zfs discuss - Aug 2008 - ZFS with Samba and the "previous versions"-tab under Windows explorer

Hello, 

I''m testing Ed Plese''s Samba patches. As far as I understood
his comments on
http://www.edplese.com/samba-with-zfs.html I should see a "previous
version" tab in the Windows explorer (explained on:
http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_use_the_shadow_copy_client.htm) on my
Samba/ZFS-share. But actually I don''t have a previous version tab :(

Samba is working, I can connect from my Windows to my samba share and even
browse in the .zfs/snapshot directory.

Here''s my smb.conf:

 cat /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf 
[global]
workgroup = sambatest
security = user

[sambatest]
comment = samba_with_shadowcopies testing area
path = /export/sambatest
read only = no
vfs objects = shadow_copy
shadow_copy: sort = desc
shadow_copy: path = /export/sambatest/renny/.zfs/snapshot
shadow_copy: format = $Y.$m.$d-$H.$M.$S
shadow_copy: sort = desc

Here''s how the /export/sambatest/renny/.zfs/snaphot directtory looks
like:

ls -lhart /export/sambatest/renny/.zfs/snapshot
total 18
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     sys            2 Jun 30 12:07 GMT-2008.06.30-10.08.56
dr-xr-xr-x   3 root     root           3 Jun 30 12:07 ..
dr-xr-xr-x   8 root     root           8 Jun 30 12:07 .
drwxr-xr-x   2 renny    staff          3 Jun 30 12:31 GMT-2008.06.30-10.32.26
drwxr-xr-x   3 renny    staff          5 Jun 30 14:36 GMT-2008.06.30-12.40.03
drwxr-xr-x   3 renny    staff          5 Jun 30 14:36 GMT-2008.06.30-12.39.01
drwxr-xr-x   3 renny    staff          6 Jul  2 10:58 GMT-2008.07.13-18.21.24
drwxr-xr-x   3 renny    staff          6 Jul  2 10:58 GMT-2008.07.13-18.19.00

So, I have a sambauser named renny and I can connect from Windows to the share,
can brows in the snapshot directory, but I don''t have a "previous
version" tab in my Window explorer. I''ve tried it with Windows XP
Home and Pro and even with the ShadowCopyClient from Microsoft (you can get it
from here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/d/49d18272-7622-42f7-85a5-7b01609e8d64/ShadowCopyClient.msi).
So it works "basically" but with the tab it would be perfect ;)

Does anyone have an idea how I get this tab if possibly anyway...


Greetings, 

Ren?
 
 
This message posted from opensolaris.org

Ok, I  haven''t actually tested this with Samba, but I''ve done
a lot of looking into this and spoken with Ed in the past.

First of all you need the Shadow Copy Client from Microsoft installed if
you''re running Windows 2000 or XP.  Vista has it included already.

Then you need to map a network drive.  Just browsing UNC paths doesn''t
work for the shadow copy client, it''s a limitation on
Microsoft''s side.

In theory, if everything is configured correctly that''s all there is to
it.  You should see the previous versions tab as soon as you look at the
properties of anything on a mapped drive.
 
 
This message posted from opensolaris.org

Hi myxiplx,

thanks for your support and help, and sorry for my late answer.

But it didn''t work :(

I can still connect to my samba share, but I don''t see the previous
version tab.

Dunno, what''s wrong there. 


Greetings, 

zer0bo
 
 
This message posted from opensolaris.org

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Rene <rr at baltic-online.de>
wrote:
> [sambatest]
> comment = samba_with_shadowcopies testing area
> path = /export/sambatest
> read only = no
> vfs objects = shadow_copy
> shadow_copy: sort = desc
> shadow_copy: path = /export/sambatest/renny/.zfs/snapshot
> shadow_copy: format = $Y.$m.$d-$H.$M.$S
> shadow_copy: sort = desc
Try changing the "path" to "/export/sambatest/renny" so that
it
matches the "shadow_copy: path" except for the
"/.zfs/snapshot" part.
The module doesn''t work when the ZFS filesystem is a subdirectory of
the Samba share.  In addition, make sure that there are actually
changes between the snapshots.  If there aren''t any then the Previous
Versions tab may not appear.


Ed Plese