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BackingupandrestoringZimbra(OpenSourceVersion)
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Ifyouwishtohaveamoreautomatedbackupfeature,youshouldtrythe[NetworkVersionofZimbra.]

Contents
1PreparingtoBackUp 2MakingaBackup 3Restoring 4Anotheroption

PreparingtoBackUp
Beforewebegin,makesurethatyouareloggedinasauserthatcanperformthetasksoutlinedhere. ItisalwaysgoodpracticetobackupyourcopyofZimbraintheeventofunforeseencircumstances. TopreventchangestoanyZimbradatabasesduringthebackupprocessesyoumaywishtouse: >suzimbra >zmcontrolstop toterminateZimbra. Ifyougetsomekindoferror,youmaywanttomakesurethatZimbrahascompletelystoppedbyrunning: >psauxww|grepzimbra andkillanyleftoverprocessessuchasthelog.

MakingaBackup

Makesurethatthecopylocationhasenoughspacetosupportyourbackupcopy(i.e.the/tmpfolderprobablyisn'tthebestlocation). SinceallofthecomponentsZimbraneedsarestoredintheZimbrafolderitself,youcansimplycopythefoldertoasafelocation. Itmaybepossibletocreateacronjobtodothesetasksautomatically.Thisitthecommand: >cprp/opt/zimbra[locationofbackup]/zimbra_backup DependingonyourhardwareandtheamountofdatacontainedinyourZimbrainstallation,thisprocesscantakeawhile. Note:Itisaverygoodideatotagyourinstallationwiththeversion/buildofzimbrathatwillbebackedup(ie3.0.0_GA_156)andthedateofbackup. You'llneedthislater.

Restoring
Beforerestoring,youshouldmakesurethatalloftheprocessesassociatedwiththedamaged/failedZimbrainstallationareterminated.Failureto terminatealloftheprocessescouldhavedireconsequences.See"PreparingtoBackup"foradditionalinfo. 1)Renameyour"broken"Zimbrainstallation. Youmaybeabletoscavengedata,ifneeded.Ifyousimplydonotwanttheolddata,youcanskipthispart.Thisishowyoudoit: >mv/opt/zimbra/opt/zimbra_broken Youmaywanttomoveitcompletlyoutofthe/optfolderjusttobesafe.Afterthat,copyyourbackupZimbrainstallationtothe/optfolderandnameit "zimbra"byusingthefollowingcommands: >cprp[locationofbackup]/zimbra_backup/opt >mv/opt/zimbra_backup/opt/zimbra

2)DownloadadummycopyofZimbra Now,weneedtoknowwhatbuild/versionofzimbrayouwererunning.Ifyoufollowedthebackupinstructionsabove,thenthebackupfoldershould betaggedwiththeversion/buildyouhavebackedup. YouneedtodownloadthefullinstalloftheZimbraversionyouwererunning.YoumayfindallZimbrareleasesat:Sourceforge. (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=153217) Ifyoudon'tknowyourversionnumber,youcanfinditbyperformingthefollowingsteps:

c d/ o p t / z i m b r a c a t. i n s t a l l _ h i s t o r y

Reviewtheoutputandthereshouldbeanentrynearthebottomthatwillshowthelastupgrade/installyoudid.Itlookssomethinglikethis:
1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 0 2 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 2 4 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 2 6 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 3 4 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 5 0 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 5 4 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 6 7 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 7 1 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 7 3 : 1 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 7 3 : I N S T A L LS E S S I O NS T A R T U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a c o r e 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a l d a p 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a l o g g e r 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a m t a 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a s n m p 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a s t o r e 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a a p a c h e 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m U P G R A D E Dz i m b r a s p e l l 4 . 5 . 1 1 _ G A _ 1 7 5 1 . R H E L 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 5 1 5 . i 3 8 6 . r p m I N S T A L LS E S S I O NC O M P L E T E

Fornonrpminstallationsyoumightsee.debinsteadof.rpmbutthisshouldworkonallplatforms.

3)InstallthedummycopyofZimbra Onceyouhavedownloadedthetarfile,youwillneedtouncompressitby: >tarxvzf[nameoffile].tgz

Thiswillcreateafolderinthedirectorynamed"zcs",openitandruntheinstallscript: >cdzcs >./install.sh WARNING:Donotrunthescriptwiththeuoption.Youwillremoveallofyourbackupdata&youmustrunthescriptasroot,NOTZIMBRA.

Ifallgoeswell,youwillseethefollowing: TheZimbraCollaborationSuiteappearsalreadytobeinstalled. Itcanbeupgradedwithnoeffectonexistingaccounts, orthecurrentinstallationcanbecompletelyremovedprior toinstallationforacleaninstall. Doyouwishtoupgrade?[Y] ChooseY. Thescriptwillremovetheexistingpackages,andinstallthemagain.ThescriptwillattempttostopZimbraServicesand"UPGRADEFAILED exiting".Thisisokay,simplyrerunthescript,anditwillinstallnormally. Ifyouexperienceerror389,1,connectionrefusederrors,pleasesearchtheForums.Theseerrorsarecoveredextensively. 4)Resetpermissions Ifyouareupandrunningnow,youmayhaveonemorehurdletoovercome:permissions. Youmayneedtoresetthepermissionsonthemessagestorebyrunningthefollowing: >chownRzimbra:zimbra/opt/zimbra/store >chownRzimbra.zimbra/opt/zimbra/index Alsoasrootrunthefollowing:
/ o p t / z i m b r a / l i b e x e c / z m f i x p e r m s

Somescriptscanbefoundhere:http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Open_Source_Edition_Backup_Procedure

Anotheroption
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***SoonIwillbesendingthisimprovedscript!Italictext VerifiedAgainst:unknownandRichardsonLima DateCreated:3/28/2006 ArticleID:http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Backing_up_and_restoring_Zimbra_(Open_Source_Version) DateModified:05/13/2010 Retrievedfrom"http://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Backing_up_and_restoring_Zimbra_(Open_Source_Version)&oldid=19753" Category: BackupandRestore Zimbra.com | PopularSearches | AboutZimbra

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