Table of contents
ZMANDA 3.6
Product Release Date 28-02-2019
Contents
1 | Introduction
Upgrading from Amanda Enterprise 3.3.9
Upgrading from Amanda Enterprise 3.5
Upgrading Amanda Enterprise Linux/MAC OS X/Solaris Clients to 3.6
Upgrading Amanda Enterprise Windows Client to 3.6
2 | New Features/ Enhancements
3 | Defect Fixes
4 | Security Fixes
5 | Known Issues
1 | Introduction
Amanda Enterprise 3.6 provides a couple of new enhancements and defect fixes for the issues reported by Amanda Enterprise customers.
Upgrading from Amanda Enterprise 3.3.9
You have to uninstall Amanda Enterprise 3.3.x by running /opt/zmanda/amanda/uninstall program. Please preserve configurations and data when prompted. Run Amanda Enterprise 3.6 installer to upgrade the software.
If you are running Amanda Enterprise server in Disaster Recovery (DR) configuration, please contact Zmanda Support for DR changes before upgrading Amanda Enterprise Server to 3.6.
Upgrading from Amanda Enterprise 3.5
You have to uninstall Amanda Enterprise 3.5 by running /opt/zmanda/amanda/uninstall program. Please preserve configurations and data when prompted. Run Amanda Enterprise 3.6 installer to upgrade the software.
If you are running Amanda Enterprise server in DR (disaster recovery) configuration, please contact Zmanda Support for DR changes before upgrading Amanda Enterprise Server to 3.6.
Upgrading Amanda Enterprise Linux/Mac OS X/Solaris Clients to 3.6
· Do NOT use package upgrade option to upgrade to 3.6. Uninstall the old package and install 3.6 client packages.
· For rpm based installations, use the following commands:
o rpm -e <amanda enterprise client extension package>
o rpm -e <amanda enterprise client package>
o rpm -i amanda_enterprise-backup_client-3.6-1.*
o rpm -i amanda_enterprise-extensions-client-3.6-1*
·
For debian/ubuntu installations, use the following commands:
o dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client extension package>
o dpkg --remove <amanda enterprise client package>
o dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-backup-client_3.6*
o dpkg --install amanda-enterprise-extensions-client_3.6*
·
On MacOS X,
o Install the package by double clicking on the disk image (.dmg) for the client and extensions packages.
Upgrading Amanda Enterprise Windows Client to 3.6
Run the Zmanda Windows Client installer. It will detect the earlier version and provide an option to upgrade to 3.6. Follow the steps in the installer to install the client.
2 | New Features/Enhancements
- Support for Zmanda Backup Appliance on Ubuntu 16.04 version.
- Zmanda Backup Appliance has been upgraded to CentOS 7.
- Now there is a Operating System image available for trial.
- New enhancements in this release:
- Notification type field has been added in the Backup->How page, which enables the customer to customize (All notifications, only errors, and no notifications) when he receives email notifications.
- A checkbox has been added to select incremental/ full backup on all days of the month in Backup->when page after selecting schedule type as custom days of the month (Advanced).
3 | Defect Fixes
| Bug ID# | Description |
| ZMAN-274 | The customer can now update the auto label property in the YAML file which in turn updates the Amanda configuration file with a proper format without overwriting. |
| ZMAN-209 | Custom page in reports section has been enhanced to display Backup Duration time in hh:mm:ss format which was empty earlier. |
| ZMAN-196 | The pagination issue for Backup -> Media page has been resolved now for Tape backups. |
| ZMAN-139 | Restore is successful now for Custom Server side compression. |
4 | Security Fixes
Security issues that were fixed in Amanda Community for this release:
- Took WHITELIST approach to filter the arguments for following applications: amgtar, amstar and rundump.
- Filter star arguments
- Filter dump and xfsdump arguments
- Command option for getopt() has been updated to check the blacklist option.
5 | Known Issues
| Bug ID# | Description |
| ZMAN-474 | Hyper-V Virtual Machines are not getting restored when the preference is selected as Explore & Select or Search specific files during a restore operation. |
| ZMAN-472 | On taking backup of SharePoint database in one server and restoring the same on top of the original location on an alternate server is throwing client error. |
| ZMAN-423 | When a user tries to take hot backup of Oracle database the VSS writers are braking at the client side. |
For a full list of supported platforms please review the compatibility guide here.
Amanda Enterprise 3.6 documentation provides detailed information on how to install and configure Amanda server and client on these platforms.