Simple backup script for OSE version

[sanane]

hi, I'm new in Zimbra.
How can I restore Zimbra after using your script?
thanks...

[ArcaneMagus]

Originally Posted by sanane

hi, I'm new in Zimbra.
How can I restore Zimbra after using your script?
thanks...

Open Source Edition Backup Procedure - Zimbra :: Wiki

[soulskater]

I have actually followed the one ArcaneMagus points to with good results.

Since my diff at the moment basically is a full backup just follow the wiki and you should get your server up and running again.

But beware i'm about to change the diff backup in near future and that puts more demand on how backups are done, but this i will tell and show on my blog when i have updated the script.

Good luck and don't give up if you cannot get the restore to work the first time, sometime it doesn't work directly, but have faith.

/Marcus

[soulskater]

Hi

I just want to inform you that i have released a new version of this script with quite a few improvements, especially on the differential backup options.

You can find the latest version of this script here: oSource.se Development

Thanks to all of you that have been using my script in the past and i hope that this new version will fit into your open source agenda.

[Himanshu]

Originally Posted by soulskater

Hi

I just want to inform you that i have released a new version of this script with quite a few improvements, especially on the differential backup options.

You can find the latest version of this script here: oSource.se Development

Thanks to all of you that have been using my script in the past and i hope that this new version will fit into your open source agenda.

Running this Script Gave Me

./oZimbraBackup.sh
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

[soulskater]

Hi.

Thanks for your reply, this is fixed now so if you download it again it should work for you.

Somehow gedit keeps on changing the format of the file to a windows line break format.

I will check with the gedit guys about this behavior.

Sorry for the inconvenience this have caused.

[Himanshu]

Ok . Thanks...

[secnix]

Hi,

I tried to run the script on ZCS 6.0.12 (CentOS 5.3 i386), the script ran well, but the logger service didn't start until I manually run the command zmcontrol start again. It happened with both full and diff backup.

[zimbra@mail backup]$ zmcontrol status
Host mail.test.com
        antispam                Running
        antivirus               Running
        ldap                    Running
        logger                  Stopped
                zmlogswatchctl is not running
        mailbox                 Running
        memcached               Running
        mta                     Running
        snmp                    Stopped
                zmswatch is not running.
        spell                   Running
        stats                   Running
[zimbra@mail backup]$ zmcontrol start
Host mail.test.com
        Starting logger...Done.
        Starting mailbox...Done.
        Starting memcached...Done.
        Starting antispam...Done.
        Starting antivirus...Done.
        Starting snmp...Done.
        Starting spell...Done.
        Starting mta...Done.
        Starting stats...Done.

And here's the backup log file:

-------------------------------------------------------
Backup Started: 2011-04-13 13:01:11 Type: --full
2011-04-13 13:07:33 - Zimbra services stopping...
Host mail.test.com
	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 memcached...Done.
	Stopping mailbox...Done.
	Stopping logger...Done.
	Stopping ldap...Done.
2011-04-13 13:08:25 - Zimbra services stopped.
2011-04-13 13:09:02 - Zimbra services starting...
Host mail.test.com
	Starting ldap...Done.
	Starting logger...Failed.
Starting logswatch...failed.


	Starting mailbox...Done.
	Starting memcached...Done.
	Starting antispam...Done.
	Starting antivirus...Done.
	Starting snmp...Failed.
Starting swatch...failed.


	Starting spell...Done.
	Starting mta...Done.
	Starting stats...Done.
2011-04-13 13:13:07 - Zimbra services started.
Backup Finished: 2011-04-13 13:18:52 Type: --full
-------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------
Backup Started: 2011-04-13 14:40:01 Type: --diff
2011-04-13 14:41:09 - Zimbra services stopping...
Host mail.test.com
	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 memcached...Done.
	Stopping mailbox...Done.
	Stopping logger...Done.
	Stopping ldap...Done.
2011-04-13 14:41:54 - Zimbra services stopped.
2011-04-13 14:42:31 - Zimbra services starting...
Host mail.test.com
	Starting ldap...Done.
	Starting logger...Failed.
Starting logswatch...failed.


	Starting mailbox...Done.
	Starting memcached...Done.
	Starting antispam...Done.
	Starting antivirus...Done.
	Starting snmp...Done.
	Starting spell...Done.
	Starting mta...Done.
	Starting stats...Done.
Host mail.test.com
	Starting logger...Failed.
Starting logswatch...failed.


	Starting mailbox...Done.
	Starting memcached...Done.
	Starting antispam...Done.
	Starting antivirus...Done.
	Starting snmp...Done.
	Starting spell...Done.
	Starting mta...Done.
	Starting stats...Done.
2011-04-13 14:48:44 - Zimbra services started.
Backup Finished: 2011-04-13 14:49:23 Type: --diff
-------------------------------------------------------

Please help.

Thanks,
SN

[secnix]

Hi,

The script works now when I modify the zimbra start function below

zimbra_start() {
if [ "$2" = "--no-start" ]
then
  # If --no-start is set ignore starting Zimbra
  echo "`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"` - Zimbra services not starting, --no-start is set." >> $ZimLogFile
  echo "Zimbra services not starting, --no-start is set."
else
 # Starting Zimbra
 if [ $ZimLogEnable = 'yes' ]
  then
   # Sending task start time to log
   echo "`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"` - Zimbra services starting..." >> $ZimLogFile
   
   # Starting Zimbra
   sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start  >> $ZimLogFile
   
   # Send task stop time to log
   echo "`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"` - Zimbra services started." >> $ZimLogFile

  else

   # Starting Zimbra
   sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start

  fi
fi
}

I replace all the command

sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start

with the command

su zimbra -c "zmcontrol start"

and now the logger service can start successfully after the backup occurs. I'm not sure why, because I'm not good at Linux :P. But it works for me although both commands do look the same .

Thanks anyway,
SN

[soulskater]

Hi

Thanks for your reply, it seems strange that the script didn't work out of the box for you and ľm glad you found a way to make it work.

I will look into this.