[Samba] sysvol /etc /private replication/backup via git

[Tim]

Just to mention and because I'm in doubt: The samba_backup script contains tdbdump for private folder to create online dumps of all ldb. But the dumps are smaller than the original. Is that ok?
I'm in doubt regarding integrity.

Am 20. Dezember 2014 10:59:59 MEZ, schrieb Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfeld at samba.org>:
>Hello Johannes,
>
>Am 18.12.2014 um 12:23 schrieb johannesa:
>> Basically I wan't to adapt the samba_backup script found in
>> the sources to backup everything via git into our repository.
>> I understand that the best solution would be to tar
>> everything before commit.
>
>You don't have to use tar. But you have to ensure, that you have a
>backup, that includes the extended ACLs and attributes. And tar
>--xattrs
>is an easy way.
>
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>> With the similar technology I wan't to synchronize sysvol.
>
>Why not simply use an rsync based way, to keep everything in sync?
>https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SysVol_Replication
>Easy to setup. Changes (e. g. GPO) are done on one host. All other are
>pulling the changes.
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>> In case of disaster recovery I wan't to write another script
>> that restores everything from our repo.
>
>If your backup is only for sysvol: If you use rsync (see above) for
>replication, a lost sysvol folder would automatically recovered if it's
>one of the rsync slave hosts. You would only need a sysvol backup of
>the
>host that is master for the others. And for that one host I would do
>the
>restore manually. That are just some few steps to do and then I'm sure,
>that it's done right and I can react, if something changed, that was
>forgotten in the script.
>
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>> Did anyone try this already? Do you see pitfalls why this is a bad
>idea?
>> Any comments are highly appreciated.
>
>- You have to keep ext. ACLs/attributes
>
>- Keep the time as short as possible, if files change. rsync transfers
>the changed file with a temporary name and then replaces the file. This
>is just a very short moment, where the file is not accessable.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Marc
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