Moving mail to a new Volume

I want to move my mail spool off of the local root disk and onto an xserve raid attached via FC. Is there any reason I can't:
stop mail service
rsync /var/spool/imap /Newvolume/var/spool/imap/
rsync /var/imap /Newvolume/var/imap/
mv /var/spool/imap /var/spool/imap.OLD
mv /var/imap /var/imap.OLD
ln -s /Newvolume/var/spool/imap /var/spool/imap
ln -s /Newvolume/var/imap /var/imap
start mail services
I suppose I could just change the path to the store in the mail config GUI also, right? Is any single way better than the other?
Thanks!

Just change the paths in the GUI.
Make sure you copy the db and imap directories with permissions intact.
Just to play it safe, you might want to run a mailbfr -b (to backup) then after copying data run mailbfr -o to set permissions.
sudo -s
mailbfr -b /Volumes/Drive/path
serveradmin stop mail
ditto /var/spool/imap /Volumes/Drive/path/mail.data/imap
ditto /var/imap /Volumes/Drive/path/mail.data/db
Enter new paths in ServerAdmin, Save.
mailbfr -o (mail service will start automatically after repairing permissions)
I left the old mail stores in place, so you can revert easily if a problem occurs. Later, delete the original db and imap directories.
Jeff

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Used the Move Files wizard in SBS Console to move Exchange files off of system drive to a storage drive. Wizard said move was successful. Opend Exchange management Console and verified path to files under Server/Mailbox.
I get this error and the details when trying to access OWA. Server and user names have been changed to protect the innocent. :)
Can anyone offer a suggestion or solution?
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problem continues, contact technical support for your
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error details
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Request
Url: https://remote.contoso.com:443/owa/default.aspx
Exception
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EcDoRpcExt2 called [length=981] Lid: 27161 EcDoRpcExt2 returned
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Hi Esyxx,
Based on your description, I understand that you move Exchange Server Data to a new volume. And then encounter
issue when access OWA. If anything I misunderstand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
à
I get this error and the details when trying to access OWA.
Would you please let me know whether all users encounter the same issue? Or just some specific users? After
moving, did you
manually mount the mailbox database? If access mailbox via Outlook, will still encounter any issue?
In addition, please run Exchange BPA and
SBS BPA, then fix all that they can find and monitor the result.
By the way, I noticed that you post screenshot here. However, pictures seems to be damaged. Would you please
provide the screenshot again or upload it in
OneDrive, then post link here? Thanks for your understanding.
Regarding to moving Exchange Server Data, please also refer to following article and check if can help you.
Move the Exchange Server Data
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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