Re: One-off backup

2022-10-11 Thread Ian Evans
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 12:02 PM Tim Dickson, wrote: > you would want to backup your dovecot/postfix config files and mail > certificates as well, and your database if you are using one for > authentication, and user list, just in case. > > > Almost forgot about that. Guess I should ask about

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-11 Thread Tim Dickson
our server instance. They usually (99.% lol) go off without a hitch. As we don't have dovecot running elsewhere, I'm assuming doveadm is the wrong tool. If we want to make a one-off backup prior to the migration, is shutting down postfix and running tar czf

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-11 Thread justina colmena ~biz
me and the missus. Six dovecot users. > >Our host is migrating our server instance. They usually (99.% lol) go >off without a hitch. > >As we don't have dovecot running elsewhere, I'm assuming doveadm is the >wrong tool. > >If we want to make a one-off backup prior to

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-11 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 11:26 AM Cristiano Deana wrote: > Il 10/10/2022 16:57, Ian Evans ha scritto: > > > is shutting down postfix and running > > tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay? > > remember -p to preserve permissions. > I have never imagined that tar requires a -p to preserve

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-11 Thread Cristiano Deana
Il 10/10/2022 16:57, Ian Evans ha scritto: is shutting down postfix and running tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay? remember -p to preserve permissions. -- ### # Cristiano Deana # # # # Senior Network Engineer # # Digital Response Team # # CittaStudi

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-10 Thread Plutocrat
. Our host is migrating our server instance. They usually (99.% lol) go off without a hitch. As we don't have dovecot running elsewhere, I'm assuming doveadm is the wrong tool. If we want to make a one-off backup prior to the migration, is shutting down postfix and running tar czf

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-10 Thread Ian Evans
On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 4:35 PM , 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. > >

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-10 Thread hi
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

Re: One-off backup

2022-10-10 Thread Aki Tuomi
where, I'm assuming doveadm is the wrong > tool. > > 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. You can. Aki

One-off backup

2022-10-10 Thread Ian Evans
I run a small email server for me and the missus. Six dovecot users. Our host is migrating our server instance. They usually (99.% lol) go off without a hitch. As we don't have dovecot running elsewhere, I'm assuming doveadm is the wrong tool. If we want to make a one-off backup prior