Re: Backup of Cryus IMAP [ ctl_mboxlist -d ]

2003-02-13 Thread John A. Tamplin
Kristaps Armanis wrote: ctl_mboxlist -d Gives me output like: user.ajoma default ajoma lrswipcda user.ajrina default ajrina lrswipcda user.ajuks default ajuks lrswipcda user.ajuss default ajuss lrswipcda Point is that i'm using: unixhierarchysep yes Is thi

Re[2]: Backup of Cryus IMAP [ ctl_mboxlist -d ]

2003-02-13 Thread Kristaps Armanis
Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 6:42:46 PM, You wrote: JAT> For a full restore, to guard against corrupting JAT> important database files I do ctl_mboxlist -d to a text file just before JAT> the backup, and then backup that file. ctl_mboxlist -d Gives me output like: user.ajoma default ajoma

Re: Backup of Cryus IMAP (restore?)

2003-02-12 Thread John Alton Tamplin
Thomas Hannan wrote: So to backup Cyrus, I should do the following?: ctl_mboxlist -d /var/backup/mydbbackupfile cp -dPr /var/imap /var/backup/imap cp -dPr /var/spool/imap /var/backup/spool/imap Would it be better to tar them first, or just copy and then tar later? And to do a full restore? How w

Re: Backup of Cryus IMAP (restore?)

2003-02-12 Thread Thomas Hannan
So to backup Cyrus, I should do the following?: ctl_mboxlist -d /var/backup/mydbbackupfile cp -dPr /var/imap /var/backup/imap cp -dPr /var/spool/imap /var/backup/spool/imap Would it be better to tar them first, or just copy and then tar later? And to do a full restore? How would I do so? (I assum

Re: Backup of Cryus IMAP

2003-02-12 Thread John Alton Tamplin
Michael Frank wrote: I have heard that if I backup the database and/or user files as they are being accessed I might corrupt the files. Is this true? If so how can I implement an automated backup without taking the service down? I need to have the service up 24/7 and am unable to take it down at

Backup of Cryus IMAP

2003-02-12 Thread Michael Frank
Hello everyone, I have heard that if I backup the database and/or user files as they are being accessed I might corrupt the files. Is this true? If so how can I implement an automated backup without taking the service down? I need to have the service up 24/7 and am unable to take it dow