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Subject: Re: Snapshot problems
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Andrea Venturoli <ml.diespammer@netfence.it> writes:

> Hello.
> I run an amd64 6.1 IMAP server.
> I do nightly backups by stopping cyrus imapd, taking a snapshot,
> restarting the server and then backup from the snapshot.
>
> However, I get two kind of problems:
>
> a) when I mount the snapshot I get:
>
> Jun 30 01:04:56 golia kernel: WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted
> Jun 30 01:04:56 golia kernel: /var: mount pending error: blocks -320 files 0
>
> b) during backup I sometimes get some messages like the following:
>
> Could not stat /var/local/snapmnt/spool/imap/user/xxx/cyrus.index:
> ERR=Bad file descriptor
>
>
> I believe the first one is a known problem, any more info?
>
> Any hint on the second?

Not really; seems strange.

Are you able to fsck the snapshot?

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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