On Thursday 03 June 2004 10:55 am, David Petruzzella wrote: > Thanks for the reply is there a document I can read some place?
I think you just got it :) Seriously, not that I know of. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] RE: Redundant server > > On Thursday 03 June 2004 10:31 am, David Petruzzella wrote: > > Has anyone who is running vpopmail/qmail/mysql created a > > backup/redundant or even a secondary server for the same domains? I'm > > looking to do that and I was wondering if there was any documentation > > available. Also is there any documentation I can read on how to > > properly backup the e-mails, users, config files on the setup stated > > above. I am running that on redhat 9. Any assistance will be greatly > > appreciated. > > You can do most of it with an rsync setup. > Rsync these directories over to the other machine > /var/qmail/control > /var/qmail/users > /home/vpopmail/domains > Be sure to have rsync delete files that don't exist on > the first machine. > > On the second machine don't use the virtualdomains > file. Instead have an smtproutes file to forward everything > over to the first machine. > > In case of a failure of the first machine: on the second > machine put the virtualdomains file in place (from the > first machine) and remove the smtproutes file. > > It is easier if you use cdb, but if you need to use mysql, > setup mysql to replicate from the first machine to the > second machine. I'd recommend turning off auth_logging > if possible. That will signficantly reduce the replication > traffic. > > If you have three machines use a standard cluster setup > with the third machine as an NFS server mounting the > /home/vpopmail/domains directory. > > Hope that helps, > Ken Jones
