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proofread release notes for ReaR release 2.1 #8

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* Hot maintenance capability. A rescue image can be made online while
the system is running.

* Command line interface. Relax-and-Recover doesnot require a graphical
* Command line interface. Relax-and-Recover does not require a graphical
interface to run, nor in creation mode, nor in rescue mode (console
is enough).

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- rsync over the network (BACKUP=RSYNC, BACKUP_PROG=rsync)
- Multiple backup methods ([read the documentation](https://github.com/rear/rear/blob/master/doc/user-guide/11-multiple-backups.adoc)) (*New*)
- Windows partitions via BACKUP=BLOCKCLONE (*New*) See [the documention about BLOCKCLONE](https://github.com/rear/rear/blob/master/doc/user-guide/12-BLOCKCLONE.adoc)
- BACKUP=ZYPPER is SLES12 only (*experimental*)
- BACKUP=ZYPPER is SLES12 only (*Experimental*)

* Integrates with _external_ backup solutions such as:

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* The possibility to backup Windows partitions via new BACKUP type BLOCKCLONE (*New*)

*NOTE*: Features marked *experimental* are prone to change with future releases.
*NOTE*: Features marked *Experimental* are prone to change with future releases.



## Relax-and-Recover Releases
The first release of Relax-and-Recover, version 1.0, was posted to the web
in July 2006. For each release, this chapter lists the new features and
in July 2006. For each release, this chapter lists the new features and
defect fixes. Note that all releases are cumulative, and that all releases
of Relax-and-Recover are compatible with previous versions of
Relax-and-Recover, unless otherwise noted.
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* ISO_RECOVER_MODE=unattended mode (issue #1351) - required for automated ReaR testing with OUTPUT=ISO

* MODULES variable understand now different options, like 'all_modules', 'loaded_modules', 'no_modules' (issue #1355)
* MODULES variable supports now special values like 'all_modules', 'loaded_modules', 'no_modules' (issues #1202, #1355)

* Added support for "grub PXE style" on non x86 platform (issue #1339)
* Include systemd/network to preserve "Predictable Network Interface Names" (issue #1349)

* Improved calculations in partitioning code (issues #1269, #1307)
* Various improvements regarding multipath (issues #1190, #1309, #1310, #1311, #1314, #1315, #1324, #1325, #1328, #1329, #1344, #1346)

* Show OUTPUT variables in `rear dump` (issue #1337)

* Added support for "grub PXE style" via PXE_CONFIG_GRUB_STYLE and PXE_TFTP_IP on non x86 platform (issue #1339)

* Try 'wipefs --force' and use 'dd' as fallback to better clean up disk partitions (issue #1327)

* Reorganized "finalize" scripts ordering and cleanup of the PPC bootloader installation (issue #1323)

* Avoid long default wait in 'dig' when DNS servers are not set (issue #1319)

* Fail-safe calculations in partitioning code (issues #1269, #1307)

* Improved support on ppc/ppc64/ppc64le architectures (issues #1178, #1311, #1313, #1322)

* Improved support on ppc/ppc64/ppc64le architectures (issue #1311

* Define hostname in both /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/hostname in rescue image (for Arch) (issue #1316)

* Rename network interface when MAC not present in udev (issue #1312)

* Added support for 'nano' editor (in addition to 'vi') (issues #1298, #1306)

* mmcblk disk types are now supported (issues #1301, #1302)

* NETFS_RESTORE_CAPABILITIES variable introduces to restoration of file capabilities in a proper way (issue #1283)
* NETFS_RESTORE_CAPABILITIES variable was introduced to restore file capabilities in a proper way (issue #1283)

* More precise XFS file system creation during rear recover (issue #1276)
* Added required libs and files for 'curl' with HTTPs by default (issues #1267, #1279)

* Excluded private keys from recovery with DRLM - curl https (issue #1267)
* More precise XFS file system creation during `rear recover` (issues #1208, #1213, #1276)

* FIRMWARE_FILES support to exclude firmware files in rescue image to reduce the size of image (issue #1216)
* DRLM management and security improvements (issue #1252)

* Improved BOOTLOADER support (issue #1242)

* Security and management improvements with DRLM (issue #1229)
* DRLM support for multiple backups via multiple config files (issue #1229)

* Enable SELinux in the rescure/restore ReaR image for tar internal backup method if BACKUP_SELINUX_DISABLE=0 (issue #1215)
* FIRMWARE_FILES support to exclude firmware files in rescue image to reduce the size of image (issue #1216)

* BOOT_OVER_SAN is now fully supported (issues #1190, #1309, #1314, #1315, #1325, #1329, #1344
* Enable SELinux in the rescue image for tar internal backup method if BACKUP_SELINUX_DISABLE=0 (issue #1215)

* BOOT_OVER_SAN is now fully supported (issues #1190, #1309, #1314, #1315, #1325, #1329, #1344)

* NVME disks are now fully supported (issue #1191)

* New Backup type ZYPPER has been added (issue #1085)
* Some initial basic support for new backup type ZYPPER was added (issues #1085, #1209)

* Finding UEFI boot loaders on non standard places (issues #1204, #1225, #1293)

* The USB UEFI partition size (USB_UEFI_PART_SIZE) for kernel image has been increased from 100 to 200 MB (issue #1205)

* REAR_INITRD_COMPRESSION="lz4" was also added (issue #1218)
* The USB UEFI partition size USB_UEFI_PART_SIZE for kernel image has been increased from 100 to 200 MB (issue #1205)

* For PPC64 initrd compression is now also possible with lzma. A new variable REAR_INITRD_COMPRESSION="lzma" can be used for this purpose. More information can be found in the default.conf file (issue #1142)
* REAR_INITRD_COMPRESSION variable was introduced to specify initrd compression (e.g. 'lzma' for PPC64) (issues #1142, #1218, #1290)

* New backup type was added BLOCKCLONE which is able to backup Windows partitions (issues #1172, #1180)
* New backup type BLOCKCLONE was added to backup non-Linux partitions (e.g. Windows NTFS partitions) (issues #1078, #1162, #1172, #1180)

* Bareos 16.2 is now supported (issue #1169)

* New USB_PARTITION_ALIGN_BLOCK_SIZE and USB_DEVICE_FILESYSTEM_PARAMS variables were added (issue #1217)

* Improved the USB backup selection menu during the recovery via USB device (issue #1166)
* Improved the USB backup selection menu during the recovery via USB (issue #1166)

* USB_SUFFIX variable was introduced to align backup on USB with backup on NFS (issues #1164, #1160, #1145)

* Forbid incremental backup to work on BACKUP_URL=usb:// (issue #1146)

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* Implement simulation mode with simulation with the workflows validate and shell (issue #1098)

* Update 11-multiple-backups.adoc : Multiple backups are in general not supported for
BACKUP_TYPE=incremental or BACKUP_TYPE=differential (issues #1074 and #1123)
BACKUP_TYPE=incremental or BACKUP_TYPE=differential (issues #1074 and #1123)

* Using RUNTIME_LOGFILE in all scripts as needed (issue #1119)

* New Backup method was added - BORG (issues #1118,
* New Backup method was added - BORG (issues #1030, #1037, #1046, #1048, #1118)

* Multiple backups are now possible (issue #1088, #1102, #1096) - see the [documentation page](https://github.com/rear/rear/blob/master/doc/user-guide/11-multiple-backups.adoc) (*New*)
* Multiple backups are now possible (issues #1088, #1102, #1096) - see the [documentation page](https://github.com/rear/rear/blob/master/doc/user-guide/11-multiple-backups.adoc) (*New*)

* Support partitioning and formatting huge USB devices (issue #1105)

* Skip remount async when systemd is used (issue #1097)

* Fixed and enhanced code for multiple ISOs (issue #1081)

* BACKUP_TYPE=incremental (*New*) and BACKUP_TYPE=differential were updated (issue #974, #1069)
* BACKUP_TYPE=incremental (*New*) and BACKUP_TYPE=differential were updated (issues #974, #1069)

* Added support for setting a UUID on XFS with enabled CRC (RHEL 7) (issue #1065)

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