http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync
<http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync>take a look. []'sf.rique On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Henrique Fernandes <sf.ri...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yeah, i guess the right ocmando would be dsync > > dsync get the user from mysql, with user query. I guess. > > Are you looking to do it without any downtime ? > > > Are you getting the mail_location from mysql or in conf file ? > > I would use dsync backup. I had some trouble using mirror when a box was > corrupted, it messed up both sides. > > > > []'sf.rique > > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 5:42 AM, Odhiambo Washington > <odhia...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Looking at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat, I do not see >> much >> on how to do a migration from Maildir to mdbox. That page isn't quite >> updated it looks. >> >> I have several domains (virtual) with the following storage layout: >> >> /var/spool/virtual/$domain. >> >> So the users have their mail stored as follows: >> >> /var/spool/virtual/domain1/$user/Maildir >> /var/spool/virtual/domain2/$user/Maildir >> /var/spool/virtual/domain3/$user/Maildir >> /var/spool/virtual/domainN/$user/Maildir >> >> >From the wiki, I am told the steps to take are: >> >> 1. Set mail_location=mdbox:~/mdbox >> 2. Run "doveadm mirror -u username maildir:~/Maildir" >> >> The instruction above confuses me because in my situation, I don't have a >> "username" per se. dovecot-deliver knows how to figure out my usernames >> and >> their mail_location settings. How do I derive my "username" when users are >> virtual, stored in MySQL back end? >> >> Again, the right command seems to rely on dsync, not "doveadm mirror". >> >> I could manually get all the values for the users for each domain and run: >> >> dysnc -u $u -o >> "mail_location=maildir:/var/spool/virtual/domain1/$u/Maildir" >> mirror "mdbox:/var/spool/virtual/domain1/$u/mdbox" >> >> This is so manual, especially because I have to (if I remember well) >> create >> /var/spool/virtual/domain1/$u/mdbox (and have the permissions right) >> before >> running dysnc. >> >> Is there an easier way out, perhaps?? >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >> Nairobi,KE >> +254733744121/+254722743223 >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> Damn!! >> > >
