Samba and MS Shadow Copy

[Ken Cross]

Also, I have noticed that there must be some differences between the current
file and the files in the Shadow Copies.  Make sure *something* is changed
in the files.  (Directories seem to always display Shadow Copies.)

Ken
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Ken Cross

Network Storage Solutions
Phone 865.675.4070 ext 31
kcross at nssolutions.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan (metze) Metzmacher [mailto:metze at metzemix.de] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: Ken Cross; 'Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-TECHNICAL'
> Subject: Re: Samba and MS Shadow Copy
> 
> 
> At 08:31 06.08.2003 -0400, Ken Cross wrote:
> 
> > > >
> > > >what is if we have 0 volumes and lables?
> >
> >It just returns num_volumes = 0, data_size = 16.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > My winXP sp1 box doesn't send the ioctl call over the wire :-(
> > >
> > > NTFILMON from www.sysinternals.com
> > >
> > > shows IOCTL:0x14019F    INVALID DEVICE REQUEST
> > >
> > > but ethereal didn't show anything...
> > >
> > > Is any flag that says this is enabled?
> > >
> >
> >I'm running XP Pro SP1, but it needs the Shadow Copy upgrade from
> >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e382
358f-33c3-4de7-
>acd8-a33ac92d295e   Once that was installed, it worked great.
>
>You mean your box sent 0x14019F?  No idea where that came from.  Does 
>NTFILMON have a value for 0x00144064 (that's what I'm seeing).

It's now working...

I also get the ShadowCopies Dialog on file/dir properties.

But they don't show any older files :-(

Here's a trace with my samba returning 18 snaps...

I have added @GMT-.... directories by hand to the share
so the snapshot files are there...

But there's not shown

>Do you have a Win 2003 Server that you can test against to see if it 
>sees "real" Shadow Copies?

No, not yet :-(



metze
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