[SOLVED] Yet Another Backup Script for Community Version

[heinzg]

Originally Posted by 163828045

Hello,
My thanks to the author for sharing this script with us, is very handy.
I have installed it in ubuntu 8.04 LTS after executing the command
./zmbac.sh -f
Everything goes fine except for the last part when stuck in
Archive 10_Zimbra_Backup_11-March-2009_FULL requires a password:

Any ideias?
Thanks for your help.

Hi,

Can you post the output of the script, I might spot something...
did you run the INSTALL option? this looks like you are wanting to crypt the archive but don't have a passwd file for it yet.

cheers
heinzg

[heinzg]

I see there are quite a few people still using this script, and there are some bugs that need killing, and the code need a lot of cleaning, and spring is in the air (well almost anyway...) !!

So here it is - CALL FOR ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS !!

Anyone need something that the script don't do at the moment?

Anyone going to share there fixes, to rid the script of a bug or two?

Cheers
heinzg

[163828045]

Hello,
Thanks for your fast reply.
I have used the --INSTALL option
Here is the log

./zmbac.sh -f

Full Backup started at: 11:27

No old backups found

Setting date & version Marker into /opt/zimbra/DATE_VERSION.txt

Doing a hotsync of /opt/zimbra/ to /srv/backup/sync/
sync went ok

Stopping the Zimbra server

Deactivated zimbra's cronjobs

Host xxx.xxx.xxx
Stopping stats...Done
Stopping mta...Done
Stopping spell...Done
Stopping snmp...Done
Stopping archiving...Done
Stopping antivirus...Done
Stopping antispam...Done
Stopping imapproxy...Done
Stopping mailbox...Done
Stopping logger...Done
Stopping ldap...Done

Zimbra server has stopped

kill any left over zimbra procs
Nothing to kill

Doing a fast cold sync...
sync went ok

Reinstated zimbra's cronjobs

Host xxx.xxx.xxx
Starting ldap...Done.
Starting logger...Done.
Starting mailbox...Done.
Starting antispam...Done.
Starting antivirus...Done.
Starting snmp...Done.
Starting spell...Done.
Starting mta...Done.
Starting stats...Done.

Zimbra has started

Service down time was - Hr:0 Min:2 Sec:44

Running A hack... This one to check and start Stats subsystem
Hack not needed Stats seems to be running fine...

All services are running


Writing a full backup called:
10_Zimbra_Backup_12-March-2009_FULL
in: /srv/backup/dars/ with file sizes of max: 4395M

I have checked the file in /etc/zmbac/ with the name noread and its empty.

Thanks for your help.

[heinzg]

Originally Posted by 163828045

Hello,
Thanks for your fast reply.
I have used the --INSTALL option
Here is the log


I have checked the file in /etc/zmbac/ with the name noread and its empty.

Thanks for your help.

Hi,

In the install part of the script there is a option to generate that password for you in that file.

In fact all you have to do is to put a password in that file... then it should work.
All the install part does is creates a password in the following manner:

~$ openssl rand -base64 48 [ enter ]
rrPxLgnMhuq0OU8YrQiqSR42m5X3CVPNZiKnP+MVE2UhVwq22UO65jzvN6MWbNe5

The easy one liner to do this would be (this is with defaults in script settings):

openssl rand -base64 48 -out /etc/zmbac/noread

Hope that helps you out !

[manOfmoods]

Thanks for sharing this script. It's rather big comparing with others, but very useful and well commented.

[163828045]

Originally Posted by heinzg

Hi,

In the install part of the script there is a option to generate that password for you in that file.

In fact all you have to do is to put a password in that file... then it should work.
All the install part does is creates a password in the following manner:

~$ openssl rand -base64 48 [ enter ]
rrPxLgnMhuq0OU8YrQiqSR42m5X3CVPNZiKnP+MVE2UhVwq22UO65jzvN6MWbNe5

The easy one liner to do this would be (this is with defaults in script settings):

openssl rand -base64 48 -out /etc/zmbac/noread

Hope that helps you out !

Thanks a lot for you help, worked like a charm.

[163828045]

Hello once again,
At the end of backup i got this error,
./zmbac.sh: line 890: /srv/backup/dars/Backuplist-13-March-2009.txt.gz: Permission denied

Can this be related to email sending?

Thanks

[chrishewitt]

re: Call for enhancements

a) Backup management e.g. keep 'x' days/weeks of backup files then auto-delete
b) Backup options e.g. nightly full backup. Many of us have small installs where this is perfectly feasible
c) Optional daily 'success' reports (for the paranoid)
d) Weekly summary report
e) Target storage location info in report e.g. available disk% free
f) Report alert if available target space is less than x% free
g) Support for CentOS install as well as Ubuntu
h) Official version control.. put some #comments at the top of the script
i) Restore options!
j) Status indications in the report, e.g. step 1 / 6 complete (v. useful when running a manual full backup from the command line)
k) Simplify the script - FULL and DIFF sections are essentially the same, use a variable to differentiate which option instead of giving me double the opportunity to stuff-up custom tweaks
l) Post the new script to a new thread, this one's getting a bit long!

I'm happy to test changes if you need willing victims.

Christian

[jvels]

Hi

How do I use the backup if it needed? (which method to restore?)

/Jesper Vels

[heinzg]

Cheers for the suggestions, I will get down to coding asap!