samba - Jul 2025 - SYSVOL replication Windows to Samba, 2025 best practices

Try this

http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:sync-sysvol

You need to replicate by manually copying

You need to do a sysvol reset once you have copied the contents.
On 9 Jul 2025 at 11:01 +0100, CED Ing. Damiano Bolla via samba <samba at
lists.samba.org>, wrote:
> Good Morning to you all
>
> I am currently attempting to replicate SYSVOL from a Windows PDC to a
> Samba AD DC
>
> I have read
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Rsync_based_SysVol_replication_workaround
>
> and as far as I understand, the source is a samba machine, plus, the
> Wiky is dated 2021
>
>
> The question is, is there any new method that allow me to replicate/copy
> all the SYSVOL from a Windows PDC to a samba machine ?
>
> Ideally, it is a command that runs on the samba machine
>
> alternatively, I could robocopy from a windows DC to the SYSVOL samba share
>
> or maybe, there is something better
>
>
> Thanks to you
>
>
>
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 14:51:07 +0100
Luis Peromarta via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> Try this
> 
> http://samba.bigbird.es/doku.php?id=samba:sync-sysvol
> 
> You need to replicate by manually copying
> 
> You need to do a sysvol reset once you have copied the contents.
It all sort of depends on what is going to happen to the Windows DC.

If the Windows DC is going to remain as part of the domain, then using
one of the methods that can be found on the Samba wiki can be used, but
it would probably required modifications because of the Windows DC

If it is a 'one off' sync, then you could use anything, you could even
connect to the sysvol share via 'connect to server' and just copy it
across, just ensure you get everything and then run sysvolreset.

Rowland