On 26/01/15 15:16, Paul Littlefield wrote:> On 26/01/15 15:08, Rowland Penny wrote: >> Yes, set up a new DC with your new OS and join this to the domain, >> once up and running, transfer the seven (yes, there are 7) FSMO roles >> to the new DC. Once everything is running ok, turn off the old DC and >> remove *all* mention of it from the domain. > > Hi Rowland > > Indeed, this was suggested but was frowned upon, as there are bugs?Not as far as I know, the problem is that samba-tool only knows about five of the FSMO roles, it knows nothing about the 'ForestDnsZones' & 'DomainDnsZones' FSMO roles, so this means you have to sieze them manually. Though having said that, I suppose this could be classed as a bug.> >> Not easy, but it can be done. > > Yes, and I believe it could potentially **** up the existing DC2 and > any machines attached to it, meaning you have to join every single > machine on the network domain again..Well possibly, so you would have to back everything up and do this when every other machine was turned off> > >> Of course it would have been a lot easier if you hadn't used the >> samba version from git. It would also be a lot better if people read >> and accepted what is written on the wiki. > > Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing :) >Very true :-)> The whole Domain Controller thing on this network is a tale of "suck > it and see" and then "if it ain't broke don't fix it." >I worked for a company like that.> It was done in the early days of Samba 4 when there was only the git > version, and so I thought it would be best to stick with that method > for DC2. > > So far, they have worked flawlessly for a year, but now the boss wants > to cut down the heat generating boxes which are in the server room. > > :) > > So, I will... > > * P2V my Gentoo DC1 exactly as is. > * P2V my Ubuntu DC2 exactly as it. > > ...and be done with it. > > That sound OK? > > For now. >I think that in the short term, that is all you can do. Rowland> :) > > Regards, > > Paul Littlefield >
On 26/01/15 15:40, Rowland Penny wrote:> I think that in the short term, that is all you can do.OK. Thanks for everyone's input. I am now off to have a look at http://relax-and-recover.org to P2V... ...unless someone knows a full-proof verified way of cloning a software raid Gentoo system, instead of a stage4 tarball? :) -- Paul Littlefield Telephone: 07801 125705 Email: info at paully.co.uk Web: http://www.paully.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/paullittlefield Wiki: http://wiki.indie-it.com/index.php?title=Special:AllPages Blog: http://www.littlefield.info Photo: http://gravatar.com/plittlefield Google+: https://plus.google.com/+PaulLittlefield LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/paullittlefield Trakt: http://trakt.tv/user/plittlefield LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/paullittlefield Paul Littlefield is environmentally responsible. Please consider the environment before printing this email. This email and any attachment is intended for the named addressee only, or person authorised to receive it on their behalf. The content should be treated as confidential and the recipient may not disclose this message or any attachment to anyone else without authorisation. If this transmission is received in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your email system. All electronic transmissions to and from me are recorded and may be monitored. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for viruses. Paul Littlefield accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (x86_64)
just a suggestion.. get www.xenserver.org install a xen server. get xen convertion tools. http://www.citrix.nl/downloads/xenserver/tools/conversion.html and migrate the linux on hardware box to Xen server. from here you can also export to OVF/OVA package or XVA file. the OVF can be inported in virtual box.. but i do everything with xen server. greetz, Louis>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: info at paully.co.uk [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] >Namens Paul Littlefield >Verzonden: maandag 26 januari 2015 16:45 >Aan: Rowland Penny; samba at lists.samba.org >Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Moving DC1 to a Virtual Machine > >On 26/01/15 15:40, Rowland Penny wrote: >> I think that in the short term, that is all you can do. > >OK. > >Thanks for everyone's input. > >I am now off to have a look at http://relax-and-recover.org to P2V... > >...unless someone knows a full-proof verified way of cloning a >software raid Gentoo system, instead of a stage4 tarball? > >:) > >-- > >Paul Littlefield > >Telephone: 07801 125705 >Email: info at paully.co.uk >Web: http://www.paully.co.uk >Twitter: https://twitter.com/paullittlefield >Wiki: http://wiki.indie-it.com/index.php?title=Special:AllPages >Blog: http://www.littlefield.info >Photo: http://gravatar.com/plittlefield >Google+: https://plus.google.com/+PaulLittlefield >LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/paullittlefield >Trakt: http://trakt.tv/user/plittlefield >LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/paullittlefield > >Paul Littlefield is environmentally responsible. Please >consider the environment before printing this email. This >email and any attachment is intended for the named addressee >only, or person authorised to receive it on their behalf. The >content should be treated as confidential and the recipient >may not disclose this message or any attachment to anyone else >without authorisation. If this transmission is received in >error please notify the sender immediately and delete this >message from your email system. All electronic transmissions >to and from me are recorded and may be monitored. Finally, the >recipient should check this email and any attachments for >viruses. Paul Littlefield accepts no liability for any damage >caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > >Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (x86_64) >-- >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > >
On 26/01/15 16:00, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:> just a suggestion.. > > getwww.xenserver.org install a xen server. > > get xen convertion tools.http://www.citrix.nl/downloads/xenserver/tools/conversion.html > > and migrate the linux on hardware box to Xen server. > > from here you can also export to OVF/OVA package or XVA file. > the OVF can be inported in virtual box.. > > but i do everything with xen server.Hello Louis Thanks for that. I am currently trying out Proxmox which (I have to say) rocks. Ofcourse, I cannot find a nice big button that says "transfer your physical server to this node now". That would be SO nice. :) Paul Littlefield https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2015-January/188609.html