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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Well for the purpose of upgrading your
server, you could do the following:<br>
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<li>Rsync your maildir directories to a backup directory</li>
<li>repeat rsync again so most of your changed files have been
synced</li>
<li>shut down your dovecot and smtp servers</li>
<li>rsync one more time - should be relatively fast<br>
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<li>restart your dovecot and smtp servers</li>
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<p>Otherwise, just schedule downtime and use whatever backup
method you prefer. You will probably want to backup and then
leave dovecot and smtp server down until you've completed the
dovecot upgrade anyway, so you may as well schedule downtime for
the entire process and do the dovecot upgrade between steps 4
and 5 above.<br>
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<p>Natu</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/10/19 10:07 PM, Aki Tuomi via
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<div> I'd say the correct term is not broken but missing. backup
was implemented in later version. </div>
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<div> With maildir keeping a copy of the content is sufficient
backup. </div>
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<div> On 11 March 2019 03:39 SH Development via dovecot
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org"><dovecot@dovecot.org></a> wrote: </div>
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Ok, so for lack of any other information, am I to conclude that
the doveadm backup command is broken in 2.0.9? I have been
through the wiki for it back and forth and cannot make it work.
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<div class=""> Yes, I need to upgrade, there is no question, but
I won’t do that without a maildir backup. I would prefer to
use the built-in dovecot mechanisms for that than something
else. </div>
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<div class=""> On Mar 10, 2019, at 12:09 PM, SH
Development via dovecot < <a class=""
href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">dovecot@dovecot.org</a>>
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after-white-space;"> Okay then. Is there a document
on how to do that in place? That was one of the
reasons I was trying to do a backup first.
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<div class=""> On Mar 10, 2019, at 4:12 AM, Aki
Tuomi via dovecot < <a class=""
href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">dovecot@dovecot.org</a>>
wrote: </div>
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<div class=""> You should upgrade 2.2 first.
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<div class=""> On 10 March 2019 10:45 SH
Development via dovecot < <a
class=""
href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">dovecot@dovecot.org</a>>
wrote: </div>
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V 2.0.9
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<div class=""> On Mar 10, 2019, at
12:07 AM, Aki Tuomi via dovecot
< <a
href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">dovecot@dovecot.org</a>>
wrote: </div>
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<div class=""> What version are
you using? </div>
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<div class=""> On 10 March
2019 00:40 SH Development
via dovecot < <a
href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org"
class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">dovecot@dovecot.org</a>>
wrote: </div>
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<div class=""> Okay,
apparently I’m just a
complete idiot. Why doesn’t
this work? </div>
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<div class=""> doveadm -Dv
backup -u user
Maildir:/mnt/maelstrombackups/vmailbackup
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<div class=""> With user being
the actual user name. </div>
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<div class=""> No backup is
created, it just shows me
the usage text. </div>
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<div class=""> Jeff </div>
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<div class=""> On Feb 20,
2019, at 10:11 PM, SH
Development < <a
href="mailto:listaccount@starionline.com"
class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">listaccount@starionline.com</a>>
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<div class=""> I am having
trouble locating examples
of how to use doveadm
backup. All the examples I
see are for sync. I simply
want to create a backup to
a network volume of the
email server's vmail
folders. The goal here is
to have a reasonably
current backup should the
main drive on the email
server go south. </div>
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<div class=""> We currently
authenticate our users
from a mysql database.
User’s mailboxes are
stored as
domainname/username/Maildir
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<div class=""> I assume what
I will wind up on the
network volume is a
duplicate directory
structure as the vmail
folder on the email
server? </div>
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<div class=""> Can someone
help get me started here?
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<div class=""> Jeff </div>
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