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Title: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: leiw on November 25, 2009, 09:35:05 AM: Hello

Is smeserver no backup feature ? or need install another software to backup?

Thank !
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: janet on November 25, 2009, 10:01:07 AM: leiw

Please click the Wiki link at top of these forums and read the manuals.
See http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: leiw on November 25, 2009, 03:28:58 PM: Hi Mary

Do you know how to setup high availability on smeserver 7.0 ?

Thank !
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: CharlieBrady on November 25, 2009, 07:33:23 PM: Quote from: leiw on November 25, 2009, 03:28:58 PM
Do you know how to setup high availability on smeserver 7.0 ?

high availability is non-trivial. Not recommended for newbies, especially ones who can't find out for themselves whether there is a backup feature.

In fact, I would hesitate to recommend it for anyone. Much more likely to create problems than solve them.
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: Stefano on November 25, 2009, 09:58:21 PM: leiw, please expose what you need (the problem) and not what you think to do (the solution), thank you
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: leiw on November 26, 2009, 03:08:05 AM: Hello

I know how to setup HA / DRBD / rsync but I'm newbie on smeserver, so I'm looking for it.

Thank !
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: mmccarn on November 26, 2009, 04:27:05 PM: The closest fully supported option is Affa (http://wiki.contribs.org/Affa) - not a true high availability solution, but effective. (Affa can be used to maintain a second SME server that can be "raised" to replace the primary server in a minimum amount of time.)

There are also some (old, old) posts in the forums mostly pointing to this how-to for SME 5.x: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/howto/High%20Availability%20How-To%20for%20Linux%20Mitel%20SME%20v5.htm

You probably also want to search the forums for "drbd", "heartbeat", and/or "high availability".
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: janet on November 26, 2009, 04:40:40 PM: leiw

http://www.linux-ha.org/
Title: Re: Backup question (newbie)
Post by: Stefano on November 26, 2009, 07:45:59 PM: leiw

there was an howto sometime ago about SME7 and HA, but now the site is down.. I've recovered it from google cache and created a pdf

you can find it here (http://www.mind-at-work.it/public/smeserver_HA.pdf)

if you find it usefull, please find sme time to create an howto in the wiki with updated info

HTH