[Linux] cyrus imap backup

[Tim Krabec]

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I am working on a backup for a postfix mailserver with cyrus IMAP

Here is the script I am using to minimize downtime for the This is the
preliminary step.  This is called before I run another script which backs
up the remainder of the folders that are not listed here

/etc/init.d/imapd stop
date
rsync -vaR /var/spool/imap /backup-temp/
date
rsync -vaR /var/lib/imap /backup-temp/
/etc/init.d/imapd start
date
rsync -vaR /etc/ /backup-temp/
date


-- Tim

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I am working on a backup for a postfix mailserver with cyrus IMAP<br><br>Here is the script I am using to minimize downtime for the This is the <br>preliminary step.&nbsp; This is called before I run another script which backs 
<br>up the remainder of the folders that are not listed here<br><br>/etc/init.d/imapd stop<br>date<br>rsync -vaR /var/spool/imap /backup-temp/<br>date<br>rsync -vaR /var/lib/imap /backup-temp/<br>/etc/init.d/imapd start<br>
date<br>rsync -vaR /etc/ /backup-temp/<br>date<br><br><br>-- Tim<br>

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