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- How to Backup VPOP3
- ======How to Backup VPOP3====== By default VPOP3 v3 and later will automatically perform a daily backup of the database into a file called DBBACK-x.DMP, where the backup file rotates on a weekly basis (DBBACK-0.DMP is Sunday's backup, DBBACK-1.DMP is Monday's backup, etc). In VPOP3
- How to Restore a backup of VPOP3
- ======How to Restore a backup of VPOP3====== The instructions below are to restore a full backup. You may also be able to [[recover deleted messages]] if you do not need to restore a full backup. =====Version 5 or later===== If you just need to restore a database backup, see steps 4 to 7 below. To restore a [[backup_v
- How To Upgrade VPOP3 to version 5 or later
- ocess. [[Download VPOP3]] from our web site and [[Backup VPOP3|back up your current installation]] just in... pgrade, we **strongly** recommend that you do a [[backup_vpop3#manual_database_backup|database backup]] before running the installer to perform the upgrade. =====Extra Information===== *
- Restore Deleted Calendars
- stall psycopg2 Then, restore your latest VPOP3 backup using the following steps at a command prompt (al... lled 'restorecalendar.py' <code>import psycopg2 backup_hostname = 'localhost' backup_port = 5433 backup_username = 'vpop3' backup_password = 'vpop3pass' backup_database = 'vpop3temp' restor
- Restore a database backup
- ======Restore a database backup====== By default VPOP3 makes a daily backup of the VPOP3 database to a file 'DBBACK-n.DMP' in the VPOP3 i... directory (it is possible to [[reference:database backups|change this in the settings]]). These are cycled... u will usually have the last seven days' worth of backups. These can be useful if the database gets damage
- PostgreSQL server won't start due to damaged log files
- you defined in the step 4 above) - [[restore a backup of VPOP3|Restore the latest good database backup]] Once you're happy everything is working OK, you can d... ql\data folder files - usually a virus scanner or backup or file synchronisation program. Backup programs using the Windows 'volume snapshot' (VSS) service are OK
- VPOP3 is using a lot of disk space
- ages from Quarantine after X days" =====Database backups===== By default, VPOP3 will create daily database backups called DBBACK-x.DMP in the VPOP3 folder. These are backups of the database. In version 5 and later, all me... essages (plus other data) In version 3 and 4, the backups will be smaller, because they only contain a par
- How to Install VPOP3
- ase completely, needing a database restore from a backup, and probably losing some messages. Desktop viru... esk/purchase.php|our paid support options]]. ====Backup Programs==== If you have a backup (or disk duplication/synchronisation) program running on the VPOP3 computer, make sure it does **not** backup the VPOP3\pgsql\data folder. If the backup progra
- Database Maintenance
- y the best way of freeing disk space is to do a [[backup_vpop3#manual_database_backup|database backup]] & [[restore_a_backup_of_vpop3|restore]]. This requires VPOP3 to be stopped while it is performed. ====
- Move VPOP3 Version 5 (or later) to a new PC
- Stop VPOP3 on the original PC - Manually make a backup of the database on the original PC - Copy the V... do not start VPOP3 yet** - Restore the database backup (from step 2) on the new PC - Check settings on... PC. However, this is less ideal than [[restore_a_backup_of_vpop3|restoring from the latest daily backup]] you made. If you were not previously backing up VPOP3,
- Move VPOP3 Version 3 or 4 to a new PC
- Stop VPOP3 on the original PC - Manually make a backup of the database on the original PC - Copy the V... do not start VPOP3 yet** - Restore the database backup (from step 2) on the new PC - Reset some paths ... PC. However, this is less ideal than [[restore_a_backup_of_vpop3|restoring from the latest daily backup]] you made. If you were not previously backing up VPOP3,
- Repairing corrupted database
- ror, the best solution is to [[restore_a_database_backup|restore the latest database backup]]. However, if you do this, you will lose any data between the database backup and the time when you restore it, so it should be... base you should ideally perform a manual database backup & restore to ensure there are no other problems b
- Upgrading VPOP3 to version 8.x from v7 or earlier
- pgrade. **We recommend having a recent database backup before running the installer to upgrade to VPOP3 ... ter. You could use the most recent daily database backup that VPOP3 usually makes automatically, or you could [[backup_vpop3#manual_database_backup|make a more recent backup manually]]. This backup is not needed as part of t
- How to upgrade VPOP3 to version 7 or later from version 6 or earlier
- as well. **We recommend having a recent database backup before running the installer to upgrade to VPOP3 ... ter. You could use the most recent daily database backup that VPOP3 usually makes automatically, or you could [[backup_vpop3#manual_database_backup|make a more recent backup manually]]. This backup is not needed as part of t
- VPOP3 Not Starting Properly
- tabase]] article for some things to do next. ====Backup running==== If a database backup (eg using ''pg_dump.exe'') is currently running, then VPOP3 will not be ... to complete its startup database checks until the backup is complete (due to database locks). You can tell... the **VPOP3DB** service should cancel the current backup. ====Bad database==== If database files are corr
