[Samba] how to backup samba ad domain

[Jules Houantonon]

Thank you all for your feedback. I appreciate it.

I only have one DC, and i cannot install another one.

Please, now how can I adjust the backup script to work witch samba-sernet
package installation ?

Regards



On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> On 26/07/16 11:16, Jules Houantonon wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> i installed samba-sernet-ad on centos 7.2.
>>
>> I read that samba_backup script it is available from the source code.
>>
>> As, i do not installed samba from source code, how can i backup Samba AD
>> on
>> my server ?
>>
>> Thank you for helping
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
> The problem with getting the backup script from the source code is that it
> is hardcoded for /usr/local/samba.
>
> You only really need a backup script if you only have one DC, the best way
> to backup your AD, add another DC.
>
> If you do decide to backup your AD, you will have to decide when and how
> often you create a backup, this is because infrequent backups are
> worthless. Unless you are sure that your backup contains every change, you
> could find yourself minus all changes made since the last backup.
>
> Rowland
>
>
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