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So here's a fun little tidbit. Time machine doesn't backup the contents of /var/spool/
OS X Server keeps all your IMAP accounts in /var/spool/
So if your raid is acting up and you decide to reformat and then restore from your backup . . . manually backup /var/spool first, unless you don't mind loosing 40,000 emails. 
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That seems like an extremely dumb oversight on Apple's part.
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Is this what Apple recommends OS X Server users use?
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The real kick in the balls is that I have a few very large folders specifically excluded. So when I was copying them off the drive, I easily could have also backed up /var/spool before reformatting, had I known. Time Machine also doesn't keep the default apache log folder, so apache won't start up after a restore either. But you just re-make that folder and it's fine. Luckily for me, I use nothing but IMAP, so right now I'm double-backing up all the mail in my client, then once i remake all my mail accounts, i'll just re-upload all my saved mail. A pain in the ass but at least I shouldn't lose anything. But wow what a huge, HUGE flaw.
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It's not really a flaw when it's documented that you can't rely on Time Machine to fully backup a OS X Server boot drive.
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Originally Posted by besson3c 
Is this what Apple recommends OS X Server users use?
Not for the server boot drive. Apple states throughout their server docs that Time Machine is not designed to backup various server functions.
(Last edited by Art Vandelay; Nov 26, 2009 at 08:16 PM.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
Not for the server boot drive. Apple states throughout their server docs that Time Machine is not designed to backup various server functions.
What I would have expected. TM seems more marketed as a consumer oriented product, its overall design reflects this.
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Well, I've never seen it in the Docs. I'm not saying I don't believe you, i'm just saying I, like probably most users, browse the docs for specific info when they are setting up specific services. I don't just read through the whole docs. But you know where would be a really great place to tell you that Time Machine isn't going to save your stuff on OS X Server?
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