Paul Greene wrote:
> Is there any special quirks, requirements (i.e. agents, etc, ?), 
> difficulties with using Netbackup to back up Sendmail mailboxes running 
> on Solaris 9 on Sparc?
> 
> We're moving from an MS Exchange mail server to Sendmail, and I'm used 
> to needing the optional Exchange agent for mail backup. Just wondering 
> if a special agent is needed to keep Sendmail databases and mail folders 
> in sync.

Sendmail databases are not an issue. As someone else suggested it's 
advisable to stop the sendmail daemon during the backup process. To 
minimize downtime use the following procedure:

1) kill sendmail
2) take a snapshot of the device where your mailspool lives (usually 
/var or /var/spool) using the solaris fssnap command
3) start sendmail
4) mount the snapshot on some mountpoint
5) backup the mountpoint
6) unmount and kill the snapshot

> Thanks
> 
> Paul Greene
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