Backup in Open Source Edittion

[zahahmad]

Hi Dears,

Hope that you all are doing well.

I have a question regarding the backup in Open Source. I searched the wiki of zimbra and found that if you want to backup in open source just copy the /opt/zimbra directory. But i am not sure if my server crashed so should this work to replace the /opt/zimbra directory after fresh installation.

Best Regards

Zahoor Ahmad

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by zahahmad

I have a question regarding the backup in Open Source. I searched the wiki of zimbra and found that if you want to backup in open source just copy the /opt/zimbra directory. But i am not sure if my server crashed so should this work to replace the /opt/zimbra directory after fresh installation.

There are details in the wiki & forums on how to do a Disaster Recovery, if that's what you're asking.

[mtamas]

I know very well if we would like to use all the functions then we should buy the Network Edition, and it is OK for me.

But in a lot of cases the FOSS version is more than enough, only the missing backup/restore function is the serious problem. It prevents a lot of companies to use Zimbra in production environment. This function in the FOSS version would be very nice feature in the future. Are there any chance?

[mtamas]

In the meantime I have tested (on a test environment of course) the "hot" open source backup solution, here you can read the results.

After a full backup from the server "accidentally" we lost some accounts. They had calendars, shared imap folders, tasks and contacts. Fortunately we have also a restore script for this job. I used it. Everything looked fine but when the "user" logged in his/her account:

- Mails were OK
- Contacts were OK

but:

- No calendar events
- No shared imap folders
- No tasks

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by mtamas

I know very well if we would like to use all the functions then we should buy the Network Edition, and it is OK for me.

Who mentioned the Network Edition, I certainly didn't.

Originally Posted by mtamas

But in a lot of cases the FOSS version is more than enough, only the missing backup/restore function is the serious problem. It prevents a lot of companies to use Zimbra in production environment. This function in the FOSS version would be very nice feature in the future. Are there any chance?

No, there isn't. If you want to search the wiki and forums you'll find the details you need on how to perform a backup of the OSS version.

[mtamas]

Hello phoenix,

Originally Posted by phoenix

Who mentioned the Network Edition, I certainly didn't.

Of course, nobody mentioned the Network Edition, and I just said that version is working fine but some companies have no the resources to invest to this version, only the FOSS.

Originally Posted by phoenix

No, there isn't. If you want to search the wiki and forums you'll find the details you need on how to perform a backup of the OSS version.

Thank you for your answer. I will try and test the other solutions from the wiki. I have tried one of them but that's not working for me. I have checked twice it.

Have a nice day.

[zahahmad]

hello mtamas,

Can you please share the script which you used and after testing again please share your experience with us.

[mtamas]

Originally Posted by zahahmad

hello mtamas,

Can you please share the script which you used and after testing again please share your experience with us.

Hello zahahmad,

Here is the script linked from the Zimbra wiki. I will test it again during the day on my test environment.

[dipeshmehta]

Originally Posted by zahahmad

Can you please share the script which you used and after testing again please share your experience with us.

I have been using [SOLVED] Yet Another Backup Script for Community Version

It works like a charm. After successful testing, currently being used in production environment too.

Dipesh

[mtamas]

I have found an interesting problem with the backup mechanism.
When you try to backup mailboxes with the zmmailbox command and try to use getRestURL "//?fmt=zip" the script will not backup the Calendar and the Task module.

You can easily solve the problem with using getRestURL "//?fmt=tgz".