Hi, before starting a filebased backup with rdiff-backup I stop Cyrus, create LVM snaps of partitions where /var/lib/cyrus/ and /var/lib/cyrus are located and start Cyrus again. The downtime of Cyrus is just a few seconds, but is there a way to avoid stopping Cyrus before creating the snaps or is this the safest method to flush all data and get a consistent status of data and databases? Ciao Marcus -- If you want to stay dad you've got to polish your image. I think the image we need to create for you is "repentant but learning". -- Calvin ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus