[Samba] Samba upgrade

[lingpanda101]

On 11/22/2017 4:13 AM, Michael Howard via samba wrote:
> I'm upgrading an old samba4 instance (Samba version: 
> 4.3.0pre1-GIT-1e32ada) which despite it's age works fine. Running 
> 'samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs' before the upgrade results in no errors.
>
> Building and installing using samba-4.7.3.tar.gz source (same 
> ./configure) and the running 'samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs' results 
> in 'Checked 3994 objects (4367 errors)' and then an endless loop of 
> .......
>
> # samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs --fix --yes
> Checked 3994 objects (4440 errors)
> # samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs
> Checked 3994 objects (434 errors)
> # samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs --fix --yes
> Checked 3994 objects (456 errors)
> # samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs
> Checked 3994 objects (434 errors)
> # samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs --fix --yes
> Checked 3994 objects (456 errors)
>
> ..... and so on. Anybody know if there is a way out of this loop? 
> Maybe migrating to a new DC is the way to go. Any suggestions of the 
> best approach in that scenario, to avoid manual input ans lots of 
> scripting? Should it just be a case of new DC, promote, demote old DC?
>
> Cheers,
>
Can't tell with out more info. Run with --verbose and not --fix and see 
what the errors are.

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James