[Samba] Samba 4.11.0RC1 replication with Windows2012R2 ?

[Luc Lalonde]

Hello Tim,

Wow, great documentation!   That really clears a lot of the terminology 
for me.

We have to remove our Win2008R2 Servers before Jan2020.  

Hopefully Samba 4.11.x will permit us to join a Win2012R2 Server at a
2008R2 functional level... 

Your documentation gives steps on how to do this.  But I need some
clarifications...

Here's my understanding of the workflow:

 1. Upgrade Samba DC's to version 4.11.x
 2. Promote domain to schema 69
 3. Transfer FSMO roles to Windows 2008R2 Server
 4. Join Windows 2012R2 Server to domain
 5. Delete Windows 2008R2 Server

When I join the Windows 2012R2 Server to the domain, how do I make sure
that it doesn't try to upgrade the functional level to 2012R2?

Do you know if 2012R2 functional level is planned for Samba 4.12.x ?

Thank You!

On 2019-07-29 5:36 p.m., Tim Beale wrote:
>
> FYI, we've added a wiki page that explains this difference between
> functional level and schema level in a bit more detail.
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows_2012_Server_compatibility
>
> I've got a patch to link to the wiki page from the WHATSNEW (currently
> pending review/delivery).
>
> The other thing to note is there's a bug joining Windows on 4.10 and
> 4.11rc1. The fix is pending delivery, so this should be fixed in a
> subsequent rc build.
> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14046
>
> On 30/07/19 4:43 AM, Luc Lalonde via samba wrote:
>> Ahh ok, thanks for the clarification!   I'll go to bed less ignorant
>> tonight ;-)
>>
>> On 2019-07-29 12:07 p.m., Rowland penny via samba wrote:
>>> On 29/07/2019 16:41, Luc Lalonde wrote:
>>>> The first sentence says that default schema has changed from 2008R2
>>>> (schema 47) to 2012R2 (schema 69).
>>>>
>>>> This does not mean that we're now at Windows 2012R2 functional level by
>>>> default?   I must be missing something...
>>>>
>>> Schema version != function level ;-)
>>>
>>> For instance, Samba, as you say, uses schema 47 which could be
>>> function level 2008R2, but you can set it to be 2003 (not that you
>>> would want to)
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Luc Lalonde, analyste
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