Hello Cyrus friends, Is imapsync not an option? imapsync - IMAP synchronization, copy or migration tool. Synchronize mailboxes between two imap servers. Good at IMAP migration. WWW: http://imapsync.lamiral.info/ On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 02:07:17PM -0500, John Wade via Info-cyrus wrote: > Hi Jack, > > You should be able to export the mailboxes database on the old > server to text and then import on the new server. In package of > cyrus we are running, the DB export is actually done daily > automatically. > > Here is an approximation of what we did last time we did a > server/version migration, may have cut some steps to > sanitize/simplify: > > ## Copy Mail spools on a nightly basis until conversion: > #On old server: > > vi /root/mailtools/rsyncmailspools.sh > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > #!/bin/bash > date > echo "syncing spool 0" > rsync -Haz --delete-after -e ssh /var/spool/imap/0/ > cyrus@newserver:/var/spool/imap/0/ > echo "end spool 0" > date > echo "syncing spool 1" > rsync -Haz --delete-after -e ssh /var/spool/imap/1/ > cyrus@newserver:/var/spool/imap/1/ > echo "end spool 1" > date > echo "syncing spool 2" > rsync -Haz --delete-after -e ssh /var/spool/imap/2/ > cyrus@newserver:/var/spool/imap/2/ > echo "end spool 2" > date > echo "syncing spool 3" > rsync -Haz --delete-after -e ssh /var/spool/imap/3/ > cyrus@newserver:/var/spool/imap/3/ > echo "end spool 3" > date > echo "syncing spool 4" > rsync -Haz --delete-after -e ssh /var/spool/imap/4/ > cyrus@newserver:/var/spool/imap/4/ > echo "end spool 4" > date > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # run it (Cyrus user has authorized_keys file on newserver) > /root/mailtools/rsyncmailspools.sh > > # cron to sync spools > crontab -e > # set up rsync to sync mail spools until final cutover > 00 18 * * * /root/mailtools/rsyncmailspools.sh > > > #At time of conversion (or can be done for testing) > > # On oldserver: > > #cd /var/lib/imap > su - cyrus > /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_mboxlist -d >mailboxes.oldserver.text > exit > > > # newserver > rsync -av -e ssh > cyrus@oldserver:/var/lib/imap/mailboxes.oldserver.text /var/lib/imap > > su - cyrus > cd /var/lib/imap > rm -f /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.db* > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/ctl_mboxlist -u < > /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.oldserver.text > > # Confirm it by dumping back: > /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/ctl_mboxlist -d > > /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.newserver.text > cat mailboxes.newserver.text > > # Confirm the above file looks OK; then delete it: > rm /var/lib/imap/mailboxes.newserver.text > exit > > > > # move over all sieve scripts > rsync -Havz --delete-after -e ssh > cyrus@oldserver:/var/lib/imap/sieve/ /var/lib/imap/sieve > > # move over all seen, sub files > rsync -Havz --delete-after -e ssh > cyrus@oldserver:/var/lib/imap/user/ /var/lib/imap/user > > # move over quota files > rsync -Havz --delete-after -e ssh > cyrus@oldserver:/var/lib/imap/quota/ /var/lib/imap/quota > > # fix ownership > chown -R cyrus:mail /var/lib/imap > > ## Start mail and hope > > > Enjoy, > John > > On 4/6/2016 1:39 PM, Jack Snodgrass via Info-cyrus wrote: > > > >I read that.. but after 8 hours of trying to get it going I gave > >up on it. > > > >I the debian 8 / Cyrus 2.5 stuff did not want to process the cyrus > >2.4 db files from debian 6. > > > >You can say pretty words like: "may require support for whichever > >backend you were using" but if all you have is access to apt-get > >and you have two systems that are YEARS apart in what they have > >setup.. how do you do this? Tell me the apt-get install command > >to run so that ctl_cyrusdb -r works or it's just words. > > > > > >jack > > > > > > > >On 04/06/2016 01:32 PM, Dan White wrote: > >>On 04/06/16 13:20 -0500, Jack Snodgrass via Info-cyrus wrote: > >>>Is there a documented process for taking a system from: Cyrus > >>>v2.2.13 to Cyrus v2.4.17 > >> > >>>I have rsync'd the mail between the two systems. > >>> > >>>/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/reconstruct did NOT magically convert the > >>>system from the old to the new. > >> > >>>/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/reconstruct -G -f > >> > >>>The 'seen' flags and probably some other flags / acls are not working. > >> > >>Check the upgrade instructions here: > >> > >>https://cyrusimap.org/docs/cyrus-imapd/2.5.3/install-upgrade.php > >> > >>'ctl_cyrusdb -r' may require support for whichever backend you > >>were using > >>on the older version (on the new system), such as a legacy berkeleydb > >>version. > > > > > >-- > >*jack* - Southlake Texas - http://mylinuxguy.net > ><http://mylinuxguy.net/> - *817-601-7338* > > > > > >---- > >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 -- Met vriendelijke groeten, With kind regards, Mit freundlichen Gruessen, De jrus wah, Will ************************************* W.K. 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