[Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication

[C Waddy]

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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