[Samba] Samba 3.0.28 with VFS-Module "GPFS"

[Ralph Cunnington]

Hi Rob,
thanks for the quick response. I'm just getting the sources from 
ctdb.samba.org and
getting forward to get things working (Quota-Reporting and ACl-Support for 
Samba-Shares,
as asked for in samba at lists.samba.org (see below)).

I post this info to the samba- and gpfs-general list.

thanks
Ralph

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[Samba] Samba 3.0.28 with VFS-Module "GPFS"
Ralph Cunnington
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:56:18 -0800
Hi Rob,
on your Info for Version 3.0.25 you pointed out the VFS-Module GPFS for 
using features of the underlaying GPFS-Filesystem.
Also the man-pages-3/vfs_gpfs.8.html points to that module, but I can't 
find it anywhere.

We are using a GPFS 3.2  3-Node Samba Cluster (3.0.24/28) on Dell HW.

We would be very glad if it is posible to get 
- Quota Recognition for our users (we use "max disc size" but thats not 
the answer),
- Filesize reporting (MS-Explorer Discspace versus Unix "du" versus GPFS 
Blocksize (1024k)) and
- ACL-Support (nfs4) working

perhaps this plugin does it all ?

Can you point it out to me ?
Ralph

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Robert K Gjertsen <gjertsen at us.ibm.com> schrieb am 14.01.2008 15:35:54:

> 
> Ralph, 
> 
> I had to check into this with some other folks. Here is what you 
> need to know: 
> 
> You should be using the version of Samba from http://ctdb.samba.org/
> 
> That version includes all the necessary pieces for GPFS, plus it
> includes the ctdb hooks to make Samba safe on a cluster. Plain Samba
> 3.0.28 is not safe to run on a GPFS cluster.
> 
> Please read through the docs on ctdb.samba.org, or if you want an IBM
> supported solution then you should talk to Sven Oehme 
(oehmes at de.ibm.com). 
> 
> --Rob 
> 

> 
> Ralph Cunnington <Ralph.Cunnington at bib.de> 
> 01/11/2008 05:13 AM 
> 
> To
> 
> gjertsen at users.sourceforge.net 
> 
> cc
> 
> Subject
> 
> Info and Link to VFS-Modul GPFS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Rob, 
> i'm  looking for a link to get the VFS-Module "gpfs" included in my 
> Samba 3.0.28 as documented 
> in the man-pages. I cant find the Module anywhere... 
> 
> Have you got some infos on that for me ? 
> 
> Using GPFS3.2 on a 3-Node Samba Cluster (3.0.24/28) on Dell HW 
> 
> greetings from Paderborn, Germany 
> 
> Ralph Cunnington 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ralph Cunnington 
> IT-Support und Systementwicklung Paderborn 
> 
> b.i.b. International College, Fürstenallee 3-5, 33102 Paderborn
> Tel:+49(0)5251-30101 - Fax:+49(0)5251-301161
> Ralph.Cunnington at bib.de - www.bib.de
> 
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