[PATCH: Offline Backup 2]

[Gary Lockyer]

On 01/08/18 16:58, Andrew Bartlett via samba-technical wrote:
> G'Day Aaron.
> 
> I know this has been a saga, but you have toiled mightily and
> succeeded.
> 
> I'm happy with this patch, and very glad to see a safe local backup
> tool arrive, and the previous unlocked tool removed.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>
> 
> Can I get a second team reviewer please?

RB+ pushing to autobuild.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> 
> On Wed, 2018-08-01 at 16:51 +1200, Aaron Haslett via samba-technical
> wrote:
>> Patch attached and here's the CI run:
>>
>> https://gitlab.com/catalyst-samba/samba/pipelines/26925397
>>
>>
>> On 01/08/18 16:46, Aaron Haslett wrote:
>>> Here's a new version of the patch.  This version contains several bug
>>> fixes, stylistic fixes, more detailed commenting, and moves the
>>> tdbbackup test into lib/tdb so it can be run as part of tdb standalone.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/07/18 16:50, Aaron Haslett wrote:
>>>> The samba_backup bash script is a tool that creates a local backup of a
>>>> DC using the file system.  This patch replaces that script with a new
>>>> samba-tool command called "domain backup offline".
>>>>
>>>> If the samba_backup bash script is used on a DC while it is running,
>>>> there could be database corruption.  This patch adds readonly locking
>>>> mode to the tdbbackup tool and uses the new functionality to do a safe
>>>> backup.  Thorough testing is added, including a new testenv target
>>>> constructed from a backup created by the new tool.  The new target is
>>>> tagged against all the same tests as the existing 'backup online' and
>>>> 'rename' targets.
>>>>
>>
>>

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