Congratulations on 10 years!!!!
C.
On 12/22/22 04:26, Frank Kohler wrote:
Happy holidays!
So we just had our 10th anniversary as we founded Bareos GmbH on
12-12-12 with two full time developers [1]. Glad you are around and
supportive. Special thanks go out to our community sponsors [2] with
Brock Palen being the very first! Note we change release policy for
community to rolling release [3].
[1] https://www.bareos.com/bareos-10-years/
[2] https://github.com/sponsors/bareos/
[3] https://www.bareos.com/bareos-release-policy/
best regards,
Frank
*Bareos 2**2****released*
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Enhanced VMware Plugin
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I/O Performance Improvements
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Optimized Ceph Support
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Tech Preview: Backup Checkpoints
We have just published a new major version of our Open Source backup
solution. Among other things, the Bareos 22 release contains an enhanced
VMware plugin, major performance improvements, and a technical preview
of the new Checkpoints feature.
Enhanced VMware Plugin
The VMware plugin
<https://docs.bareos.org/TasksAndConcepts/Plugins.html#vmware-plugin>
has been creating full and incremental backups since Bareos 15.2. While
the plugin could only restore existing virtual machines (VM) in earlier
versions, it is also possible to create new VMs from the backups as of
Bareos 22. Administrators can now select folders, hosts, clusters, or
datastores for this purpose. To avoid conflicts with other VMs, the
VMware UUID and MAC address can be regenerated. In addition, a restore
is now also possible via the Bareos WebUI.
The developers have upgraded the VDDK (Virtual Disk Development Kit) to
the current version 8.0.0. The plugin now supports vSphere 8 and is
backward compatible with vSphere 6.7 and 7.
Increased I/O Performance of Python Plugins
Python plugins for the Bareos File Daemon (FD) now support direct I/O in
the Bareos core, instead of having to take a diversion via the Python
code for read and write. This may not be possible or useful for every
plugin, but appropriately adapted plugins can double their performance.
A backup via the Python plugin is now just as fast as a backup directly
via the File Daemon.
Optimized Support for Ceph
In future, only the Droplet Storage Backend
<https://docs.bareos.org/TasksAndConcepts/StorageBackends.html#droplet-storage-backend> is used to back up Ceph storage. As described in the Bareos documentation <https://docs.bareos.org/TasksAndConcepts/StorageBackends.html#ceph-object-gateway-s3>, it backs up Ceph targets via S3 and thus guarantees optimal performance. If Ceph is the source, it’s mounted in the regular file system and the standard File Daemon takes care of the backup.
The developers have removed the deprecated RADOS/Ceph backend and the
Cephfs plugin. If previously installed, the packages
/bareos-storage-ceph/ and /bareos-filedaemon-ceph-plugin/ need to be
removed manually.
New Packages and Features
Bareos 22 consolidates several RHEL platforms and now provides one
single package for the derivatives. The developers have also added
Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 36 and 37, RHEL 9 derivatives (Rocky Linux,
AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream), and openSUSE/SLES 15.4 to the
list of supported distributions.
Packages for compatible platforms (RHEL derivatives, openSUSE/SLES,
Debian/Univention Corporate Server) are only built once. The automated
tests against all platforms remain. As a result, the number of download
directories of the repositories is reduced.
The developers have further modernized the Bareos code and revised it to
comply with the C++20 standard. Since there are no suitable C++20
compilers for all platforms yet, the code is still compiled with
C++17 options.
As a Tech Preview, the developers have introduced a first version of the
so-called backup checkpoints. The feature allows restoring from
incomplete backup jobs. As of Bareos 22, it is possible to restore
already backed up files from backup jobs that have not yet been
successfully completed. Future releases will be able to resume failed or
incomplete jobs.
For more information, please see our press release
<https://www.bareos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/bareos-22_en.pdf>.
Packages and release notes are now available on our download servers.
* Subscription Repository: https://download.bareos.com/bareos/release/22
* Community repository: https://download.bareos.org/
* Release Notes: https://docs.bareos.org/Appendix/ReleaseNotes.html
* GitHub Repository: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/
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Frank Kohler
Bareos GmbH & Co. KG
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRA 29646
Komplementär: Bareos Verwaltungs-GmbH
Geschäftsführer: Stephan Dühr, M. Außendorf, J. Steffens, P. Storz
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