[OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS and openindiana

[Geoff Nordli]

On 13-07-11 01:47 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:
> On 2013-07-11 22:40, Geoff Nordli wrote:
>> Plus things like: File Server Remote VSS Protocol  (FSRVP) for
>> snapshots.   Interesting in their wiki they actually name ZFS as an 
>> option.
>>
>> I highly doubt that is going to find its way into the illumos cifs 
>> service.
>
> I don't know the protocol by the name, but kCIFS does support access
> from Windows to "Previous Versions" or "Shadow Copies" (via its GUI)
> of shares on that OpenSolaris SXCE server, where as the said versions
> it lists all the snapshots.
>
> So unless you meant something else, I think it is there since the
> beginning, or close to that :)

quick disclaimer, I am not a samba expert.   I have just been following 
the features.

The FSRVP could initiate a snapshot from the windows machine.  Right now 
the windows machine consumes snapshots via the previous versions from 
snapshots initiated on the zfs side.

>
> By the way, one of the features that OpenSolaris team touted for kCIFS
> was Windows-like RPC implementation, in particular to view and manage
> SMF services as if you managed a remote Windows server. Does Samba
> have anything to match that? ;)
>

No, but Samba 4 can look exactly like an AD domain controller, which can 
be managed from existing MS tools.

Geoff