Upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 (slow cyr_expire)

Jay Sekora jsekora at csail.mit.edu
Fri Oct 17 10:15:42 EDT 2014


On 10/16/2014 05:43 PM, Andrew Morgan wrote:
> You could comment cyr_expire out of cyrus.conf before you upgrade. 
> After a few days, you could uncomment cyr_expire and send a HUP signal
> to the Cyrus master process to have it re-read cyrus.conf.
> 
> Remember, the mailbox will be upgraded anytime it is opened.  That will
> occur when a user checks their mailbox AND when new mail is delivered.
> Still, it seems reasonably safe.  Your best bet is to schedule the
> upgrade at a time of low usage and try to "touch" as many mailboxes as
> possible before things get really busy.

Great, thanks!  That's what I was hoping.

Jay




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