-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Junix Gaspar wrote:
> Are you really sure you need it? > > > It does not matter if we need it. Its a company policy later that will > decide it. But I if I dont find another solution (openfile backup), I > might really think that we need it. I meant pay for it.. hehe. > You got it all wrong, I am referring to the "mailfile" as the mails > residing in the server. That's what I meant, backup mails residing in the server... > My problem is when I backup using tar, there is a file-lock, either with > mails locked to domino, or locked to tar. This can result in tar > skipping the mails or worse, domino reporting to user that he cannot > access the mailfile (as what they call it in Lotus) thus might put my IT > unit in scrutiny to my RAO. And this can get political. It's best practice to place the mails (or at least /var/mail - since I assume that's where Domino saves the mailfile) on a separate partition. This will prevent spam and heavy email users from flooding /. Now this is where BackupPC comes in, it'll backup the whole partition to another PC (or even on the same box). No locked files occurs since the said partition is mirrored bit by bit, not copied one file at a time (which won't work on locked files). > > What I need is a way to backup mails even if its open or being used. Yup,BackupPC can do this. > Just like Veritas Lotus/Domino Instance, it backup mails by connecting > to the Domino service and using the Domino system to access the mails. > Thus no mail lockup occurs. (This is done in the server) There are other backup solutions available, a friend swears by Tivoli. You might want to check that out too, I haven't tried it though.' And then there's EVMS, Bacula, Mondo, and PartImage, but the key would always be a separate partition. Most of them works best by mirroring partitions, but if you ask them to backup a directory (located on the same partition), they'll mostly back it up by copying files which, as I've said, doesn't work on locked ones. - -- Dax Solomon Umaming http://knightlust.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGnVpL6Hw0ZHFcNUcRAuLmAJ9HpcPBGu+GLuabr/qwkbfnE/x0bQCeIqFc mO3lTAnHFJJ2jsNyFWidUEQ= =YfAo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
