One-off backup

[Ian Evans]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 4:35 PM , <hi at zakaria.website> wrote:

> On 2022-10-10 14:57, Ian Evans wrote:
>
> > If we want to make a one-off backup prior to the migration, is
> > shutting down postfix and running
> > tar czf mailstorage.tgz /path/to/mail okay?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I would say it should be ok as long as its going to be the same setup,
> but if you are expecting to upgrade dovecot or any other related
> package, I would then recommend to perform upgrades before migrating and
> taking the backup, so to guarantee everything is going to be working.
>

Thanks for the suggestion. The host is just moving our VPS to new hardware
so no update of our software is being done. (Though I need to do that
myself when my schedule allows.)

>
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