There's something to be worried about with using lvm snapshots. My understanding is that this can dramatically slow down your system. I'm too busy right now to pull up a reference, but google is your friend. On 08/29/2014 09:27 AM, Marcus Schopen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planing to use lvm snaps and rsync for a daily disaster recovery > backup on my master cyrus (2.4.12 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): > > ctl_cyrusdb -c > ctl_mboxlist -d > mailboxes.db.dump > stop cyrus > lvm snaps > start cyrus > rsync /var/lib/cyrus/ and /var/spool/cyrus to backup host > remove snaps > > Is there something to be aware with rsync especially > with /var/spool/cyrus directories? > > Beside that the master is in master-slave replication too. In a case of > disaster recovery - if you don't want to make the slave to the master - > would it work out to rsync /var/lib/cyrus/ and /var/spool/cyrus from the > slave to the master or is that not a good idea? > > Ciao > Marcus > > > ---- > 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 > ---- 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
