> > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > What is the preferred to backup the following bayesiab DB > > > files? What is the suggested frequency to make backups of the > > > following DBase's? > > > > > If you are using db files, sa-learn will do a backup of the bayes db for > > you. > > > > (for a flush and expire first, see 'man sa-learn') > > > > For auto-whitelist, I think all you need to do make sure you don't have > > it opened (maybe create the mutex yourself) and bzip or make a > > compressed copy. > > > > If using SQL (use sql, its less prone to corruption), use the SQL > > servers backup routines. > > > > How often? > > You need to back it up just before you lose the original... > > >
> I thought of disaster recovery backup. > I've read the man pages but still not clear about backing up Bayesian DB > files (I don't use SQL DB for now). > > 1) Is the following command is legit? > sa-learn --sync --showdots --backup > backup.txt > > Is this command make backup of bayes_seen, bayes_toks, user_prefs, auto- > whitelist altogether? > > 2) Should I stop SA(amavisd-new) from running during this backup? > > 3) Where can I read amore about AWL backup and .mutex files (I'm not > familiar with those)? > > 4) Where can I find bayes expiration configuration? Didn't see it in my > local.cf? What are the default values and how to change those? > > > > > > > # ls -l /var/spool/amavis/.spamassassin/ > > > total 14366 > > > drwx------ 2 vscan vscan 280 Dec 11 15:18 . > > > drwx------ 1 vscan root 456 Dec 10 11:29 .. > > > -rw------- 1 vscan vscan 2650112 Dec 11 15:52 auto-whitelist > > > -rw------- 1 vscan vscan 6 Dec 11 15:52 auto-whitelist.mutex > > > -rw------- 1 vscan vscan 5466 Dec 11 15:50 bayes.mutex > > > -rw------- 1 vscan vscan 74520 Dec 11 15:52 bayes_journal > > > -rw------- 1 vscan vscan 10498048 Dec 11 15:50 bayes_seen > > > -rw------- 1 vscan vscan 5341184 Dec 11 15:50 bayes_toks > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vscan vscan 1547 Oct 26 09:24 user_prefs > > > > > Regards, > Leon No takers for the above questions?
