On 3/9/2012 4:06 PM, Eric Shubert wrote:
On 03/09/2012 02:47 PM, Peter Peltonen wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Eric Shubert<e...@shubes.net> wrote:
A fresh install is recommended, followed by qtp-restore (having done a
qtp-backup first of course). How you have disks partitioned
presently can
make this a little easier, for instance if your /home is on separate
partition.
Is is feasible to take the system offline for a couple hours?
Do you have a secondary MX that can receive email while you're down?
How much data do you have to transfer? (How big is a qtp-backup file?)
These are some things to consider.
I am actually in the same situation with one of my servers. So the
procedure is:
1. install cos5 and qmailtoaster following the wiki instructions:
http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/CentOS_5_QmailToaster_Install
2. cos4: qtp-backup (instructions:
http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/Backup_and_Restore)
3: cos5: qtp-restore
As I don't know what qtp-backup actually does, I am wondering what is
the benefit of using it instead of moving config files from control
and dumping/restoring the vpopmail db manually?
qtp-backup and qtp-restore grab all of the configuration data and
email, creating a single tarball of the whole thing (multiple tarballs
are contained inside). You could of course do it all manually, but
you'll possibly miss something. Like the SA bayes database, your
tcp.smtp file, /var/qmail/users/ or squirrelmail settings and address
books. Using the scripts gives some piece of mind that you have
everything. :)
I am doing this now and I do not have any issues so far.
The only thing I have not checked is the spamdyke files to be sure
all is good there.
It is not live yet but as soon as I go through everything once over I
will do the restore again.
Thanks
Dave
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David Milholen
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