[Samba] Samba 3.4.2 with Solaris ZFS Snaphots

[Robert LeBlanc]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Ed Plese <ed at edplese.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Ralf Hornik Mailings
> <ralf at best.homeunix.org> wrote:
> > Ed Plese <ed at edplese.com> wrote:
> >> What patches are currently pending?  Do any of them eliminate the need
> >> for some of the ZFS patches?
> >
> > Obviously none. The patches from
> http://www.edplese.com/samba-with-zfs.html
> > do actually work with some modifications. But with 3.5 after compiling
> well
> > the module doesn't work at all, and breaks folder sharing:
> >
> > [2009/12/01 14:14:55.967820,  0]
> smbd/service.c:1009(make_connection_snum)
> >  '/data/daten' is not a directory, when connecting to [Daten]
> >
> >> Has anyone else started merging these patches to the shadow_copy2
> >> module?  If not, I'll get started with it.
> >
> > Is there any documentation about this modules (resp. shadow_copy2) ? I
> need
> > some hints how to configure e.g. the location of the snapdir, format, ...
> > Regards
>
> Yesterday, I posted a patch to the samba-technical list that works
> with the shadow_copy2 module in Samba 3.4.3.  It's also available
> here:
>
> http://www.edplese.com/blog/2009/12/02/samba-shadow_copy2-enhancements/
>
>
Although we are not using ZFS, I'm excited about a couple of the extensions
in this patch. Thanks for the work!

Robert LeBlanc
Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support
Brigham Young University