Hi,
I've recently installed a Cobalt Qube (i.e Linux Server) to handle email
and filesharing requirements for a small business ... replacing an NT
Workstation, however I'd like to maintain the current backup process
which is ARCserver running on an NT Server.
This was working fine NT to NT (i.e NT Server does a backup of its local
drives, and then does a backup of the shares on the NT Workstation), but
I don't seem to be able to get it to backup the Qube in the same fashion
(the Qube is running SAMBA).
Having a closer look at what is happening I note that the NT Server is
running ARCserver for NT - Single Server Edition, which will happily
backup shares on remote NT Workstations but not other NT Servers ... for
that I'm told you need ARCserve for NT - Enterprise Edition.
There are a couple of possible solutions ...
1. upgrade to ARCserve for NT - Enterprise Edition ($$$)
2. install a module to support Linux clients (if such a beast is
available)
3. configure SAMBA so it "appears" on the network as an NT
Workstation.
Personally I'd like to keep it simple and just backup the shares on the
Qube, so option 3 is my preference ... is it possible?
Since the Qube comes completely preconfigured, I didn't have to install
Linux or SAMBA so I have no experience with SAMBA except as an end user.
I'd guess a change to /etc/smb.conf is required ...
Cheers, Malcolm
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TDA Systems Engineering Pty Ltd
Canberra, Australia
http://www.tdasys.com.au/
Malcolm McLeary Phone: +61 2 6251-5270
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FileMaker Solutions Alliance Member Email: mim@mac.net.au
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On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:16:58 +1100, Malcolm McLeary <mim@mac.net.au> wrote:>This was working fine NT to NT (i.e NT Server does a backup of its local >drives, and then does a backup of the shares on the NT Workstation), but >I don't seem to be able to get it to backup the Qube in the same fashion >(the Qube is running SAMBA).I'd suspect that ARCserve is querying the OS on the peer and looking for specific strings to recognize what constitutes a valid "workstation" OS. I'm not sure what's sent across the wire during share negotiation (check the logs with the debug level cranked up) but you might be able to recompile Samba to lie about what it is, or at least tag its ID with something that looks more like NTWS. Does your version of ARCserve detect and deny an attempt to backup a peer NT server? That would serve to confirm my theory. Ken mailto:shiva@well.com http://www.well.com/user/shiva/ http://www.e-scrub.com/cgi-bin/wpoison/wpoison.cgi (Death to Spam!)
Ken,>>This was working fine NT to NT (i.e NT Server does a backup of its local >>drives, and then does a backup of the shares on the NT Workstation), but >>I don't seem to be able to get it to backup the Qube in the same fashion >>(the Qube is running SAMBA). > >I'd suspect that ARCserve is querying the OS on the peer and looking >for specific strings to recognize what constitutes a valid >"workstation" OS. I'm not sure what's sent across the wire during share >negotiation (check the logs with the debug level cranked up) but you >might be able to recompile Samba to lie about what it is, or at least >tag its ID with something that looks more like NTWS.I was hoping for a simple change to smb.conf ... not a recompilation.>Does your version of ARCserve detect and deny an attempt to backup a >peer NT server? That would serve to confirm my theory.Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we only have one NT Server. It would be an appropriate test to see if ARCserve treats another server the same way it treats SAMBA. Cheers, Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TDA Systems Engineering Pty Ltd Canberra, Australia http://www.tdasys.com.au/ Malcolm McLeary Phone: +61 2 6251-5270 Systems Engineer Mobile: 0412 636 086 FileMaker Solutions Alliance Member Email: mim@mac.net.au This message was sent using Claris Emailer 2.0v3 for Macintosh.