Description of problem: Red Hat Gluster Storage is getting interest for Windows file service. Within Windows filesystems a capability exists for "Previous Versions" This feature is often asked for in RHGS RFI/RFP trajects. Currently we don't support this, however it seems to be a realistic possibility from a SAMBA perspective. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHGS 3.1 (and higher) How reproducible: Create a SMB share, use a MS Windows client to connect to the RHGS SMB share Try to access previous versions in Windows. This is not available. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create a RHGS volume and export by SMB 2.Access the volume with MS Windows 3.Try to access previous versions in Windows Actual results: Not possible Expected results: Wannahave Additional info: [1] https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages/vfs_shadow_copy2.8.html [2] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/previous-versions-files-faq#1TC=windows-7 This feature is frequently asked for by prospect customers.
*** Bug 1290049 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The basic functionality is already present in the existing builds. A patch to enhance the usability of snapshots via the shadow_copy2 module is currently under review.
The feature patch is merged. With this the basic functionality of shadow-copy should be working. Therefore moving this bug to ON_QA. Any bugs in the feature can be tracked separately.
Basic functionality works fine.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1248