To all Community users and contributors, Here is the summary of what I wish to discuss with you:
1. Major Microsoft Windows bug 2. The Bacula Systems Enterprise Migration program 3. Bacula version 5.2.12 4. Next Community version 5. Getting Bacula Windows Binaries 6. Season's greetings 1. Major Microsoft Windows bug Last week Microsoft announced a patch solving a problem which could lead to silent data corruption when using VSS for backup http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2748349 This is a problem that affects all backup programs such as Bacula, which use VSS (Windows snapshots) to obtain a stable copy of the system to backup. 2. Bacula Systems Enterprise Migration program Following the big success of the Bacula Systems Enterprise Migration program, Bacula Systems has decided that this program will be continued until further notice! This is a program to help the Community users migrate to the Bacula Enterprise version. You can go to http://www.baculasystems.com and click on the Selective Migration Plan in the core of the Homepage or go to www.bacula.org and click on the Selective Migration Plan icon in the upper right corner of the banner. 3. Bacula version 5.2.12 Since the end of 2011, we have released versions from 5.2.2 to 5.2.12! A lot of bug fixing was implemented as we went along to help the Community version improve. In addition, some new features appeared in two of the the intermediate versions which were versions 5.2.6 and version 5.2.10. You can find these release on Source Forge at http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/bacula/?source=directory Please check the release notes for further information on bug fixing contents. 4. Next Community version I had originally planned another community release about this time, because there are a number of bug fixes in the public git repository. However there are also a number of other bug fixes that we have just recently found as well as back porting from the Enterprise version that needs to be done, so given the holidays and my workload, the next release will probably be in early February 2013. In the mean time, you may pull the latest code from the git repository. 5. Getting Bacula Windows Binaries As you are probably aware, because of the work involved, the community Windows File daemon binaries are no longer produced by the Bacula project. As an an alternative, I proposed to Bacula Systems to offer their Windows Enterprise binaries as a service to the Community. They agreed, and have chosen a price that is designed to simply cover the costs of producing and distributing those binaries. You can now obtain these Bacula Enterprise Windows binaries from Bacula Systems SA by clicking on the following link http://www.baculasystems.com/windows-binaries-for-bacula-community-users. These binaries allow you to continue using the Bacula community version, while keeping Bacula well integrated into your Windows environment. These binaries contain the Windows File daemons only. As was previously the case for the Community binaries, the Windows Storage daemon and Director are not provided. Installers for both 32 and 64 bit binaries is included in the offer. The extra Enterprise Windows plugins are in separate packages and are not part of this offering. The support for any problems will be handled through the Community Bugs database. 6. Season's greetings Finally, I reiterate my sincere thanks to all of you for using Bacula and for your valuable contributions to the project. And, as we are approaching the end of year celebrations, I would like to wish you all a very happy and safe holiday season as well as a prosperous and peaceful 2013. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
