And I've helped a lot of people here with real information.
My clue
to you was the tellmail command on the master to resync your
user
database. I've been on other lists where people just get
the answers
and they never learn or get the concepts. They post
questions that
are well documented or could easily be answered if they had
simply
tried once. Like, When I log out of the admin, will I have
to log
back in to make changes? Yes, questions like that get
asked.
But for you...
1. You've got the domains setup on both master and slave?
2. You are using nwauth as your database scheme for both
surgemails?
3. You've issued the tellmail commands on the master to
resync the
user database and the user files? In that order.
From their setup guide...
You need to install surgemail on a new system, then follow
the
instructions above in "How do I turn it on?" to
add the correct
mirror settings to both ini files (old system and new
system), you
should set the new system up as SLAVE, then...
issue "tellmail resync_config" on master (if using
g_mirror_config)
issue "tellmail surgehost_update" on master
issue "tellmail resync_nwauth"' on master (if
using nwauth)
issue "tellmail resync_fast" on master
On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Chris Guest wrote:
> Actually, Jody... I have already looked at the
information in the
> FAQ's and
> distributed around Netwin's site. I posted in that
regard
> yesterday. I
> have done the research and as is probably apparent I am
still
> having issues.
>
> Not to FLAME but...
> If you do not have any real information that will
help... why bother
> posting.
>
> ---
> Thanks,
> Chris Guest
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jody McAlister [mailto:jodymac iscweb.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:05 PM
> To: surgemail-listnetwinsite.com
> Subject: Re: [SurgeMail List] Mirroring Setup
>
> Make sure you have read the mirroring FAQ and setup
made my netwin.
>
> But to get the users to be on the slave, you need to
issue the
> tellmail command on the master that sends the account
listings over.
> I'll leave it cryptically blank so you look up the
mirroring page
> setup by netwin that explains in detail how to do the
whole mirroring
> thing. Not to be mean, but knowledge given is never as
valuable as
> knowledge learned and I used it without a hitch. Plus
it explains
> things that just giving you the type this command
answer would never
> give you.
>
> On Oct 27, 2006, at 7:48 AM, Chris Guest wrote:
>
>> I've got the server mirroring... or I think I have
it partially
>> mirroring.
>>
>> This is what I see on the Master Status:
>> Mirror out: NoSSL Que/sent add=20209/15923
(782932332 bytes)
>> del=31347/7135
>> ren=22822/0/3681 qfile=0k -ERR rename
>>
(/var/surgemail/grady.k12.ga.us/qc/hc/a.gordon/mdir/new/
>> 1161946784.2789_5596
>> 1.mail~2,(1911,10684)[1161961184])
>>
(/var/surgemail/grady.k12.ga.us/qc/hc/a.gordon/mdir/new/
>> 1161946784.2789_5596
>>
>> State: Done file ok
>> Upto 0/-1 -0.0%
/var/surgemail/grady.k12.ga.us/eb/jg/c.yates
>> Adding to que: 29388 0.4/s (reque=0)
>> Sending to rmt: 24958 0.3/s
>> Sent live: 0 0.0/s
>> Gone before sent=0, Getlost ok=0, missing=0
>> Mirror in: Received add=0 del=0 rename=0 fail=0
delfail=0
>> renfail=0 p=0
>>
>> On the Slave Status I see:
>> Mirror out: NoSSL Que/sent add=0/105 (3128 bytes)
del=0/0 ren=0/0/0
>> qfile=0k
>>
>> State: OpenList2-NULL
>> Upto 0/-1 -0.0% ./
>> Adding to que: 8 0.0/s (reque=0)
>> Sending to rmt: 7 0.0/s
>> Sent live: 0 0.0/s
>> Gone before sent=0, Getlost ok=0, missing=0
>> Mirror in: Received add=15880 del=6891 rename=0
fail=0 delfail=2193
>> renfail=3737 p=0
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if this looks normal?
>> Also, I noticed that when I look under 'accounts'
on the slave...
>> there is
>> no users listed. The total says there are two in
the database but
>> they do
>> not display? Should I be able to see all the user
accounts just
>> like I
>> would from the master?
>>
>> ---
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Guest
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jody McAlister [mailto:jodymaciscweb.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:33 PM
>> To: surgemail-listnetwinsite.com
>> Subject: Re: [SurgeMail List] Mirroring Setup
>>
>> Use the ip addresses of the servers instead of
their dns names in the
>> mirror section and leave the rest of the surgemail
settings the same.
>>
>> If you are going to use the mirror as a backup
only, then you are
>> done.
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Chris Guest wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> I read I was suppose to copy the
surgemail.ini over from Mail to
>>>> Mail1...
>>>> but never could get the server up. Not
sure exactly what to
>>>> change...
>>>> what not to change.
>>>
>>> What you need to change is server specifics.
The surgemail.ini from
>>> the
>>> master will have a few lines here and there
that are specific to
>>> that
>>> server (ie the ip address and any urls). The
slave should have its
>>> own
>>> specific settings. The rest of the ini can and
should be the same
>>> so the
>>> users get the same result regardless of which
one they are on.
>>>
>>> [Chris Guest wrote:] That is the part that is
so confusing. When I
>>> setup
>>> the Mirror server which is
mail1.grady.k12.ga.us... do I run the
>>> setup as if
>>> I am setting up a completely different server
for a different
>>> domain? Or...
>>> do I set it up with the same domain as if it is
going to be the
>>> mail server
>>> for our domain?
>>>
>>>
>>>> My ultimate goal is to have a failover
server to prevent email
>>>> outage and
>>>> loss. Any suggestions/recommendations
would be great.
>>>
>>> To fully realize that goal consider mitigating
any single point of
>>> failure.
>>> For example, do you have all servers in a
single location? If so
>>> can you
>>> move one to somewhere else that will not likely
be affected by
>>> flood, fire,
>>> power loss etc. Secondly will both be available
on the internet if
>>> your ISP
>>> fails? If not then you might want to find a
backup service for the
>>> slave.
>>>
>>> [Chris Guest wrote:] I saw somewhere in my
reading about using a
>>> floating
>>> IP. Would that be the best way to handle the
failover so that
>>> users would
>>> never know if a server was down? What would
the best
>>> implementation be to
>>> achieve that?
>>>
>>> The nice thing about the surgemail mirror
feature is that once
>>> configured
>>> correctly you can use both servers and switch
between them at will.
>>> So if
>>> users find one to be slow they can switch to
the backup and get
>>> better
>>> performance (if its not network related
slowness). You will be
>>> able to
>>> achieve this relatively easily because your
using nwauth. Nwauth
>>> will
>>> automatically be mirrored to the slave.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> =================================
>>> Kevin W. Gagel
>>> Network Administrator
>>> Information Technology Services
>>> (250) 562-2131 local 448
>>> My Blog:
>>> http://mail.cnc.bc.
ca/blogs/gagel
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