any backup program, see the 'amanda-applications' man page.
* amgtar: Use GNU tar, it is a lot more configurable than the GNUTAR program. See 'amgtar' man page.
* amstar: Use star to do a backup, it work only on a partition. See'amstar' man page.
- Script API: Allow to run script before and after amanda process, see the 'amanda-scripts' man page.
* amzfs-snapshot: Do a snapshot of a ZFS filesystem, then 'amgtar'application will backup the snapshot. See 'amzfs-snapshot' man page.
* script-email: Simple script to send email. see 'script-email' man page.
- Changer API v2.0: perl-based changer interface supporting concurrent use of multiple devices and changers.
* currently operating in "compatibility mode," calling old changershell scripts.
* under active development.
- Xfer API: generic library to move and filter data with maximal efficiency
* can read from and write to arbitrary devices, files, etc.
* only used in some applications.
- Amanda archive format: A simple archive format that an application canuse to create backup image.
- 'amarchiver' program to manipulate file in amanda archive format.
- Many improvements to report better error message to user.
- amtape subcommands 'slot prev' and 'slot last' are removed.
- Dozens more perl libraries, with more stable interfaces.
- Many bugs fixed and improvement.
- amgetconf '--client' option to retrieve config from amanda-client.conf on a client.
- Amanda configuration file changes
* new application-tool section
* new script-tool section
* new device section