As John H. noted, backing up qmail files is simple. Just use a system tool
such as tar or a commercial package like BRU or even TSM.
The real trick with qmail is that you can't restore files straight from a
backup. The filename of files in a qmail queue are based on the inodes.
During a restore the chances of you restoring to the same inode are close to
zero, so the restored filename will be wrong. There are tools that will
rename the files appropriately that are linked to at the qmail website. Be
sure to get familiar with one of them before you need to do a real restore.
--- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA 225-343-3056 http://www.puryear-it.com Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" Download your free copy: http://www.puryear-it.com/manage-linux.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: David J To: nolug@joeykelly.net Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 7:52 PM Subject: [Nolug] qmail backup strategy Hello all, Does anyone know if there is an easy way to backup "email accounts" on a qmail server? Would it work if I just copied the appropriate folders to the new server? I have searched the qmail archives and even done a google search with no success. Basically what I am trying to do is migrate an existing qmail setup onto a new server. Instead of doing everything by hand I figured I would check here first. Sincerely, David John ___________________ Nolug mailing list nolug@nolug.orgReceived on 04/20/04
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