I am having difficulty in my attempt to copy samba tdb files to a backup server
for failover purposes. I am currently doing this manually but would like to
eventually use rsync...
The problem is that when i copy the various /samba/var/locks/*.tdb files to the
faliover server the driver information is not available when the backup takes
over - any attempt to dl drivers from the second server fail - checking
properties on the printer via NT shows no drivers available. I can re-add the
drivers and everything proceeds normally. Once this is done there are no
problems with swithcing between the two servers.
My ? is:
Which tdb's and/or other files are needed to successfully port a server
configuration to a second server for failover purposes [which require all
drivers to be available as soon as the failover is complete..] ?
I am currently copying:
/samba/printers/* [the drivers]
/samba/private/MACHINE.SID
/samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb
/samba/var/locks/ntforms.tdb
/samba/var/locks/ntprinters.tdb
/samba/var/locks/printing.tdb
and others [printcap, smb.conf, hosts, smbpass, ....]
file permissions are preserved...
the drivers are the big deal right now. Anyone have suggestions?
any and all input is apprectiated.
BTW: Samba 2.2.3-pre w/o winbind on RH-VALE 6.2.4
paul
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
2001-Oct-31 06:36 UTC
moving samba driver config files to backup server...
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Paul Sanders wrote:> I am currently copying: > /samba/printers/* [the drivers] > /samba/private/MACHINE.SID > /samba/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb > /samba/var/locks/ntforms.tdb > /samba/var/locks/ntprinters.tdb > /samba/var/locks/printing.tdb > and others [printcap, smb.conf, hosts, smbpass, ....]What is the error? Have you check the smbd logs? cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- www.samba.org SAMBA Team jerry_at_samba.org www.plainjoe.org jerry_at_plainjoe.org --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca--