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- 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(5))
- deprecated configuration keywords:
- keywords deprecated in 2.6.1:
- rawtapedev
- tapebufs
- file-pad
- new configuration keywords
- 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(5))
- new configuration keywords
- 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(8) 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(8) 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(8)
- new --label option.
- new --properties option.