Backing Up The Spam And Virus Quarantine Databases - Symantec 10490452 - Mail Security 8220 Administration Manual

Backing up the Spam and Virus Quarantine databases

limited utility, especially if you need assistance from Symantec Support
personnel. It is best to view and save current logs as needed on the Logs page
and set the appropriate retention period for logging data.
The messages in Spam and Virus Quarantines are stored in MySQL databases.
You can back up the Spam and Virus Quarantine databases together, using
MySQL. Or you can backup each database separately. If you have a large number
of messages in Spam Quarantine, backing up may take some time.
Backups can be done while the Symantec software is running. MySQL must be
running when you perform backups. For complete instructions on performing
backups of MySQL data, see MySQL documentation. The following MySQL
commands are suggested for your use.
Note: In the instructions in this section, replace the value
following text on Solaris or Linux:
'cat /opt/Symantec/SMSSMTP/.brightmailuser'
On Windows, open the following file in a text editing application and use the file
contents as the value of
C:\Program Files\Symantec\SMSSMTP\.brightmailuser
Back up and restore Quarantine database information
Use the following procedures for backing up or restoring quarantine databases.
To save Spam Quarantine and Suspect Virus Quarantine tables
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mysqldump --user=brightmailuser --password=PASSWORD --opt
brightmail user user_spam_message spam_message
spam_message_summary spam_message_release_audit
settings_quarantine day_zero_message settings_ldap
--host=127.0.0.1 > quarantine.sql
To restore Spam Quarantine and Suspect Virus Quarantine tables from
backup
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mysql --user=brightmailuser --password=PASSWORD --host=127.0.0.1
brightmail < quarantine.sql
To save Spam Quarantine tables
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mysqldump -–user=brightmailuser -–password=PASSWORD --opt
brightmail user user_spam_message spam_message
spam_message_summary spam_message_release_audit
:
PASSWORD
Administering the system
Periodic system maintenance
with the
PASSWORD
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