strict allocate = yes

[cjm51213]

Hi Folks,

 

WBAdmin, the Windows Server 2008r2 backup utility fails when I am backing up something less then a complete disk to the Linkstation and the explaination has something to do with sparse files.  There are discussions in several places, but the relvant explanation is:

 

  Failure: The file level backup to the NAS device running samba failed with "The version does not support this version of the file format"
  When:    The failure happens while the .VHD file created by Windows Backup is mounted during backup.
  Reason: The .VHD file is created as a sparse file and this is not supported by the native VHD driver and hence mounting of the .vhd failed.
  Solution:Adding "strict allocate = yes" to the smb.conf and restarting the samba.

 

I assume the link station is running some version of SaMBa.  So, how can I add "strict allocate = yes" to the Link Station?  

 

Thanks for the help,

 

Chris.

 

 

More information:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2010/11/03/windows-server-backup-failed-with-error-quot-the-version-does-not-support-this-version-of-the-file-format-quot.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2010/11/03/windows-server-backup-failed-with-error-quot-the-version-does-not-support-this-version-of-the-file-format-quot.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2010/11/03/windows-server-backup-failed-with-error-quot-the-version-does-not-support-this-version-of-the-file-format-quot.aspx">-- and --

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsbackup/thread/13bb79e9-c970-4805-88cb-2000b3348070">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsbackup/thread/13bb79e9-c970-4805-88cb-2000b3348070

 

 

 

[cjm51213]

Hi Folks,

 

smb.conf is protected against changes, so without the root password on the unit, I can't fix this myself.  The "firmware" is password protected, so with out this password, I can't fix this myself.

 

How am I supposed to modify the SaMBa settings on this unit?

 

Thanks for the help,

 

Chris.

[davo]

cjm51213 wrote:

How am I supposed to modify the SaMBa settings on this unit?

 

Thanks for the help,

 

Chris.

 

You're not ment to alter the settings.

[cjm51213]

Hi Davo,

 

I didn't think I was supposed to change them, but in this case, they need to be changed.  How do I get this fixed?

 

Thanks for the help,

 

Chris.

[davo]

http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:LS-WXL">http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:LS-WXL

 

Bare in mind this will void your warranty.

[cjm51213]

Hi Davo,

 

You are my hero!

 

Yes.  This would void my warranty, and it turns out that the warranty is less important than you might initially suspect.  Unless I can get the LinkStation to work with WBAdmin, it has little value to me. So, I'm willing to risk total loss of the unit on the gamble that I can get it to work in the capacity that I need.