[Gluster-users] GlusterFS and DFS

[Colin Coe]

Many thanks, I've got that side working now.

Now to investigate why one of the Gluster/Samba servers is working and
the other is not...

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 2:08 AM, Mathieu Chateau
<mathieu.chateau at lotp.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you have an Active Directory domain, I would either create a domain DFS
> root.
> Then create in DFS a share that will point to both node.
> So Windows clients, using DFS client, will figure out to use available node
> from all enabled.
> You can also use cost & co to direct client.
>
>
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://www.lotp.fr
>
> 2015-08-17 5:54 GMT+02:00 Colin Coe <colin.coe at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I've setup a two node replicated system that is providing NFS and
>> SMB/CIFS services to clients (RHEL5,6,7 with NFS and
>> WinXP,7,2008R2,2012R2).
>>
>> I'm try to create a DFS mount point for Windows nodes to use.  I'm
>> doing this so that if I have to take down one of the Gluster nodes for
>> maintenance, Windows nodes won't be affected.
>>
>> I've googled but not found how to make Gluster and Samba DFS play nicely.
>>
>> Version info:
>> OS - RHEL7.1
>> Samba - 4.1.12
>> Gluster - 3.7.3
>>
>> smb.conf (sanitized)
>> ---
>> [global]
>>         workgroup = DOMAIN
>>         realm = DOMAIN.COMPANY.COM
>>         server string = Samba Server Version %v
>>         security = ADS
>>         dedicated keytab file = /etc/krb5.keytab
>>         kerberos method = secrets and keytab
>>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>         max log size = 50
>>         client signing = if_required
>>         load printers = No
>>         winbind enum users = Yes
>>         winbind enum groups = Yes
>>         winbind use default domain = Yes
>>         winbind nss info = rfc2307
>>         winbind refresh tickets = Yes
>>         winbind offline logon = Yes
>>         idmap config DOMAIN:range = 10000-9999999999
>>         idmap config DOMAIN:schema_mode = rfc2307
>>         idmap config DOMAIN:backend = ad
>>         idmap config *:range = 2000-9999
>>         idmap config * : backend = tdb
>>         map acl inherit = Yes
>>         printing = bsd
>>         cups options = raw
>>         print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
>>         lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
>>         lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
>>         store dos attributes = Yes
>>         vfs objects = acl_xattr
>>
>> [fileshare]
>>         comment = For samba share of volume gv_fileshare
>>         path = /export/dfsroot
>>         admin users = @'DOMAIN\Domain, Admins'
>>         read only = No
>>         guest ok = Yes
>>         vfs objects = glusterfs, acl_xattr
>>         msdfs root = Yes
>>         glusterfs:loglevel = 7
>>         glusterfs:logfile = /var/log/samba/gv_fileshare.log
>>         glusterfs:volume = gv_fileshare
>> ---
>>
>> gluster volume status
>> ---
>> Status of volume: gv_fileshare
>> Gluster process                             TCP Port  RDMA Port  Online
>> Pid
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Brick benfil01:/export/vdb1/brick1          49153     0          Y
>> 2286
>> Brick benfil02:/export/vdb1/brick1          49154     0          Y
>> 3629
>> NFS Server on localhost                     2049      0          Y
>> 19731
>> Self-heal Daemon on localhost               N/A       N/A        Y
>> 19739
>> NFS Server on fs02                                       N/A       N/A
>>        N       N/A
>> Self-heal Daemon onfs02                                 N/A       N/A
>>       Y       3595
>>
>> Task Status of Volume gv_fileshare
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> There are no active volume tasks
>> ---
>>
>> Lastly, I can't work out why the NFS service generally doesn't start
>> on boot.  It seems to be somewhat automagical...  I've been through
>>
>> http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Gluster_3.1:_NFS_Frequently_Asked_Questions
>> but can't see whats wrong.  How do I go about trouble shooting this?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
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