On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 08:32:24PM -0400, Wesley Craig wrote: > On 26 Aug 2006, at 16:22, Paul Dekkers wrote: > >I don't know if this is a known issue: as soon as I enable replication > >and the sync_client gets a "No route to host" from the replica, the > >rest > >of the cyrus startup seems to stall: no imap, no lmtp... just > >because a > >replica is unreachable. (In this case because iptables was to > >restrictive on the replica ;-)) > > Yes. In our environment, we've moved sync_client to be started at > the same run level as cyrus master, instead of having cyrus master > start it. That way, when sync_client dies (it dies, BTW, so you > ought to be monitoring it, and the log, and sync_server), it's simple > for an admin to restart it. Though it is dying less as we discover bugs and patch them. See my post last night (au time) about the "three MAILBOX -> USER promotions and you're out" issue. That's the first thing that has killed sync_client in a while. We also are nearly at the point where we'll be running a weekly check of replication pairs: message counts, flags, etc. Make sure everything is up to date. Bron. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
