Ok, so for lack of any other information, am I to conclude that the doveadm backup command is broken in 2.0.9? I have been through the wiki for it back and forth and cannot make it work.
Yes, I need to upgrade, there is no question, but I won’t do that without a maildir backup. I would prefer to use the built-in dovecot mechanisms for that than something else. Jeff > On Mar 10, 2019, at 12:09 PM, SH Development via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org > <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: > > Okay then. Is there a document on how to do that in place? That was one of > the reasons I was trying to do a backup first. > > Jeff > > >> On Mar 10, 2019, at 4:12 AM, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org >> <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: >> >> You should upgrade 2.2 first. >> >> Aki >>> On 10 March 2019 10:45 SH Development via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org >>> <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> V 2.0.9 >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>>> On Mar 10, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Aki Tuomi via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org >>>> <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: >>>> What version are you using? >>>> >>>> Aki >>>>> On 10 March 2019 00:40 SH Development via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org >>>>> <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Okay, apparently I’m just a complete idiot. Why doesn’t this work? >>>>> >>>>> doveadm -Dv backup -u user Maildir:/mnt/maelstrombackups/vmailbackup >>>>> >>>>> With user being the actual user name. >>>>> >>>>> No backup is created, it just shows me the usage text. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, SH Development < >>>>>> listacco...@starionline.com <mailto:listacco...@starionline.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am having trouble locating examples of how to use doveadm backup. All >>>>>> the examples I see are for sync. I simply want to create a backup to a >>>>>> network volume of the email server's vmail folders. The goal here is to >>>>>> have a reasonably current backup should the main drive on the email >>>>>> server go south. >>>>>> >>>>>> We currently authenticate our users from a mysql database. User’s >>>>>> mailboxes are stored as domainname/username/Maildir >>>>>> >>>>>> I assume what I will wind up on the network volume is a duplicate >>>>>> directory structure as the vmail folder on the email server? >>>>>> >>>>>> Can someone help get me started here? >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Aki Tuomi >>> >> >> --- >> Aki Tuomi >
