[ale] backup/restore mail from USB external drive

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

On 02/11/2014 06:15 PM, John Heim wrote:
>
> So we have a failing RAID5 array on our mail server.  I rsynced the 
> mail to an external USB drive (formatted ext3, thanks) It looks like I 
> am going to have to completely re-install. I want the outage to be as 
> short as possible. I am thinking this:
>
> 1. Repeat the rsync with the system up so as to not inconvenience 
> users.   There will be a lot of "file changed as we read it" kind of 
> errors.
> 2. Shutdown the mail programs.
> 3. Run rsync again.  This time there shouldn't be any errors.

3.5.  Pray.