Hi Our fileserver is currently on DC1 in a 2DC domain. We are running out of space on that box. Is there any possibility of being able to run smbd on another box (not necessarily a domain controller) by syncing the data over to it from DC1? We also run NFS on some of the same data. I can already see this turning into a naming, IP and Kerberos nightmare. What would be the provision server-role= parameter for a machine that was going to be a fileserver but not a DC? Is that even possible? If it is going to be a domain member, maybe I should not provision? What command would I use to join the machine to the domain so it becomes just an ordinary member? Cheers, Steve
In this case I suggest a normal samba3 member server. Alternatively you can use member server-role with samba4. But I didn't try a join as a member with samba4 so far. Bj?rn On 06/27/2012 12:12 PM, steve wrote:> Hi > Our fileserver is currently on DC1 in a 2DC domain. We are running out > of space on that box. > > Is there any possibility of being able to run smbd on another box (not > necessarily a domain controller) by syncing the data over to it from > DC1? We also run NFS on some of the same data. I can already see this > turning into a naming, IP and Kerberos nightmare. > > What would be the provision server-role= parameter for a machine that > was going to be a fileserver but not a DC? Is that even possible? If it > is going to be a domain member, maybe I should not provision? > > What command would I use to join the machine to the domain so it becomes > just an ordinary member? > > Cheers, > Steve
On 27/06/12 17:34, Bjoern Baumbach wrote:> Hi Steve, > > On 06/27/2012 04:59 PM, steve wrote: >> How do I then tell the clients (I have both Linux and xp and 7 in the >> domain) to look at the new fileserver? > > DFS could be a solution: > > msdfs proxy (S) > > This parameter indicates that the share is a stand-in for another > CIFS share whose location is specified by the value of the > parameter. When clients attempt to connect to this share, they are > redirected to the proxied share using the SMB-Dfs protocol. > > Only Dfs roots can act as proxy shares. Take a look at the msdfs > root and host msdfs options to find out how to set up a Dfs root > share. > > Example: msdfs proxy = \otherserver\someshare >Thanks. I wonder if DRDB would do it too? Cheers, Steve
On 06/27/2012 07:09 PM, steve wrote:> I wonder if DRDB would do it too?AFAIK DRDB is something like a mirror. So no, DFS is a kind of redirection/link. Bj?rn -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 G?ttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG G?ttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen http://www.sernet.de, mailto:kontakt at sernet.de
dfs can do a sort of share cluster too, where multiple server have the same share and the clients can connect to any one of the servers using the same name. My understanding is that samba supports this mode, but you have to do the file share sync and locking some other way. gfs or ocfs on top of drdb are possible options for this