Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2008-01-04 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 04:14:10PM -0500, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: [...] > That'd shorten the command to: > > rsync -av /source_maildirs/ hostname:/destination/maildirs I'd add a z option for good measure (compress) -- at least if you consider yo

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-25 Thread Benjamin R. Haskell
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Ivan Shmakov wrote: Benjamin R Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > And something to watch out for as a new rsync user: > The trailing slash is important on the source path. From the rsync 'man' > page (read it!): A trailing slash on the source changes this behavi

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-25 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Benjamin R Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> An example of syncing 2 directories over ssh, keeping all permissions >> intact. This command run on the source maildir server. >> rsync -av -e"ssh" /source_maildirs/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/destination/maildirs/ > Couple tips (not cr

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-25 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Nikolay Shopik wrote: Links how to use rsync will be appreciated. Others have posted how to do a single backup using rsync. I will mention here a program I use called dirvish which lets you easily do incremental backups at only a fractionally-increased storage cost over

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Nikolay Shopik
On 24.11.2007 0:14, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Mark Adams wrote: A normal rsync to another server of the maildir and configs will work fine. If you need to backup using windows or mac then a samba share is the best bet. Mark Links how to use rsync will be appreciated.

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Benjamin R. Haskell
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Mark Adams wrote: A normal rsync to another server of the maildir and configs will work fine. If you need to backup using windows or mac then a samba share is the best bet. Mark Links how to use rsync will be appreciated. [...] An example of syncing 2 directories over

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Mark Adams
>> >> A normal rsync to another server of the maildir and configs will work >> fine. If you need to backup using windows or mac then a samba share is >> the best bet. >> >> Mark >> > Links how to use rsync will be appreciated. see http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ its very to use. I recommend yo

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Nikolay Shopik
On 23.11.2007 13:59, Mark Adams wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 12:53:50PM +0200, Bazy wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:40:24 +0300 Nikolay Shopik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is correct way to backup dovecot store? Is am I right what is just enough to copy all maildir and my configurat

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Nikolay Shopik
On 23.11.2007 13:53, Bazy wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:40:24 +0300 Nikolay Shopik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is correct way to backup dovecot store? Is am I right what is just enough to copy all maildir and my configuration. So in case failure I can just prepare new machine copy confi

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Mark Adams
On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 12:53:50PM +0200, Bazy wrote: > On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:40:24 +0300 > Nikolay Shopik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is correct way to backup dovecot store? Is am I right what is just > > enough to copy all maildir and my configuration. So in case failure I > > can j

Re: [Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-23 Thread Bazy
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:40:24 +0300 Nikolay Shopik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is correct way to backup dovecot store? Is am I right what is just > enough to copy all maildir and my configuration. So in case failure I > can just prepare new machine copy config, maildirs and I'm good to go

[Dovecot] backup dovecot

2007-11-22 Thread Nikolay Shopik
What is correct way to backup dovecot store? Is am I right what is just enough to copy all maildir and my configuration. So in case failure I can just prepare new machine copy config, maildirs and I'm good to go with this.