[Samba] migrate fileserver to a new server

[Perttu Aaltonen]

Hi Elias,

ZFS send would be my first choice but after that, rsync. The only trouble that comes to mind could be copying extended attributes if you have cross-platform users and depending on how extended attributes are stored on the server.

-Perttu

> On 22. Jun 2021, at 20.42, Elias Pereira via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 12:00 PM Elias Pereira <empbilly at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am planning a migration of our fileserver to a new server. Today it is
>> on a xenserver vm. I will migrate it to a proxmox vm.
>> 
>> The shared folders are on a freenas ISCSI share via file extent. This is
>> no longer the best practice for this type of connection. For the new vm on
>> the proxmox I will use a zvol volume share.
>> 
>> What is the best approach for copying the folders and files? Maybe rsync?
>> 
>> --
>> Elias Pereira
>> 
> 
> 
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