Re: Best way to backup cyrus system

[Alessandro Oliveira]

I'm new to cyrus, just testing it for 2 weeks and getting very good reviews from our users. I think cyrus it is a very powerful piece of software, in addition it does a wonderful job with a very small footprint, on the other hand, a good backup solution is our chief concern, our current backup is done by shutting down the services and making a cold dump of the filesystem, but as the /var/spool/imap grows, this solution becomes less pratical.

I'm planning to code a database backend (postgres/mysql/oracle) in the future to handle the storage, but this will take time and money, but I think it is the way to go.

What do you think about this ?

Alessandro Oliveira

Dear all,

I would like to know the best way of backup/restore cyrus system. What are the steps required? Are there "online backup" methods available? What are the files required to backup and how can I restore it on the same machine/ another machine?


Many thanks!

Boris