RE: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Phil Leinhauser
Message- From: sysad...@tricubemedia.com [mailto:sysad...@tricubemedia.com] Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:12 PM To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT I use a clone VM, then daily I shutdown the clone do an export. If you use Vsphere4

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Eric Shubert
Looks nice to me as well. Phil, will you get this on the wiki page? I'll have a look at the script in detail later. Phil Leinhauser wrote: Good catch! I've been out of commission for a few days so I didn't see this till just now. The script you found is what I would have recommended. I do

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Phil Leinhauser
Yep, I'll take care of it. Looks nice to me as well. Phil, will you get this on the wiki page? I'll have a look at the script in detail later. Phil Leinhauser wrote: Good catch! I've been out of commission for a few days so I didn't see this till just now. The script you found is what

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Eric Shubert
Phil, looks like the upstream script has been enhanced recently: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760 Should probably make a note of this. I'm wondering if the serverVCB.sh script will reflect this eventually (if it doesn't already). Phil Leinhauser wrote: Yep, I'll take care of it.

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Eric Shubert
I'll have a look at them in detail at some point, and probably come up with a qtp version. Anything you'd like to see that's not there, either make a note of it or let me know. Phil Leinhauser wrote: I see that. Judging by the last modified date on serverVCB.sh I would say probably not.

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Phil Leinhauser
I'm not sure how you'll be able to do a QTP version since it runs on the host but you're the script magician.  I just marvel at the magic...  Actually, looking at the script, he documents it well so it's easy to follow.  The ESX version isn't all that well documented. I threw up an overview of

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-16 Thread Eric Shubert
Phil Leinhauser wrote: I'm not sure how you'll be able to do a QTP version since it runs on the host but you're the script magician. I just marvel at the magic... Actually, looking at the script, he documents it well so it's easy to follow. The ESX version isn't all that well documented.

RE: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-15 Thread MagicWISP Sales
Message- From: sysad...@tricubemedia.com [mailto:sysad...@tricubemedia.com] Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:12 PM To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT I use a clone VM, then daily I shutdown the clone do an export. If you use Vsphere4, and all

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-14 Thread Eric Shubert
Be sure to visit the QMT wiki VMware page (http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/VMware). Please make any modifications you see fit. I back up my QMT-VM the old fashioned way, at the file level using rsync. I believe this is ultimately the safest, although restoration takes a little more

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-14 Thread sysadmin
I use a clone VM, then daily I shutdown the clone do an export. If you use Vsphere4, and all the gimmicks, your can do Live backup IE back up a Running VM. but it gets costly. I just use ESXi, as I sais above, I have a clone VM( using Jakes replication Videos ) then I shutdown clone, do the

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Eric Shubert
Bharath Chari wrote: This isn't directly related to the topic on hand, but I found that without VMWare tools installed and using kernel options, there are serious clock drifts especially in CentOS/RHEL using the 2.6 kernel.

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Jacob Vickers
Jake Vickers wrote: Eric Shubert wrote: Phil Leinhauser wrote: Is there anything like a load tester for QMT to mimic the 500 user limit? I don't know of one. (Doesn't mean there isn't one) It'd be nice to have a testing harness of some sort for QMT. Anyone up for writing one? One of

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Jacob Vickers
On 2/10/2010 7:50 AM, Jake Vickers wrote: One of the setups I was working on was Xen, but there is one running ESX. They have 500 users, all using IMAP, and some users experience 8-10 minute lags in accessing their imap stores (or webmail). This isn't directly related to the topic on hand,

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Brent Gardner
FWIW I run my toasters as guests under VMware Server 2. I'm willing to provide stats if you tell me where to look, or other info. My toasters forward all messages that clear the gauntlet to an Exchange server, so there's no local message storage. I have about 1000 accounts configured on

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Eric Shubert
Jacob Vickers wrote: Jake Vickers wrote: Eric Shubert wrote: Phil Leinhauser wrote: Is there anything like a load tester for QMT to mimic the 500 user limit? I don't know of one. (Doesn't mean there isn't one) It'd be nice to have a testing harness of some sort for QMT. Anyone up for

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Eric Shubert
Brent Gardner wrote: FWIW I run my toasters as guests under VMware Server 2. I'm willing to provide stats if you tell me where to look, or other info. Great Brent, thanks. I'm running the same thing. Host and guests are CentOS5. Out of curiosity, are you using any paravirtualization

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Brent Gardner
Eric Shubert wrote: Brent Gardner wrote: FWIW I run my toasters as guests under VMware Server 2. I'm willing to provide stats if you tell me where to look, or other info. Great Brent, thanks. I'm running the same thing. Host and guests are CentOS5. Out of curiosity, are you using any

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-10 Thread Eric Shubert
Brent Gardner wrote: Actually, I wasn't aware of the VMware page in the QMail-Toaster wiki until it was linked in this thread, and I haven't had time to more than glance at it. It's new (like a week old), and still under construction. Chip in if you like! My toasters are each on a separate

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-09 Thread Eric Shubert
Sorry, Phil. I posted reply to Jake before I read this. BTW, when you change a thread, please create a new message (copy/paste content as appropriate) instead of replying and changing the subject. When you look at messages in threaded view (nice feature btw), this isn't a new thread, only a

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-09 Thread Eric Shubert
Phil Leinhauser wrote: Is there anything like a load tester for QMT to mimic the 500 user limit? I don't know of one. (Doesn't mean there isn't one) It'd be nice to have a testing harness of some sort for QMT. Anyone up for writing one? -- -Eric 'shubes'

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-09 Thread Jake Vickers
Eric Shubert wrote: Phil Leinhauser wrote: Is there anything like a load tester for QMT to mimic the 500 user limit? I don't know of one. (Doesn't mean there isn't one) It'd be nice to have a testing harness of some sort for QMT. Anyone up for writing one? One of the setups I was

[qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-09 Thread Eric Shubert
Jake Vickers wrote: Eric Shubert wrote: Phil Leinhauser wrote: Is there anything like a load tester for QMT to mimic the 500 user limit? I don't know of one. (Doesn't mean there isn't one) It'd be nice to have a testing harness of some sort for QMT. Anyone up for writing one? One of

Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtual QMT

2010-02-09 Thread Bharath Chari
On 2/10/2010 7:50 AM, Jake Vickers wrote: One of the setups I was working on was Xen, but there is one running ESX. They have 500 users, all using IMAP, and some users experience 8-10 minute lags in accessing their imap stores (or webmail). This isn't directly related to the topic on hand,