restore deleted account with zmrestore

[shanson]

Hi,

We're trying to restore an account that was deleted by mistake last week. However, we're getting an error message...

[zimbra@otto ~]$ zmrestore --createAccount --account username@nu2m.de --prefix restore_
Error occurred: system failure: createMailbox: must specify an account

What are we doing wrong? Thanks.

[KevinH]

Did you get this solved?

[tapan.thapa]

I was stuck with the same problem. will someone reply of this post?

[mmorse]

Try the -ra flag
CLI zmrestore Network Edition only - Zimbra :: Wiki

[tapan.thapa]

But i am using Zimbra open source edition. Is it possible in open source also??

[mmorse]

No, zmrestore is a NE feature (compare ZCS editions)
What what's your current backup method on FOSS? Open Source Edition Backup Procedure - Zimbra :: Wiki

[mmorse]

Please http://www.zimbra.com/forums/announc...r-profile.html

I had found this in one of your prior threads:

Originally Posted by tapan.thapa

Thanks for informing but i was not aware with the wiki. Well i have download this script and wanted to know what parameter i should configure in this script.

# Modify the following variables according to your installation
#########################################

# backup_dir - directory to backup to
backup_dir=/path/to/backups/$time (=/opt/zimbra/backup/$time) ?

# vol_group - the Volume Group that contains $zimbra_vol
vol_group=PUT_VOL_GROUPNAME_HERE (=Not Aware) ?

# zimbra_vol - the Logical Volume that contains /opt/zimbra
zimbra_vol=PUT_ZIMBRA_VOLNAME_HERE (=Not Aware) ?

I have installed zimbra open source to its slandered location. Kindly help me to solve this problem. although my installation directory is /opt/zimbra and my logical volume name is /dev/sda3

So it's time to setup your most recent backup on another machine and imapsync/get the calendars with REST etc.
Or if you don't want to bring another box up, use zmmailbox addMessage or zmlmtpinject (also search for scripts to correct the dates so their not the time of restore)

[tapan.thapa]

Thank You very much but wanted to ask how i will create current datetime backup.

[mmorse]

If you want to get going really fast, as I realize it's not always easy to bring another instance up and running: Create the account again, open up your backup and see this post to start getting some mail back: /forums/installation/12617-recover-data-mbox-folders.html#post64962

Backups are one of those things everyone finds boring, doesn't want to pay for storage of, goan when they don't have an up-to-date one, etc, etc.
But hot backups on NE are quite nice, and restoring to any point in time using the redologs is just so damn useful - and often that alone justifies the cost of NE when you have worried users breathing down your neck!