On Monday 16 August 2010 07:00 PM, Jake Vickers wrote:
On 08/16/2010 09:10 AM, Jim Shupert wrote:
I was wondering - what might be the 'best' way to back up a mail server.
maybe this is in 2 parts
1-- a solution for reBuilding - migrating the 'server' all settings
and or
2-- Simply backing up mail - user mail
I was just wonder what yall might suggest.
what folks use and why they think that solution is good.
thanks!
The backup and restore scripts backup the user's mail, the database,
and your config files.
To restore, install a fresh QMT installation and run the restore
script. It will restore the above items.
If you only wish to back up the mailstore, then you only need
/home/vpopmail/domains (you can drill this down to a specific domain
or even user if you want).
I use rsync with a key to backup /home/vpopmail/domains/ to a second
QMT server. It runs on a cron every couple of minutes across a local
lan. And so far, it seems to be working flawlessly. I also dump the
vpopmail database nightly for good measure (Users don't get added very
frequently).
Now comes the question:
Apart from the loss of a couple of minutes of mail in case the primary
server goes down, has anyone noticed any other problems using this
method for backup?
Bharath
