Extreme number of u...
 
Notifications
Clear all

Extreme number of unrestored items

1 Posts
1 Users
0 Reactions
337 Views
(@morinic)
Posts: 1
Topic starter
 

Hello there.

I am performing a test migration, hopefully the basis of a permanent migration. I am using the latest version of the migration tool and the Backup Suite. Source server is 7.1.4 running on Ubuntu 10.4 LTS and destination server is 8.0.2 running on Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS. I used sshfs to cp the data across to the new server. Rsync was just too slow. There is about 180 GB of mail. It still took 6 hours to move all of the data (and unfortunately it is not possible to move the data with a shared disk of any sort and trying to write the migration data directly to the destination server using a sshfs mount point failed - this would be a great method if I can get it to work).

I restored one account as a test and it looks like everything restored except any mail. Shared items, such as a shared contact lists, restored nicely. Unfortunately I did not see that there was no mail until after I kicked off the full restore of the server accounts. Now I've noticed that the shared items are being restored but none of the accounts have any mail in them. Folders are being created, but again, no items in the folders.

While this is a test migration, I had hoped that I would be able to use this as the first step in the incremental migration b/c of the extreme amount of email that some of these people have (1 account alone is 40 gb :mad:).

I looked at the Wiki site that the notification email states. However, there is nothing in the notification email concerning the query that I can enter in to the account of the user, as the wiki page indicates I should do.

Could there be a permissions issue with some of the folders on the destination server?
Could I create a mount on the destination server pointing to the source server's migration folder in order to save time with the transfer of the data?
What is the typical throughput of the backup/restore process?

Please advise on how I can move forward.

 
Posted : 12/31/2012 17:36