[Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication

Fri Mar 1 02:08:34 MST 2013

Im looking for a nice setup like this.

http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-standalone-storage-server-with-glusterfs-and-samba-on-debian-squeeze 

with samba4 DC and DC replication. 
Samba 4 DC ( and RODC's ) and having multiple subnets and remote locations. 
using bind for dns. 
Integrations of Zarafa schema in AD. 
having other servers with nfs linked nfs v2 3 ( like to have v4 also ) 

I can make a nice howto, but im missing some knowledge and the caveats where to lookout for. 
Im going to use debian or ubuntu, depends. I like debian more, but my servers are Dell, 
and ubuntu is adviced by dell, because of bit better driver support

Looked a lot, and yes there's a lot out there but all snipets of what im looking for. 

I'll like a nice howto based on real world networks. 

Im working now on a howto and setup voor nagios3 with centreon on ubuntu ( and more) , without compiling. 
Only debs used, i can only do 1 howto at a time. For example this setup, first time took 8 hours.
Now im at about 90% of the setup, install time is now about 2.5 hours.. 

So, if someone is installing samba, please please, write down very step, failuere, success, and put it here.
Or on your website, let us all know what your doing, how and we learn all. 
And let us know why your choosing for a setup, this is i think most important. 

and yes i know this place.  ;-)  http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4  

And many thanks to the samba team for all support here. 

Louis

Van: C Waddy [mailto:craigwaddy at gmail.com] 
Verzonden: vrijdag 1 maart 2013 9:25
Aan: L.P.H. van Belle
CC: mueller at tropenklinik.de; samba at lists.samba.org
Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication

Being a mirror it "should" keep the NTFS permissions set? 

I will try this out and report my findings.

Thoughts?

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:21 PM, C Waddy <craigwaddy at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Daniel, I did have a look at that option and it now I looked harder it is an excellent solution! 

Basically Glusterfs will replicate the file storage. 

Glusterfs looks straight forward enough to setup:

http://www.howtoforge.com/high-availability-storage-with-glusterfs-3.2.x-on-centos-6.3-automatic-file-replication-mirror-across-two-storage-servers 

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM, L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl> wrote:
I'm voting for...
Daniel is going make a nice example/howto howto do this.  ;-))
i've seen him talking a lot about this, but howto setup this...
I like to know..

;-)

Gr.

Louis

>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: mueller at tropenklinik.de
>[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Daniel Müller
>Verzonden: vrijdag 1 maart 2013 8:09
>Aan: 'C Waddy'; 'Greg Sloop'
>CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication
>
>Use glusterfs.
>
>And samba4 in replication mode.
>
>Good Luck
>
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>Auftrag von C Waddy
>Gesendet: Freitag, 1. März 2013 07:19
>An: Greg Sloop
>Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>Betreff: Re: [Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication
>
>Hi Greg,
>
>Thanks for the info, its a tough one. I was hoping the msdsf
>would replicate
>data but it appears it doesnt appear to or am i missing something?
>
>I used a program in the past called File replication pro on
>Suse/novell  and
>it worked. I haave emailed their support and asked if it will
>work in our
>situation.
>
>I am going to give it a go in the Samba4 test environment over
>the weekend,
>ill let you know if it works.
>
>On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Gregory Sloop <gregs at sloop.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> CW> I have built two samba4 boxes, one as a PDC and the as a DC, all
>> working
>> CW> perfectly. If I create a user through the mmc snapin
>then turn off
>> CW> the
>> PDC,
>> CW> I can still login to the domain using the DC which is great. The
>> problem is
>> CW> their files and ntfs permissions on BDC.
>>
>> CW> I have assigned user and group rights using windows explorer to
>> CW> certain folders, i.e granted user1 full permissions to
>that folder
>>
>> CW> The problem I have is trying to replicate/snc the users
>data/files
>> from PDC
>> CW> to DC whilst keeping the NTFS permissions that have been set.
>> CW> Rysnc
>> doesnt
>> CW> seem to keep the ntfs permissions
>>
>> CW> The reason for this is if the PDC goes down, user logs on using
>> CW> the DC
>> and
>> CW> can access their files which have retained their files and
>permissions.
>>
>> CW> Is there some way to achieve this?
>>
>> I'm in the same boat, and I'm only aware of two possibilities.
>>
>> 1) Robocopy - using a Windows client.
>>    BUT Robocopy doesn't do file deltas - changed files are copied in
>>    their entirety. Which isn't a problem if you don't have large
>>    files. But if you've got a 10G file that changes often, then this
>>    probably isn't the best alternative.
>>
>> 2) http://www.bvckup.com/support/ [Bvckup]
>>    This also appears to be a Windows utility, but does handle file
>>    delta's. I have never used this tool and so can't vouch
>for it in any
>>    way.
>>
>> If you find a functional solution, that preferably can be
>used on the
>> two Linux/Samba boxes to do file-deltas and still maintain the
>> permissions - that would be best.
>>
>> One other option that might work:
>> Rsync the data, and use robocopy to simply duplicate the permissions
>> structure. [I believe this is possible.]
>>
>> This last idea sounds bat$hit insane - but hey, it might
>actually work
>> reasonably well. :)
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>>
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