On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 08:59:28PM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > On Fri, 2013-06-14 at 23:34 +0400, Alexey Balekhov wrote: > > Hi all! Is it possible to lock databases in private dir to make consistent > > LVM snapshot? I know about tdbbackup, but LVM snapshot is preferred way for > > me, cause it's already used for MySQL backup. > > Just as with MySQL, you need to ensure the backup is consistent. So, > just as you must shut down or freeze mysql, you must do the same with > Samba. tdbbackup is how you get a frozen database out of a running > Samba, so run that script, then run your lvm backup.
Alternatively, if someone does not want to do tdbbackup, it should be possible to take the allrecord lock in tdb using tdbtool. I don't know how to integrate this into taking the lvm snapshot, but this should also guarantee a consistent database. Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
