[qmailtoaster] Re: CentOS 4 EOL 29Feb2012
On 03/09/2012 01:52 PM, Eric Broch wrote: On 3/9/2012 10:27 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: CentOS 4 has reached End Of Life. Here's the announcement: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2012-February/018462.html As such, QMT will also no longer be supporting COS version 4. While the cnt40 build option will remain in the package spec files up to and including the 1.4.0 release (which brings all upstream packages current), the build option will be removed shortly thereafter as the spec files are cleaned up. Also, the 1.4.0 packages will not have been tested *at all* on COS4. Although I expect they would work ok, I wouldn't count on it. We strongly recommend that any QMT hosts running COS4 be upgraded ASAP. We will provide guidance here on the list as best we can for anyone needing to upgrade. Eric S., I have one Toaster on CentOS 4. What do you mean by 'upgrade?' Does it mean a fresh install of CentOS 5 and afterwards running qtp-restore or does it mean an overlay of CentOS 5 over top of CentOS 4 all data remaining intact? Eric B. - 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. -- -Eric 'shubes' - Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! - Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
[qmailtoaster] Re: CentOS 4 EOL 29Feb2012
On 03/09/2012 02:47 PM, Peter Peltonen wrote: Hi, On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Eric Shubert 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. :) -- -Eric 'shubes' - Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! - Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: CentOS 4 EOL 29Feb2012
Hi, On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Eric Shubert 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? Best, Peter - Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! - Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: CentOS 4 EOL 29Feb2012
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 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 -- David Milholen Project Engineer P:501-318-1300
