[SOLVED] Error Starting Zimbra

[Manuel]

My objective: cronjob to do the following backup at night
** Start **
- rsync -avHK --delete /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra (* OK * initial rsync to save some down time)
- sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol stop (* OK *)
- rsync -avHK --delete /opt/zimbra/ /backup/zimbra ( * OK *)
- sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start ( ** ERROR **) - See below for the run results
** Done **
I need to run another manual start for it to start properly.
su - zimbra
/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start
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# Stop Zimbra Services
sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol stop

(Result)
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.

** Rsync Successful **

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

(Result)
Starting ldap...Done.
Starting logger...Failed.
Starting logswatch.../opt/zimbra/bin/zmlogswatchctl: line 72: zmhostname: command not found
/opt/zimbra/bin/zmlogswatchctl: line 72: zmprov: command not found
zimbra logger service is not enabled! failed.

Starting mailbox...Done.
Starting antispam...Done.
Starting antivirus...Done.
Starting snmp...Done.
Starting spell...Done.
Starting mta...Done.
Starting stats...Done.

# Restart manually, right after "sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start"
su - zimbra
/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start

(Result)
Starting logger...Done.
Starting mailbox...Done.
Starting antispam...Done.
Starting antivirus...Done.
Starting snmp...Done.
Starting spell...Done.
Starting mta...Done.
Starting stats...Done.

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Both errors above says these files are not found but there in /opt/zimbra/bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 711 2010-05-06 11:28 zmhostname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 625 2010-05-06 11:28 zmprov

[phoenix]

You should start zimbra with the following command:

/etc/init.d/zimbra start

[Manuel]

Thanks for the quick reply.

After further reading I found another way to start zimbra services which works.

# Restart Zimbra Services
su - zimbra -c "/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start" ( * OK * )
#sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start (* NOT OK * )

Currently with a few test users, the server downtime was about 3 mins for it to perform rsync and restart all the services. Will test it with more data in the next few days.

BTW: your way works too.

Originally Posted by phoenix

You should start zimbra with the following command:

/etc/init.d/zimbra start

[phoenix]

Yes, both of those methods work as you've found out - glad you've fixed it. If this fixed your problem could you mark the thread as solved (it's in the Thread Tools drop-down at the top of this page).