[SOLVED] problem taking opensource backup

[bluebriarrose]

hi.. am new at this ... please help
have tried out the following backup script but keep getting errors

{{#!/bin/bash

# Zimbra Backup Script
# Live sync before stopping Zimbra to minimize sync time with the services down
# Comment out the following line if you want to try single cold-sync only
rsync -avHK /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra

# Stop Zimbra Services
sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol stop
sleep 15

# Sync to backup directory
rsync -avHK /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra

# Restart Zimbra Services
sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start

# Create archive of backed-up directory for offsite transfer
# cd /backup/zimbra
tar -zcvf /tmp/mail.backup.gz -C /backup/zimbra .

# Transfer file to backup server
ncftpput -u <username> -p <password> <ftpserver> /<desired dest. directory> /tmp/mail.backup.gz
}}




zimbra@cccbl:~> sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol stop sleep 15
Host cccbl.citizencredit.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 mailbox...Done
Stopping logger...Done
Stopping ldap...Done
zimbra@cccbl:~> rsync -avHK /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra
building file list ... rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra.20090710125610" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra.20090710125612" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/hold" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/corrupt" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/defer" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/flush" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/saved" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/trace" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/maildrop" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/active" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/bounce" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/deferred" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/public" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/incoming" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/private" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/zimlet" failed: Permission denied (13)
done
rsync: mkdir "/backup/zimbra" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(509) [receiver=2.6.8]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(459) [sender=2.6.8]

[adeelarifbhatti]

Hi,
try this rsync -avrlHKpogDt /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra_bak

Regards
Adeel

[bluebriarrose]

Originally Posted by adeelarifbhatti

Hi,
try this rsync -avrlHKpogDt /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra_bak

Regards
Adeel

hi... i'm sorry i forgot to mention we are using SLES 10 as our OS .. does this command still apply??

[adeelarifbhatti]

Did you mean solaris?

[bluebriarrose]

no .. Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10.2

[bluebriarrose]

this worked...

{{{su - zimbra
zmcontrol stop
switch back to root
ps aux | grep zimbra (kill -9 pid# of any remaining)
mkdir /zcsbackup
rsync -avHK /opt/zimbra/ /zcsbackup/zimbra
mkdir /zcsbackuptars
tar -zcvf /zcsbackuptars/backup.zimbra.version.date.time.tar.gz -c /zcsbackup/zimbra .
su - zimbra
zmcontrol start }}

how exactly would the restore work?? what commands??

[uxbod]

You would need to untar the backup file pull out any of the files you need.

[adeelarifbhatti]

did u mean taring and untaring don't work in a good way with zimbra ?



regards
Adeel

[bluebriarrose]

hi
no ... untarring works... i'm not sure about how the restored ZCS system picks up these files .... do i reintall zimbra??

[adeelarifbhatti]

I guess, re-installation is required when u r moving to a new server, that re-installation with -s will only update some databases or RPMs.
then u can delete the installation new one, and can restore the zimbra.

Regards
Adeel