> A problem with backups on the Listserv here has just been brought to my > attention. Apparantly, our backup procedure isn't reliable where Listserv is > concerned. We're running Listserv-NJE for VM version 1.8b. This Listserv is > currently home to about 230 different lists, many of which can be extremely > active during peak semester periods. I would be very surprised to find this to be the case. Having recovered LISTSERV from several assorted disasters over the years, I have never encountered problems with VM:Backup being able to restore LISTSERV archive disks reliably. > themselves? I was just told by one of the people who runs the system on > which we run Listserv that if we were to shut Listserv down to back it up, it > would be down for several hours so shutting our Listserv down to back it up > isn't an option for us as far as I can see. This also puzzles me, unless the system LISTSERV is running on is *severely* CPU-overcommitted or I/O-constrained. Even if LISTSERV has several thousand files queued in the reader, the restart should take in the 5-10 minute range. If it's really taking several hours to restart LISTSERV, something else is wrong.