[Kolab-devel] Re: Backup for cyrus (even /kolab)

[Thomas Arendsen Hein]

* Hamish <lists at subvs.co.uk> [20050118 16:20]:
> I am not sure of one thing though: Will received mail stay in the 
> postfix queue while cyrus is down, then get put in mailboxes once it is 
> back up? (no email will be lost or undeliverable).

I'm sure no mail will be lost, either it will be queued or bounced.
I haven't tested it, but I guess it will be queued for
maximal_queue_lifetime (default is 5 days) until it will get
bounced.

> Also, I am currently backing up the entire /kolab directory, which I am 
> sure is unneccessary, but safe at least. (I assume the only changes to 
> the host OS are the addition of kolab and kolab_r users, is this 
> correct?) - In the event of cataclysmic failure, a new host could have 
> the users added, the /etc/init.d/kolab initscript added and the /kolab 
> directory rsynced into place? (or even the disk swapped with the backup)

There are more things:
/etc/crontab:
  monthly/weekly/hourly/quarterly tasks
/etc/openpkg:
  just contains "/kolab"
and the SysV init script links /etc/rc?.d/???kolab, or whatever
system and location will be used on that machine. OpenPKG should
know.

Thomas

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