On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 06:14:18PM -0400, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the release of Amanda
> 3.2.0. Thank you to everyone who tested beta.
>
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>
> Here's a list of the changes for release 3.2.0 (from the NEWS file):
> Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.
>
I think amdump has a new "--no-taper" option as well.
Jon
>
> Release Notes for 3.2.0:
>
> * Support for multiple simultaneous writes to storage devices
> o Can write to all available drives in parallel.
> o Works only with the new changer API.
> o Useful if two or more volumes are used in a single run.
> o dump direct to tape can be scheduled any time during the
> run, previously they were done sequencially after all dump
> to holding disk.
> o enabled with the new 'taper-parallel-write' configuration
> option.
> * Support for LEOM in storage devices
> o allows splitting without partial parts, saving space.
> o much more efficient, since parts need not be cached on disk
> in most cases.
> * new, simpler splitting commands in the tapetype section
> o part-size, part-cache-type, part-cache-dir, part-cache-max-size
> o see amanda.conf(5) for details
> * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
> o new configuration keyword:
> + taper-parallel-write -- How many drive amanda can
> write to in parallel.
> o 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.
> o chg-chio
> o chg-chs
> o chg-iomega
> o chg-juke
> o chg-mcutil
> o chg-mtx
> o chg-null (use the new "chg-null:")
> o chg-rait (use the new "chg-rait:{dev1,dev2}")
> o chg-rth
> o chg-scsi-chio
> o chg-scsi
> * Amvault is much improved, but still experimental:
> o supports assembling split parts on the source volume and
> re-splitting them on the destination
> o supports filtering dumps with the same syntax as amfetchdump
> o a --fulls-only option skips all incremental dumps on the source
> o an --export option tries to move tertiary volumes to
> import/export slots when completed
> o command-line syntax has changed incompatibly; see manpage or
> 'amvault --help'
> * Rewritten and improved:
> o amoverview
> o amcheckdump
>
>
>
> Jean-Louis Martineau
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