[Samba] messy replication

[L.P.H. van Belle]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Adam 
> Weremczuk via samba
> Verzonden: dinsdag 16 juli 2019 16:51
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] messy replication
> 
> On 16/07/19 15:38, Rowland penny via samba wrote:
> 
> > I would fix DC1, then create a new DC running Debian stretch (this 
> > will give you Samba 4.5.16), join this to your old DC and 
> once it is 
> > working correctly, transfer the FSMO roles to it and demote DC1. 
> > Upgrade stretch to buster (make sure to back everything up) 
> then start 
> > to use Louis's repo.
> 
> Anything wrong with starting with 4.9.5 on buster followed by a 
> (potential) further upgrade to the absolute latest Samba?

There is nothing wrong with the official Debian package, except you will miss important bugfixes,
and these are included in the lastest builds on my repo.

What you can do. 
1) search for latest wheezy packages of samba. The wheezy old old older backport had 4.1.x 
2) build youself.  Needed: https://github.com/thctlo/samba-wheezy  
This shows all the packages you need, from a fellow list user Achim. 

That brings you to 4.6.7, correct all needed smb.conf settings and less is better.. 
Then setup upgrade to jessie, now you can upgrade to 4.7 through my repo.
Then upgrade to stretch, you upgrade to 4.8.x. through my repo.
Now upgrade to buster and upgrade to 4.9.5 

Im my optionion the safest upgrade path. 

I dont recommend upgrading from wheezy to buster, use the steps in between. 

In you case, i would fix DC1 so it runs perfect, then add a new version and move fsmo roles. 

So far, 

Greetz, 

Louis