Hello, The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the release of Amanda 2.4.4b1.
I would like that as many people as possible test it. I will release it as 2.4.4 if no bug are found. It can be dowloaded from http://www.amanda.org/ Here's a list of the changes for release 2.4.4b1 (from the NEWS file): Look at the ChangeLog file for more details. * maxpromoteday: New option for a dumptype. * New amtapetype program (replace tapetype) * Client compile on CYGWIN * amrestore -f <fileno> : amrestore can do fsf before reading the tape * amrestore -l <label> : amrestore can check the label before restoring. * New config options: amrecover_do_fsf: Amrecover will use the -f flag of amrestore to position the tape. amrecover_check_label: amrecover will pass the -l flag to amrestore. amrecover_changer: amrecover will use your changer. maxdumpsize: The maximum size of the dumps during a run, default to tapesize * runtapes taperalgo: select your algo for the taper, try 'largestfit', it can improve tape usage. * amrecover allow to retry a skip a tape. * New --days option to 'amadmin <config> balance' command. * New --date option to amstatus * amreport print an usage by tape. * Newer promote algorithm that try to reduce the number of full on a single host in a run. * New changer: chg-juke, chg-null and chg-rait -- Jean-Louis Martineau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departement IRO, Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. CENTRE-VILLE Tel: (514) 343-6111 ext. 3529 Montreal, Canada, H3C 3J7 Fax: (514) 343-5834