-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 10/2/20 4:59 am, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote:> What I do: > > 1 - I ran a maildirlock command to my mail folder 2 - I then rsync > the folder where my maildirs are, as well as the indexes, to a > remote locationIf rsync is not fast... then how about doing a snapshot and then rsync off the snapshot? (I do rsync over lvm snapshots to back up file systems cleanly) and, btw, perform file system dumps [ufsdump / ufsrestore like, but dump and restore on Linux] of *non-mounted* backup file systems fwiw. I have other rsyncs that happen via rsnapshot during the day, I don't worry about snapshotting them though, but I probably should....> 3 - I tar.gz the daily backup 4 - I kill the maildirlock process > > I also use replication of my server so that I keep getting mail > when my main server isn't available.You mean backup mx?> As for postfix, I backup the database once a week, since it doesn't > get changed that often. > > Hope that helps! > > Best, > > Francis > > > > > On 09.02.2020 18:26, Esteban L wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Was thinking it would be wise to backup my server, in case >> anything "bad" ever happened, so that I could quickly get up to >> speed. >> >> 1. clone the whole drive -- which might be the best to ensure I >> keep the whole system working. >> >> 2. But, what about, if I just wanted to backup my Email server >> components? Postfix - which I think is just config files, and >> Dovecot - I think there is a doveadm backup for doing such >> things. >> >> What do you guys do, recommend for backups?? >> >> ThanksCheers - -- Andrew McGlashan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTJAoMHtC6YydLfjUOoFmvLt+/i+wUCXkBKkAAKCRCoFmvLt+/i +811AQCmzZtw7SLsKHi9bNybOtsuQwT/qqZ9GppCXJWAtRYzkQD+M3ZlXR6v3g9U 5Px4Aayix3mQyil0q7MZIYpNyrBWEjw=YOGn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0xA8166BCBB7EFE2FB.asc Type: application/pgp-keys Size: 11231 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200210/65a2f41f/attachment-0001.bin>
On Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 23:38 Andrew McGlashan < andrew.mcglashan at affinityvision.com.au> wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > On 10/2/20 4:59 am, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote: > > What I do: > > > > 1 - I ran a maildirlock command to my mail folder 2 - I then rsync > > the folder where my maildirs are, as well as the indexes, to a > > remote location > > If rsync is not fast... then how about doing a snapshot and then rsync > off the snapshot? (I do rsync over lvm snapshots to back up file > systems cleanly) and, btw, perform file system dumps [ufsdump / > ufsrestore like, but dump and restore on Linux] of *non-mounted* > backup file systems fwiw. > > I have other rsyncs that happen via rsnapshot during the day, I don't > worry about snapshotting them though, but I probably should.... > > > 3 - I tar.gz the daily backup 4 - I kill the maildirlock process > > > > I also use replication of my server so that I keep getting mail > > when my main server isn't available. > > You mean backup mx? > > > As for postfix, I backup the database once a week, since it doesn't > > get changed that often. > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > Best, > > > > Francis > > > > > > > > > > On 09.02.2020 18:26, Esteban L wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Was thinking it would be wise to backup my server, in case > >> anything "bad" ever happened, so that I could quickly get up to > >> speed. > >> > >> 1. clone the whole drive -- which might be the best to ensure I > >> keep the whole system working. > >> > >> 2. But, what about, if I just wanted to backup my Email server > >> components? Postfix - which I think is just config files, and > >> Dovecot - I think there is a doveadm backup for doing such > >> things. > >> > >> What do you guys do, recommend for backups?? > >> > >> Thanks > > Cheers > > - -- > Andrew McGlashan > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iHUEAREIAB0WIQTJAoMHtC6YydLfjUOoFmvLt+/i+wUCXkBKkAAKCRCoFmvLt+/i > +811AQCmzZtw7SLsKHi9bNybOtsuQwT/qqZ9GppCXJWAtRYzkQD+M3ZlXR6v3g9U > 5Px4Aayix3mQyil0q7MZIYpNyrBWEjw> =YOGn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >What do you guys do to backup mdbox mails with SiS enabled? DP>-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200210/7db35c43/attachment.html>
On 09.02.2020 19:08, Andrew McGlashan wrote:> Hi, > > On 10/2/20 4:59 am, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote: >> What I do: >> >> 1 - I ran a maildirlock command to my mail folder 2 - I then rsync >> the folder where my maildirs are, as well as the indexes, to a >> remote location > > If rsync is not fast... then how about doing a snapshot and then rsync > off the snapshot? (I do rsync over lvm snapshots to back up file > systems cleanly) and, btw, perform file system dumps [ufsdump / > ufsrestore like, but dump and restore on Linux] of *non-mounted* > backup file systems fwiw.That's a good idea - In my case rsync is super fast, 1-2 min tops, so I can afford the lock for that time. But I surely should check more about snapshots.> I have other rsyncs that happen via rsnapshot during the day, I don't > worry about snapshotting them though, but I probably should.... > >> 3 - I tar.gz the daily backup 4 - I kill the maildirlock process >> >> I also use replication of my server so that I keep getting mail >> when my main server isn't available. > > You mean backup mx?Yes. It is a work of beauty that thing :) I remember how cool it was to see mail being replicated when both servers are up and one responding for mail when one of the servers is down. Best, Francis -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0xEE41D33F.asc Type: application/pgp-keys Size: 5544 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200210/f6cc98a3/attachment.bin>
On 09.02.2020 19:08, Andrew McGlashan wrote:> > If rsync is not fast... then how about doing a snapshot and then rsync > off the snapshot? (I do rsync over lvm snapshots to back up file > systems cleanly) and, btw, perform file system dumps [ufsdump / > ufsrestore like, but dump and restore on Linux] of *non-mounted* > backup file systems fwiw. > > I have other rsyncs that happen via rsnapshot during the day, I don't > worry about snapshotting them though, but I probably should....But thinking again about it, doesn't snapshotting every time leads to increased storage space? Best, Francis -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0xEE41D33F.asc Type: application/pgp-keys Size: 5544 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200210/1d79b3a6/attachment.bin>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 10/2/20 8:37 pm, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay wrote:> On 09.02.2020 19:08, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > >> >> If rsync is not fast... then how about doing a snapshot and then rsync >> off the snapshot?? (I do rsync over lvm snapshots to back up file >> systems cleanly) and, btw, perform file system dumps [ufsdump / >> ufsrestore like, but dump and restore on Linux] of *non-mounted* >> backup file systems fwiw. >> >> I have other rsyncs that happen via rsnapshot during the day, I don't >> worry about snapshotting them though, but I probably should.... > > But thinking again about it, doesn't snapshotting every time leads toincreased storage space? After being hammered by dmarc reports, I've switched emails for this list. My snapshots are temporary, so the storage for the short periods of use is not a big deal. Cheers A. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTJAoMHtC6YydLfjUOoFmvLt+/i+wUCXkEsYwAKCRCoFmvLt+/i +xcnAP49M0vjYkynm3k3FMgaySoNFp+2SaNgY4ixC7Fx15ThiQD/fM9fmf3JQjfm Cy5zptW3nUX7QIFv9nvz3kZ3ue+jnI0=klqy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20200210/cf71565c/attachment.html>