1 Topic by freeda.suing

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Topic: Backup Folder in VAR

==== Required information ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release):
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version:
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL):
- Web server (Apache or Nginx):
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro?
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
======== Required information ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release):
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version:
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL):
- Web server (Apache or Nginx):
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro?
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
======== Required information ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): v0.03 (LDAP)
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): LDAP
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): APACHE
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? NO
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
====

May I ask if I can delete old files from this path:
/var/vmail/backup/mysql

Can I just retain the most latest backup lets say 3 months?

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2 Reply by RikuS

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Re: Backup Folder in VAR

By default, files older than 90 days will be deleted if you have cron job active to run backup_mysql.sh. Old folders seem to stay there, even though the actual files inside them will be removed.

You can also manually delete files if the cron job isn't active.

3 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: Backup Folder in VAR

freeda.suing wrote:

May I ask if I can delete old files from this path:
/var/vmail/backup/mysql
Can I just retain the most latest backup lets say 3 months?

Yes.

If you're running a very old iRedMail release, the backup script /var/vmail/backup/backup_mysql.sh doesn't support removing old backup files, you may want to download the latest version and replace the old one.
https://bitbucket.org/zhb/iredmail/src/ … ail/tools/

Note: it requires file ~/.my.cnf, so that you don't need to store mysql password in the "backup_mysql.sh".