[TCLUG] Backing up a very busy server?

[Austad, Jay]

Don't back up your mail spool.  It changes so frequently that a backup of it
will be useless anyway.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner at real-time.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:26 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] Backing up a very busy server?
> 
> 
> Mail server is getting very busy. Any recommendations on how 
> to prevent errors like this?
> 
> 1011206 05:09:24|2007|root|[W013] 
> "/var/spool/mqueue/q3/xffB5Mw6E10045": can't
> stat: errno = 2, No such file or directory
> 
> Using BRU right now. If a switch to Amanda will fix it, 
> enough said. Where are in the processing of making the switch.
> 
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