[Samba] Backup Error

[Robert A Wooldridge]

On 07/22/2019 04:08 PM, Tim Beale via samba wrote:
> On 23/07/19 8:05 AM, Robert A Wooldridge via samba wrote:
>> I'm trying to do a backup of my DC and I get this error:
>>
>> samba-tool domain backup online --server=athena --targetdir=/opt
>>
>>
>> ERROR(<type 'exceptions.IndexError'>): uncaught exception - list index
>> out of range
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/__init__.py",
>> line 177, in _run
>>      return self.run(*args, **kwargs)
>>    File
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/domain_backup.py", line
>> 237, in run
>>      new_sid = get_sid_for_restore(remote_sam)
>>    File
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/domain_backup.py", line
>> 73, in get_sid_for_restore
>>      rid = int(res[0].get('rIDNextRID')[0])
>>
> This happens when you try to back up a DC that hasn't initialized its
> RID pool yet.
>
> I thought it was just a corner-case that only happens if you try to
> backup a brand new DC. But it appears the same thing can happen if all
> the RID allocations have taken place on the primary DC and you try to
> back up the secondary DC.
I just installed this DC last week.  After getting it up and running for 
a couple days, I did a FSMO role transfer to this new DC.
>
> The solution would be either:
> - backup your primary DC rather than the secondary one.
Per above, would this one not now be the primary DC?
> - Create and then delete a temporary user directly on the secondary DC
> to force a RID allocation. Then the backup should then work on the
> secondary DC.
Will try this with the other DC.
>

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Bob Wooldridge
EDM Incorporated