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| 2 | .\" Title: vfs_shadow_copy
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| 3 | .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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| 4 | .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
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| 5 | .\" Date: 10/29/2012
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| 6 | .\" Manual: System Administration tools
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| 7 | .\" Source: Samba 3.6
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| 8 | .\" Language: English
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| 9 | .\"
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| 10 | .TH "VFS_SHADOW_COPY" "8" "10/29/2012" "Samba 3\&.6" "System Administration tools"
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| 11 | .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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| 19 | .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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| 21 | .SH "NAME"
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| 22 | vfs_shadow_copy \- Make a Samba share read only for a specified time period
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| 23 | .SH "SYNOPSIS"
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| 24 | .HP \w'\ 'u
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| 25 | vfs objects = shadow_copy
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| 26 | .SH "DESCRIPTION"
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| 27 | .PP
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| 28 | This VFS module is part of the
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| 29 | \fBsamba\fR(7)
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| 30 | suite\&.
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| 31 | .PP
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| 32 | The
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| 33 | vfs_shadow_copy
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| 34 | VFS module functionality that is similar to Microsoft Shadow Copy services\&. When setup properly, this module allows Microsoft Shadow Copy clients to browse "shadow copies" on Samba shares\&.
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| 35 | .PP
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| 36 | This module is stackable\&.
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| 37 | .SH "CONFIGURATION"
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| 38 | .PP
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| 39 | vfs_shadow_copy
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| 40 | relies on a filesystem snapshot implementation\&. Many common filesystems have native support for this\&.
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| 41 | .PP
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| 42 | Filesystem snapshots must be mounted on specially named directories in order to be recognized by
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| 43 | vfs_shadow_copy\&. The snapshot mount points must be immediate children of a the directory being shared\&.
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| 44 | .PP
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| 45 | The snapshot naming convention is @GMT\-YYYY\&.MM\&.DD\-hh\&.mm\&.ss, where:
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| 56 | is the 4 digit year
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| 67 | MM
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| 68 | is the 2 digit month
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| 116 | is the 2 digit second\&.
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| 120 | .PP
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| 121 | The
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| 122 | vfs_shadow_copy
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| 123 | snapshot naming convention can be produced with the following
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| 124 | \fBdate\fR(1)
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| 125 | command:
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| 126 | .sp
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| 130 | .nf
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| 131 | TZ=GMT date +@GMT\-%Y\&.%m\&.%d\-%H\&.%M\&.%S
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| 137 | .SH "EXAMPLES"
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| 138 | .PP
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| 139 | Add shadow copy support to user home directories:
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| 140 | .sp
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| 144 | .nf
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| 145 | \fI[homes]\fR
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| 146 | \m[blue]\fBvfs objects = shadow_copy\fR\m[]
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| 147 | .fi
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| 148 | .if n \{\
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| 149 | .RE
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| 150 | .\}
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| 151 | .SH "CAVEATS"
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| 152 | .PP
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| 153 | This is not a backup, archival, or version control solution\&.
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| 154 | .PP
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| 155 | With Samba or Windows servers,
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| 156 | vfs_shadow_copy
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| 157 | is designed to be an end\-user tool only\&. It does not replace or enhance your backup and archival solutions and should in no way be considered as such\&. Additionally, if you need version control, implement a version control system\&.
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| 158 | .SH "VERSION"
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| 159 | .PP
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| 160 | This man page is correct for version 3\&.0\&.25 of the Samba suite\&.
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| 161 | .SH "AUTHOR"
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| 162 | .PP
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| 163 | The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.
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