On 2/15/2010 8:25 AM, Elver Loho wrote: > Hi, > > We've got Cyrus running fine on our old server since 2006. Now we're > setting up a new server and would like to migrate all the mailboxes > over to the new one before replacing the old server. For this task the > "xfer" command seems relevant. > > I've coerced Cyrus on the old server to a point where cyradm gives the > following error when I try the xfer command: > > localhost.localdomain> xfer user.elver 192.168.0.180 > xfermailbox: Server(s) unavailable to complete operation > > I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here. I might even be doing > everything wrong here. I've googled and it seems like xfer is a common > headache for Cyrus admins with no easy solution. However, it also > seems to be a particularly bad headache -- most old e-mails I've found > about this topic seem to have gone unanswered. > > So I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience with getting xfer > to work in a migration scenario that they'd be willing to share. > Anyone? > > Best, > Elver > > elver.loho@xxxxxxxxx > +372 5661 6933 > http://elver.wordpress.com/ > skype: elver.loho > Sent from Tartu, Estonia > ---- > 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 The last time we moved to new hardware, I used imapsync to migrate all the mailboxes to the new hardware. We moved from a different IMAP server to Cyrus, and this worked great. I don't know if this work as well now moving from Cyrus to Cyrus, as I don't think it would pick up quotas and believe xfer will. When it comes time to move to new hardware, (probably in a another year or two) I was thinking about temporarily enabling replication on both boxes and getting things in sync that way. I am not sure if this is the way to go, and I haven't actually tried it, but perhaps it is worth looking at. ---- 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
