Where does zimbra store it's data files?

[linc]

Hello everyone,

I'm using Zimbra for the first time and don't know where it stores the user data files?

Basically, i'm running Zimbra inside a xen guest and need to know where the user files end up so i can mount a shared directory (my guest image has a limited amount of space but not the dom0 server )).

Thanks in advance,
Luís Silva

[mmorse]

Welcome to the forums,

By default 'essentially' everything in stored under /opt/zimbra.

Extra info:

It's better to make /opt a mount rather than a symlink: Bug 14725 - Installer fails to follow and destroyes symbolic links (5.0.11 will include a warning).

Hard links (ln without the -s) can be used on directories but it's not typical, thus a force flag (usage is -d, -F, or --directory) so you should read up on pro's vs con's, and can't cross file system boundaries (disk partition).

Still better to use mount, with the --bind switch to link two directories.

Vote: Bug 10955 – allow installation to location other than /opt/zimbra/

However you can mount any of the directories elsewhere as needed, the larger one's typically being:
/opt/zimbra/store < Blobs
/opt/zimbra/index < Lucene
/opt/zimbra/db <MySQL
Others frequently mounted elsewhere include the redologs, postfix queues, logger db, logs, and if NE backup, secondary stores, etc.

Might have a read through these:
ZCS System Architecture - Zimbra :: Wiki
http://files.zimbra.com/website/docs...20Overview.pdf
Those do need to be updated (for instance Why we switched to Jetty » Zimbra :: Blog) but they are a good starting point.

[linc]

Thanks for your reply! ;o)

I was more interested in finding where the data files are (ie: user Maildirs and stuff) but knowing that Zimbra keeps all the important files in /opt/zimbra is a good help!

Thank you )
Luís Silva