samba - Aug 2021 - Migrate and Update (Samba 4.1 ADDC to Samba Latest Version on different Server).

Awesome!!! thanks for your fast answer Rowland.

If I understand correctly what you suggest is to make a VM with the Version
of Debian  'Wheezy' i have on the Samba 4.1 OLD Server and start to
upgrade
it, I suppose because of the libraries and packages.
Question:  In the new VM server with wheezy, before upgrading the distro do
I need to install the same version of Samba of the old server "4.1"? 
That
installation was made from sources on the old one.

Thx.


El jue, 19 ago 2021 a las 13:38, Rowland Penny (<rpenny at samba.org>)
escribi?:
> On Thu, 2021-08-19 at 12:14 -0300, Juan Ignacio wrote:
> > Hello friends, I have not asked anything around here for a long time.
> > But the time has come ... I must update the samba 4.1 server that I
> > have in production for 8 years.
>
> Samba is such fast moving, that I wouldn't recommend leaving it so long
> between updates
> >
> > Sorry Rowland for send the email to you i dont know if the samba list
> > is getting my emails.
>
> Seemingly it is.
>
> >
> >  Unfortunately I can't turn off the server or shut it down for a
> > while because I have several things that depend on it so I built a VM
> > with the latest version of Debian that is already ready to compile
> > and install the latest version of Samba.
>
> I think you may have to find time.
>
> >
> > I started by reading the following info.
> > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Updating_Samba#The_Update_Process
> >
> >
>
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Back_up_and_Restoring_a_Samba_AD_DC#So_which_backup_should_I_use.3F
> >
> > But I realized that the backups of my server are made with the
> > information from the following script.
> > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_the_samba_backup_script
>
> That is the old bash script and I wouldn't depend on it, there was
> never a restore script for one thing.
>
> >
> > When I started to move the backups to the new server in the VM I read
> > the following and did not know how to continue. "Very important
> > notes: Never do a restore and a version change at the same time!
> > Always restore on a system using the same Samba version as the one
> > you created the backup on! Always Restore on a system with the same
> > IP and Hostname. Otherwise you will run into Kerberos and DNS issues.
> > Recommended: Restore on the same OS as you created the backup on. The
> > most important thing in a restore situation is to bring your system
> > back to a running state. Once everything is up and tested, you can
> > then do any required changes.?
> >
> > ?Never try to make changes together with a restore! ?
> >
> > Then I realized that I couldn't do what I was doing.
> >
> > I would like to know what is the best way to do what I want without
> > messing it up too much or without affecting my current configuration.
> >
> > Some important information.
> > Old Server: Machine Server.
> > OS: Debian 3.2.63-2 + deb7u1
>
> That doesn't look right, 3.6.23 looks like a version of Samba, but
> deb7u1 means 'Wheezy' to me.
>
> > Samba V: Version 4.1.0
> > Samba Provision: Samba AD DC.
> > State: Production
> > Backups: samba-backup script.
> > Members DC: 3
> > Using Samba Ldap for Web Apps authentications.
> > Using Wbind
> > Users: Around 1000
> >
> >
> > New Server: VM Server.
> > OS: Debian 10.10
> >
> > Samba V: Version 4.16 Latest Version Samba
>
> Do you mean 4.14.6 , 4.16 isn't even a twinkle in the Samba developers
> eyes yet :-D
>
> >
> > Provision needed: Samba AD DC.
> > State: Inactive, Testing Phase, RDY Backups.
> > Backups: VM backups if required.
> > Member DC: 3
> > Using Samba Ldap for Web Apps authentications.
> > Using Wbind
> >
> > Users: Around 1000
> >
> > Any help on how to start the process I appreciate.
>
> To be honest, I would add a new DC based on Debian wheezy, Once this is
> running correctly, distro upgrade to stretch, then distro upgrade to
> buster (provided you can get the iso's and it works). If you get this
> far and everything is working correctly, transfer the FSMO roles to the
> new DC. Then repeat for the other DC's.
>
> You can then use Louis's repo: https://apt.van-belle.nl/
>
> This will get you to the latest Samba version.
>
> Once you have upgraded, I suggest you do it more often, the difference
> between 4.1.x and 4.14.x is huge.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>

On Thu, 2021-08-19 at 14:20 -0300, Juan Ignacio wrote:
> Awesome!!! thanks for your fast answer Rowland.
> 
> If I understand correctly what you suggest is to make a VM with the
> Version of Debian  'Wheezy' i have on the Samba 4.1 OLD Server and
> start to upgrade it, I suppose because of the libraries and packages.
> Question:  In the new VM server with wheezy, before upgrading the
> distro do I need to install the same version of Samba of the old
> server "4.1"?  That installation was made from sources on the old
> one.
You need to start with what you have now i.e. you need to clone what
you have.

You then need to upgrade the distro, this will also upgrade Samba and
the packages that Samba relies on. If you attempt to go straight from
4.1.x to 4.14.6 on wheezy, I am sure this will not work because you
will have to compile Samba yourself and the packages required on Wheezy
will be too old.

Rowland