[Samba] vfs_shadow_copy2 not working

[douxevip]

The last email had 1 little error in the smb.conf that I forgot to edit for the email: skyhawk2x4tb was the old poolname, I have it renamed to /pool now, so this is not a source of the problem.



‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Sunday, September 1, 2019 2:20 PM, douxevip <douxevip at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> Here's the log with log level 10: https://pastebin.com/0EAuz2B8
>
> The location of the shared folder: /pool/shadowtest
> The location of the snapshots: /pool/shadowtest/.zfs/snapshot
> Here are how snapshots are named:
>
> autosnap_2019-09-01_13:29:01_daily
> autosnap_2019-09-01_13:29:01_hourly
> autosnap_2019-09-01_13:44:09_frequently
>
> And this is currently in my smb.conf file:
>
> [shadowtest]
> path = /pool/shadowtest
> valid users = user1
> read only = no
> writeable = yes
> guest ok = no
> create mode = 770
> directory mode = 770
> vfs objects = shadow_copy2
> shadow:snapdir = /skyhawk2x4tb/shadowtest/.zfs/snapshot
> shadow:snapprefix = ^autosnap_
> shadow:format = %Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S_\(frequently\)\{0,1\}\(hourly\)\{0,1\}\(daily\)\{0,1\}\(monthly\)\{0,1\}
> shadow:delimiter = _
> shadow:sort = desc
> shadow:localtime = no
>
> I do not see the snapshots listed in the Windows Previous Version tab, so it doesn't work, but I can't figure out why. Any ideas?
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Monday, August 12, 2019 1:14 PM, Jeremy Allison via samba samba at lists.samba.org wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 11:22:53PM +0000, douxevip via samba wrote:
> >
> > > So I'm trying to get shadow copies to work with Windows clients. The snapshots are being stored at /test/.zfs/snapshot
> > > The snapshots are being named like so:
> > > autosnap_2019-08-10_21:00:00_frequently
> > > autosnap_2019-08-10_21:00:00_monthly
> > > autosnap_2019-08-10_22:00:00_hourly
> > > This is in my smb.conf:
> > > [test]
> > > vfs objects = shadow_copy2
> > > shadow:snapdir = /test/.zfs/snapshot
> > > shadow:snapprefix = ^autosnap_
> > > shadow:format = %Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S_\(frequently\)\{0,1\}\(hourly\)\{0,1\}\(daily\)\{0,1\}\(monthly\)\{0,1\}
> > > #shadow:delimiter = _
> > > shadow:sort = desc
> > > shadow:localtime = no
> > > I've also tried it with the delimiter line uncommented (and then removing the underscore from the snapprefix), I've tried putting the shadow:format syntax between quotation marks ("") as well, but it doesn't just show up in Windows.
> > > I think that syntax should just work according to the manual. Why is it not working?
> >
> > What does log level 10 say ?
> >
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