Backup and restore query

[Billy Bitzer]

I've been having a play for the first time with MailArchiva over the past few days.

I have a question concerning the inbuilt backup facility. I've not been able to find anything in the online help, so thought I'd ask here.

I can setup the backup ok - both as a one off and automatic. Is there an approved method for doing restores from a backup volume?

The only way that I've been able to make it work reliably is as below :-

- create a new volume
- copy the directories / files from the backup volume to the new volume
- re-index the new volume

And then all of the emails re-appeared as expected. It seems to be ok and so I'm happy enough with it as a solution. I was though wondering if there was a better way?

Thanks

Phil

[Jamie]

Phil. Thanks for your interest in MailArchiva. You could unmount the backup volume, edit the volumeinfo, change status to CLOSED, and mount the volume, and reindex.

[Billy Bitzer]

Jamie,

Thanks for the quick response. I've tried something similar - copying the backup volume to my data filesystem and changing the status accordingly.

I'll give your suggestion a go.

Thanks

Phil