10-17-2008
Check that backup MX actually does its job
Hey!
I have just configured an backup MX using Mail::Toaster under FreeBSD.
As I'm a novice when it comes to mailservers, I need to ask someone how to check that this backup really does its job.
My primare MX is unfortunately on a Dynamic IP line, but its unsusual for it to change the IP.
So far it has hapend i think 4 or 5 times in a 3 year period.
Allthough, the server will soon be moved and there will be at least a few IP changes, and maybe even some other problems. Hence the backup MX (Either way, having it is good in the future).
But how can I check it? Do I just have to shut down the primary MX for lets say 10 minutes? And if everything works, the mail should be in the queue on the backup machine, waiting to be sent over to the primary machine?
Last edited by noratx; 10-17-2008 at 11:30 AM..
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svn-fast-backup
svn-fast-backup(1) General Commands Manual svn-fast-backup(1)
NAME
svn-fast-backup - very fast backup for Subversion fsfs repositories.
SYNOPSIS
svn-fast-backup [-q] [-k{N|all}] [-f] [-t] [-s] repos_path backup_dir
DESCRIPTION
svn-fast-backup uses rsync snapshots for very fast backup of a Subversion fsfs repository at repos_path to backup_dir/repos-rev, the latest
revision number in the repository. Multiple fsfs backups share data via hardlinks, so old backups are almost free, since a newer revision
of a repository is almost a complete superset of an older revision.
This is good for replacing incremental log-dump+restore-style backups because it is just as space-conserving and even faster; there is no
inter-backup state (old backups are essentially caches); each backup directory is self-contained. It has the same command-line interface
as svn-hot-backup(1) (if you use --force), but only works for fsfs repositories.
svn-fast-backup keeps 64 backups by default and deletes backups older than these; this can be adjusted with the -k option.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Shows some brief help text.
-q, --quiet
Quieter-than-usual operation.
-k, --keep=N
Keep a specified number of backups; the default is to keep 64.
-k, --keep=all
Do not delete any old backups at all.
-f, --force
Make a new backup even if one with the current revision exists.
-t, --trace
Show actions.
-s, --simulate
Don't perform actions.
AUTHOR
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