Samba is an Open Source/Freeware suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available under the GNU General Public License and can be downloaded from http://www.samba.org. Samba is packaged with Solaris 9 as the SUNWsmbac, SUNWsmbar, SUNWsmbau, and SUNWsfman packages.
The Sun Cluster HA for Samba data service provides a mechanism for orderly startup and shutdown, fault monitoring and automatic failover of the Samba service. The following Samba components are protected by the Sun Cluster HA for Samba data service.
Table 1–2 Protection of Components
Component |
Protected by |
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SMB/CIFS |
Sun Cluster HA for Samba (Samba component) |
NetBIOS Name Server |
Sun Cluster HA for Samba (Samba component) |
Winbind |
SPARC: Sun Cluster HA for Samba (Winbind component — Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 with patch 113476–05 or later). x86: Sun Cluster HA for Samba (Winbind component — Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 with patch 114242. |