[Dovecot] dovecot & OCFS2 Cluster

[Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo]

Ok I want to do migration without downtime

Yes i have red that the separator depends on mailbox format and that
for maildir it is '.'

So in my dovecot.conf I have no namespace definition and my mail-location is:

mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u/Maildir

But when I execute the dsync command:

/usr/local/dovecot/bin/dsync -v -f -u example at example.org mirror
mdbox:/var1/vmail/example.org/example/mdbox

i get

dsync(root): Fatal: Mail locations must use the same virtual mailbox
hierarchy separator (specify separator for the default namespace)


So i have to add to my dovecot.conf
namespace {
  inbox = yes
  separator = .
  subscriptions = yes
}

And after finishig dsync for all mailboxes to a new location
I change separator to:

separator = /

as a final step  I  have to return the new mdbox mail location for
each user using userdb

and my dsync command would change:

/usr/local/dovecot/bin/dsync -v -f -u example at example.org mirror
maildir:/var/vmail/example.org/example/Maildir

Am I rigth?

Thanks you all


2011/5/13 Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>:
> On 13.5.2011, at 1.00, Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo wrote:
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>> Actually I have no namespace definition. If i add namespace definition
>> for start migrating,  waht about my clients? will they be able to find
>> there mail & mailboxes while I am migrating from maildir to mdbox?
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> Your clients see the default namespace if it's not explicitly specified. That namespace has prefix="" and the separator depends on what mailbox format you're using. With Maildir that would be "." character. If you keep that there shouldn't be even any potential problems.
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