[Samba] how to backup samba ad domain

[Anderson Hoffmann do Carmo]

I have one DC in Samba 4.3.9-Ubuntu Server
I set the backup script and it is working properly!
The restore test it is OK for me!
I scheduled via CRON and the backup takes one minute only to run


*#!/bin/bash*
*####################################*
*#*
*# Samba_AD backup script*
*#*
*####################################*

*# Stop Samba*
*/etc/init.d/samba stop*

*# What to backup*
*backup_files="/etc/samba /var/lib/samba"*

*# Where to backup to*
*dest="/BACKUP"*

*# Create archive filename*
*day=$(date +%Y_%m_%d_%H%M)*
*hostname=$(hostname -s)*
*archive_file="$hostname-$day.tgz"*

*# Backup the files using tar*
*tar --acls --xattrs -czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files*

*# Start Samba*
*/etc/init.d/samba start*




Anderson Hoffmann do Carmo
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2016-07-26 12:01 GMT-03:00 Jules Houantonon <juleshoueto at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> as for samba sernet installation, the etc direction is located in to /etc
> and the private in to /var/lib/samba, as the sysvol to /var/lib/samba also,
>
> i adjust the parameter FROMWHERE=/usr/local/samba to :
>
> FROMWHERE=/etc/samba
> FROMWHERE=/var/lib/samba/private
> FROMWHERE=/usr/local/samba/sysvol
> WHERE=/usr/local/backups
>
> When I run the script , i receive a tar error that said :
>
> tar refuse to create an empty file
> Error while archiving /usr/local/backups/samba4_private.2016_7_26.tar.bz2
> -status=2
>
> I though /usr/local/backups is the destination for backup files that will
> be created.
> For me, It seems that the script is looking for files in /usr/local/backups
> and as it is a empty directory, it is rejected.
>
> Thank you for your time and helping
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:38 PM, L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hai Kevin,
> >
> > I to have more dc's but same as what your saying..
> > > In general that's fine if all you care about is being able to recreate
> a
> > > failed DC (after hardware failure or bad system update). It's no use in
> > > protecting you against user/sysadmin error where you make large, but
> > > unwanted changes to your directory (like accidentally deleting 200
> users)
> > > and you want to reset it to the previous day's state.
> >
> > For that, check :
> > https://github.com/thctlo/samba4
> >
> > and run it in cron as much u want.
> >
> > Result is like what you want, im ok with 5 backups a day.
> > (next to the normal backups)
> >
> > >ls
> > samba-2016-07-18-0.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-18-1.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-18-2.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-18-3.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-18-4.tar.bz2
> >
> > samba-2016-07-19-0.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-19-1.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-19-2.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-19-3.tar.bz2
> > samba-2016-07-19-4.tar.bz2
> >
> >
> > Greetz,
> >
> > Louis
> >
> >
> >
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