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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-19 17:20:00 +0000
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+<samba:parameter name="smb3 share cap:CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY"
+ context="S"
+ type="string"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>
+ The SMB3 protocol introduced the SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY
+ flag. It means clients can have different expectations from the
+ server (or cluster of servers).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Note: this option only applies to disk shares.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>In a ctdb cluster shares are continuously available,
+ but windows clients mix this with the global persistent
+ handles support.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Persistent handles are requested if
+ SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY is present
+ even without SMB2_CAP_PERSISTENT_HANDLES.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>And SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY is
+ required for SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CLUSTER to have
+ an effect.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>So we better don't announce this by default
+ until we support persistent handles.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The <smbconfoption name="smb3 share cap:CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY"/> option
+ can be used to force the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CONTINUOUS_AVAILABILITY.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Warning: only use this if you know what you are doing!
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ smb3 share cap:CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY = yes
+ </programlisting>
+</description>
+<related>smb3 share cap:CLUSTER</related>
+</samba:parameter>
+
+<samba:parameter name="smb3 share cap:SCALE OUT"
+ context="S"
+ type="string"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>
+ The SMB3 protocol introduced the SMB2_SHARE_CAP_SCALEOUT
+ flag. It means clients can have different expectations from
+ cluster of multiple servers and alters the retry/reconnect
+ behavior.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Note: this option only applies to disk shares.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>In a ctdb cluster we have multiple active nodes,
+ so we announce SMB2_SHARE_CAP_SCALEOUT in a cluster.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The <smbconfoption name="smb3 share cap:SCALE OUT"/> option
+ can be used to disable the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_SCALEOUT,
+ even if <smbconfoption name="clustering"/> is yes.
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ clustering = yes
+ smb3 share cap: SCALE OUT = no
+ </programlisting>
+</description>
+<related>clustering</related>
+</samba:parameter>
+
+<samba:parameter name="smb3 share cap:CLUSTER"
+ context="S"
+ type="string"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>
+ The SMB3 protocol introduced the SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CLUSTER
+ flag. It means clients can expect that all cluster nodes
+ provide a witness service in order to use the [MS-SWN]
+ protocol to monitor the server cluster.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Note: this option only applies to disk shares.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>rpcd_witness is only active if
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba-dcerpcd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is not started as on demand helper and only in a ctdb cluster.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>So we announce SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CLUSTER only if
+ <smbconfoption name="clustering"/> is yes and
+ <smbconfoption name="rpc start on demand helpers"/> is no.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The <smbconfoption name="smb3 share cap:SCALE OUT"/> option
+ can be used to control the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CLUSTER
+ independent of
+ <smbconfoption name="clustering"/> and
+ <smbconfoption name="rpc start on demand helpers"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Example to disable the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CLUSTER:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ clustering = yes
+ rpc start on demand helpers = no
+ smb3 share cap: CLUSTER = no
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>Example to force the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_CLUSTER:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+ smb3 share cap: CLUSTER = yes
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>Example to let Windows clients use the witness service,
+ see <smbconfoption name="smb3 share cap:CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY"/> option
+ and USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ clustering = yes
+ rpc start on demand helpers = no
+ # This is the default with the above:
+ # smb3 share cap: CLUSTER = yes
+ #
+ # Use at you own risk!
+ smb3 share cap: CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY = yes
+ </programlisting>
+</description>
+<related>clustering</related>
+<related>rpc start on demand helpers</related>
+<related>smb3 share cap:CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY</related>
+<related>smb3 share cap:ASYMMETRIC</related>
+</samba:parameter>
+
+<samba:parameter name="smb3 share cap:ASYMMETRIC"
+ context="S"
+ type="string"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>
+ The SMB3_02 protocol introduced the SMB2_SHARE_CAP_ASYMMETRIC
+ flag. It means clients alters its behavior and uses
+ isolated transport connections and witness registrations for
+ the share. It means a client may connect to different
+ cluster nodes for individual shares and
+ <command>net witness share-move</command> can be used
+ to control the node usage.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Note: this option only applies to disk shares.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Shares in a ctdb cluster are symmetric by design,
+ so we don't announce SMB2_SHARE_CAP_ASYMMETRIC by default.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The <smbconfoption name="smb3 share cap:ASYMMETRIC"/> option
+ can be used to force the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_ASYMMETRIC.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Example to force the announcement of SMB2_SHARE_CAP_ASYMMETRIC:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ smb3 share cap: ASYMMETRIC = yes
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>Example to let Windows clients use the witness service,
+ see <smbconfoption name="smb3 share cap:CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY"/> option
+ and USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ clustering = yes
+ rpc start on demand helpers = no
+ # This is the default with the above:
+ # smb3 share cap: CLUSTER = yes
+ #
+ # Use at you own risk!
+ smb3 share cap: CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY = yes
+ smb3 share cap: ASYMMETRIC = yes
+ </programlisting>
+</description>
+<related>smb3 share cap:CLUSTER</related>
+</samba:parameter>