> On 27/07/2020 11:59 Kishore Potnuru <kishore.reac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > I am in the process/planning of moving from my existing dovecot imap/pop3 > server to 2 new servers (for HA/Resilience). I will be implementing dovecot > replication on new servers. Please find my current and new servers versions. > > My Current Production Server details: > ======================== > Linux OS - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago) > Dovecot version - 2.0.9 > Postfix version - 2.6.6 > ======================== > > New Servers: > ========================== > Linux OS - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) > Dovecot version - 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63) > Postfix version - 2.10.1 > ========================== > > What is the best way to stop/copy/migrate the current production data to the > new servers? I am planning the following steps. Not sure if it is correct or > not. > > 1. Stop the Postfix services on the old server and wait for few mins. So that > no new emails will be coming to the old servers. Existing emails will be > delivered to the receipients. > > 2. copy/migrate the data from old server to new servers. Please suggest what > is the best way? > > 3. I see that dovecot version(2.0.9) in old production server, I do not know > the which is the best option? see the options in the current version. > > ================================= > [root@prodcution ~]# doveadm > usage: doveadm [-Dv] [-f <formatter>] <command> [<args>] > > altmove [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <search query> > auth [-a <auth socket path>] [-x <auth info>] <user> [<password>] > config [doveconf parameters] > director add|flush|map|remove|status > dump [-t <type>] <path> > expunge [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <search query> > fetch [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <fields> <search query> > force-resync [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <mailbox> > help <cmd> > import [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <source mail location> <dest parent > mailbox> <search query> > kick [-a <anvil socket path>] [-f] <user mask>[|]<ip/bits> > log find|reopen|test > mailbox create|delete|list|mutf7|rename|status|subscribe|unsubscribe > penalty [-a <anvil socket path>] [<ip/bits>] > purge [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] > pw [-l] [-p plaintext] [-r rounds] [-s scheme] [-u user] [-V] > reload > search [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <search query> > sis deduplicate|find > stop > user [-a <userdb socket path>] [-x <auth info>] <user mask> [...] > > ================================= > > Please suggest me. > > Thanks, > Kishore Potnuru
`doveadm backup -R -u someone imapc:` comes to mind, with master password/master user authentication. Aki
