Joe Hrbek schrieb: > > I was wondering if there is an easy way to move the cyrus mail store to a > new server. I tried moving it simply by tarring the /var/lib/imap directory > and /var/spool/imap but that didn't seem to work. Of course, I had the mta > shutoff as well as cyrus-imapd prior to this operation.
Seems absolutely correct to me. > > I installed cyrus-imapd on the new server with the same RPMs I used on the > current system and then extracted the tar files on the new server in the > same location they were on the old one. I started cyrus-imapd and it "check Maybe stupid question but worth to ask: did you check permissions and ownership of the directories after extracting? > pointed" the databases (I'm using simon matters RPMS, 2.1.10 I think). All > appears to work, but after about 5 or 6 deliveries by the MTA, the cyrus > Deliver program begins to hang. In addition, if I switch to LMTP instead of > using cyrus deliver (I use postfix as an mta btw), those processes will > begin to hang just as quickly as the deliver program did. Did you install the RPMs on the same RedHat release? If not, I _strongly_ suggest rebuilding the source RPM and then installing the newly built binaries. HTH Simon > > Obviously something isn't right. I tend to believe that it is because of > the way I moved the spool and the *.db files. Could someone tell me, or > point me to a document that explains how to move a cyrus system to a new > machine? I looked through the docs, but I can't seem to find any such > information. > > Additionally, when will the reconstruct -m command become available again? > I as able to find one pseudo how-to, not very in-depth, actually just a > newsgroup article that said, if you have problems with a database, run > reconstruct -m and it should fix everything. > > Any help would be appreciated, > > -Joe