On Fri, February 19, 2010 4:13 pm, Patrick Boutilier wrote: > On 02/19/2010 11:03 AM, Marco van Putten wrote: > >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> >>> I have been reading the thread about using "xfer" to migrate to a >>> different server or to use imapsync instead. Both methods appear to require >>> some additional work and I would prefer to simply copy the data across >>> instead of using synchronization tools on live servers. (It's not a >>> requirement to keep the email accessible during the transfer) >>> >>> I have around 21GB of mail to copy across and was wondering how best to >>> do this. The mail server can (and most likely will) be stopped during the >>> transfer. >>> >>> Will it be sufficient to simply copy the "/var/imap" and >>> "/var/spool/imap" >>> folders across? The contents of "/var/spool/imap" are all the emails and >>> the db-files and such appear to be in "/var/imap" >> >> >> I've done the copy method several times without loosing any mail. >> In all cases after stopping the mail services before the copy action. >> Don't know if its the best/preferred/nicest method but it works for me... >> > > > +1 > > > I have always used rsync in the past. 21G of mail shouldn't take much > time to move. In August-September 2009 I rsync'd a 3.5 TB Cyrus mail store, 35 million msgs. The final incremental rsync required a 10 hour (overnight) service halt. Eric. ---- 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
