On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 4:35 PM , <hi@zakaria.website> wrote: > On 2022-10-10 14:57, Ian Evans wrote: > > > If we want to make a one-off backup prior to the migration, is > > shutting down postfix and running > > tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay? > > > > Thanks. > > I would say it should be ok as long as its going to be the same setup, > but if you are expecting to upgrade dovecot or any other related > package, I would then recommend to perform upgrades before migrating and > taking the backup, so to guarantee everything is going to be working. >
Thanks for the suggestion. The host is just moving our VPS to new hardware so no update of our software is being done. (Though I need to do that myself when my schedule allows.) >