> ... > > 1) Listing of database files "checkpointed" > > 2) Description of checkpoint format > > a) "ls /var/lib/imap" suggest two sets of checkpoint database are > > retained. > > I'm not really sure here. Cyrus-imapd checkpoints databases and archives > some of them (mboxlist_db, quota_db, annotation_db). Archives are put and > rotated into the db.backup[1,2] dirs. so are other databases (other then mboxlist_db, quota_db, annotation_db) checkpointed or not? > > > b) Description of checkpoint configuration options, if any, to control > > checkpoint sets > > 3) Checkpointed image backup requirements > > Not exactly sure what you mean here. I think you only need the database in > db.backup? and of course clean the environment before restoring such a db. AFAIK only that three databases are copied to the db.backupX directory. So if there are other checkpointed dbs they stay in the original place and I need to backup them? > > 5) Appropriate recovery procedure when invocation with "-r" vs. "-r -x' > > is required. > > I don't remember to have used -x in the last 10 years using cyrus-imapd. I > really don't know what the cleanup part means. Is it cleaning up unused > space in a db file or does it mean handling of open transactions? thats what I'm wondering :) > > Regards, > Simon Thanks for the answers! ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
