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Re: Will this work? Disaster recovery. New system, old email.
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Michael Bell
Jul 9, 2010, 10:54:29 AM7/9/10
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On 7/8/2010 11:36 AM, WFRUSH wrote:
>
> A disk accident occurred, and the drive holding a Groupwise 6.5.4
> messaging system (everything, wpdomain.db, the databases, the
> directories, all of it) is out for data recovery. We discovered that we
> didn't have a good backup. I have recreated the server, and took the
> opportunity to totally recreate eDirectory from scratch, so I could get
> rid of some nasties that have lingered there.
>
> I have also re-installed Groupwise from scratch, but I haven't started
> any agents yet. There is no email in this new system. I have edited the
> FIDs so that the FID for each user in the new eDirectory matches the FID
> they had before the disk accident.
>
> Assuming that we get the data recovered:
> a) can I just put the entire directory structure back where it came
> from? I believe I have created the "new" system with the same settings,
> directories, names, etc as the "old" system. I would put the
> wpdomain.db and wphost.db from the old system in where the new ones
> current are (or should I detach/reattach?). I would also put back the
> offiles , ofmsg and ofuser directories from the "old" system.
> b) or do I have to put up the old system, archive all the messages, and
> unarchive them into the new system. The owner has about 20,000 emails
> and there are some other big mailboxes, too.
>
> c) can I turn up the current system and let them receive the last
> couple of days' worth of email, then archive all this email, then put
> the "old" system in place, and unarchive the email?
>
> d) is there a better way?
>
> Warren
>
>
If you have the same FIDs and setup, you could indeed just restore
everything. But you should have GRAFTED. No creation of a new system.
>
> A disk accident occurred, and the drive holding a Groupwise 6.5.4
> messaging system (everything, wpdomain.db, the databases, the
> directories, all of it) is out for data recovery. We discovered that we
> didn't have a good backup. I have recreated the server, and took the
> opportunity to totally recreate eDirectory from scratch, so I could get
> rid of some nasties that have lingered there.
>
> I have also re-installed Groupwise from scratch, but I haven't started
> any agents yet. There is no email in this new system. I have edited the
> FIDs so that the FID for each user in the new eDirectory matches the FID
> they had before the disk accident.
>
> Assuming that we get the data recovered:
> a) can I just put the entire directory structure back where it came
> from? I believe I have created the "new" system with the same settings,
> directories, names, etc as the "old" system. I would put the
> wpdomain.db and wphost.db from the old system in where the new ones
> current are (or should I detach/reattach?). I would also put back the
> offiles , ofmsg and ofuser directories from the "old" system.
> b) or do I have to put up the old system, archive all the messages, and
> unarchive them into the new system. The owner has about 20,000 emails
> and there are some other big mailboxes, too.
>
> c) can I turn up the current system and let them receive the last
> couple of days' worth of email, then archive all this email, then put
> the "old" system in place, and unarchive the email?
>
> d) is there a better way?
>
> Warren
>
>
If you have the same FIDs and setup, you could indeed just restore
everything. But you should have GRAFTED. No creation of a new system.
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