Hello, This is to warn those of you who regularly update your version from the SVN that in the next few days (probably tonigh), we will be applying a patch to the source code in the development versions of the SVN that will change the format of the database.
If do not update your source code, this does not concern you. If you run the nightly regression tests, in general, it will all be automatic and we will monitor any possible failures. If you want to update the source code, you will need to know that as of version 2.5.40 you will need to upgrade any database you have. It is a rather significant update and you should be careful to backup your old database. The upgrade for those of you using 2.5.x must be done manually, but we will supply the scripts and the ReleaseNotes will describe what needs to be done. Once upgraded you cannot easily go back to the prior Bacula version, unless you restore an old database. Once we are sure the new code is stable, we will release a new beta version of 2.5.x ... This new database format is what will be used in version 3.0. Best regards, Kern PS: Here is a preview of the Release Notes notification (not yet released)... Release Notes for Bacula 2.5.40 Bacula code: Total files = 522 Total lines = 203,305 (*.h *.c *.in) This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time, but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is no database upgrade needed from version 2.4.x. However, the next BETA release will require a database upgrade. ================== Warning !!!!!! ========================== New Catalog format in version 2.5.40 ------------------------------------ This BETA release of Bacula uses a new catalog format. We provide a set of scripts that permit to convert a 2.4.x (version 10) catalog to 2.5.x (version 11). If you are using already a 2.5 version, you need to drop the JobHistory table before upgrading your catalog (if you are using the new "long term statistics" module, you can upgrade this table the same way we do with the Job table, see upgrade_<database>_table script). The upgrade operation will convert the FileId index field of the File table from 32 bits to 64 bits. This operation will take TIME and will *temporarily* DOUBLE THE SIZE of your catalog.Depending on your catalog backend, you won't be able to run jobs during this period. For example, a 3 million files catalog will take 2 mins to upgrade on a normal machine. Don't forget to backup it before executing the script. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users