Hi, I have a slightly similar setup with a primary / slave samba server on site, using DRBD for the data replication. And I nightly rsync the directories to a third samba server offsite. I also then rsync that third system with a backup server running ZFS on linux and then take a snapshot. I would be using rsync with the a option or at least look into what the a option implies. I would also be checking the permissions on the parent directories, that caught me out once. Thanks Ned
On 13 February 2013 23:35, Gregory Sloop <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this has come up a bit in the past, but consider this > situation: > > Two Samba4 DC's - and I want to "mirror" the data shares to the > "backup" DC in case we lose the primary DC and it's file shares. > > [A cheap, dirty, poor-mans semi-CTDB. How did you ever guess that Red > Green was helping me?!] > > The easiest way is probably rsync'ing the data. > > However, will that include all the ACL's and extra data associated > with the files. I understand that to a disk on part of the DC, it > might not. But on the second DC, all the relevant users, AD group etc > do all exist. > > So, is using rsync in such a situation reasonable/workable, or should > we use some windows based utility - say robocopy to handle this? > > TIA > -Greg > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > Edward Ashley Developer e. [email protected] u. www.redmonkeysoftware.com t. 0845 867 3849 f. 0845 867 4127 Red Monkey Software | Superior Software Solutions Red Monkey Software Ltd, 24 The Layne, Elmer Sands, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. PO22 6JL Registered in England and Wales no 5923420 Registered Office: 20 Springfield Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 8AD -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
