Here is my command: [root@mail maelstrombackups] #mkdir -p vmailbackup [root@mail vmail]# chown: vmail:vmail /mnt/maelstrombackups/vmailbackup [root@mail vmail]# doveadm backup -u jeff maildir:/mnt/maelstrombackups/vmailbackup
Only gives me the usage list, doesn’t work. Jeff > On Feb 21, 2019, at 1:29 AM, Sami Ketola <sami.ket...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > > > >> On 21 Feb 2019, at 7.04, SH Development via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> >> wrote: >> >> Not really. The suggestions in the post seemed to be: >> >> 1. Tar the whole directory, which I have tried in the past, but a 130G >> directory takes over 18 hours to tar. >> 2. It was also suggested to rsync the directory, but the question was >> brought up, and not answered, about whether it was advisable to copy live >> mail, thus the need for doveadm sync/backup. >> >> Based on what I’ve read about doveadm backup, this is what I need, I am just >> having a hard time formulating the syntax for the command. >> > > root@ketola ~]# mkdir -p /backup/sami > root@ketola ~]# chown vmail:vmail /backup/sami > root@ketola ~]# doveadm backup -u sami Maildir:/backup/sami > <snip> > root@ketola ~]# du -hs /backup/sami > 211M /backup/sami > > does this help? > > Sami
