On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 01:26:58PM +0100, Stefan Foerster wrote:
> Due to hardware problems, I had to move our "graveyard mailout" to
> another server. So I copied the relevant configuration files and then
> moved the mailqueue to the new server using rsync. After that, I
> executed
>
> postmulti -i postfix-gy -x postsuper -s
>
> I expected a change of queue IDs, but this didn't happen, not even
> for a single mail. The filesystem is a standard ext3, both servers are
> running CentOS 5.5 x86_64 and Postfix 2.7.1. The output of
>
> postmulti -i postfix-gy -x postconf -n
Where are the restored queue files?
> config_directory = /etc/postfix-gy
> data_directory = /var/lib/postfix-gy
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix-gy
They should be in
/var/spool/postfix-gy/deferred/
and the defer logs should be in
/var/spool/postfix-gy/defer/
> Questions:
>
> 1. Did I execute "postsuper -s" the right way?
Yes.
> 2. I was verifiyng queue IDs remained unchanged by comparing the
> output of
>
> postmulti -i postfix-gy -x postqueue -p
>
> befor and after the call to "postsuper -s". Is that methodology
> flawed?
No. You need to make sure that file ownership and permissions are
compatible, between the source and destination. Also run "postsuper"
*before* starting Postfix. Starting Postfix does "postsuper -s" for
you.
--
Viktor.
