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Topic: How to take backup of whole mail server

Dear ZHB,

I have successfully installed and configured mail server using:
domain: tahaa.org.pk
iRedmail 0.7.2
Centos 5.6 i386
users 50+

Now i want to make backup server . if my server crashes from any reason then how can i restore all stored emails with user accounts?

Please suggest me ways how can we do it.
thanks
Muhammad Tahaa

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: How to take backup of whole mail server

To restore a mail server, you can
- backup some necessary files. daily or weekly.
- Install a new iRedMail server.
- Restore backed up files on new server.

What you need to backup:
- All MySQL database, except 'mysql'. Because new iRedMail server has new passwords for users, don't restore passwords from old server.
- Mailboxes. It's stored under /var/vmail/ by default.
- Postfix queue if necessary. It's stored under /var/spool/postfix/ by default. Reference: http://marc.info/?t=128774006300003&r=1&w=2

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Re: How to take backup of whole mail server

thanks ZhangHuangbin

4 Reply by avee (edited by avee 2012-01-25 18:26:03)

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Re: How to take backup of whole mail server

Hello,

How about backup strategy for OpenLDAP backend? Currently we only backup the vmail folder using rsync to our backup server. What other important configuration file should be backed up to get a new server running as fast as possible?

Currently we're using iRedMail 0.7.4 OpenLDAP on Ubuntu 10.04. 70+ users.

By the way, kudos for iRedMail. I use it to restore and migrate from our old email server that crashed and burn spectacularly in just around one day! smile

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Re: How to take backup of whole mail server

Hi all,
I could not successfully installed and configured mail server.
I did not understand this post clearly.
Please let me know what I should do now?
Thanks

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Re: How to take backup of whole mail server

avee wrote:

How about backup strategy for OpenLDAP backend?

About backup OpenLDAP data, reference: http://iredmail.org/wiki/index.php?titl … FAQ/Backup