Move to new server/Upgrade question

Lars Schimmer l.schimmer at cgv.tugraz.at
Tue Feb 19 07:35:39 EST 2008


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Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to move all mail to a new server. Old server has Cyrus 2.1.18
> (Debian Sarge), new server has Cyrus 2.2.13 (Debian Etch).
> 
> In the past, I just copied all files in
> /var/spool/cyrus/
> /var/lib/cyrus
> But, is this a good way?
> 
> Alternative is imapcopy. But I see you need a list of all users and
> passwords. That's a lot work to make (650 users). Isn't it possible to
> use the admin-user to copy everything?

Which reminds me of my wish to upgrade from sarge to etch.
- From Cyrus 2.1.18 to Cyrus 2.2.13.
AFAIK there was a db change involved, or?
Has anyone done this with his server, any problems to expect?

> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.

MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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