[SOLVED] Reduce backups kept

Hi All

Is it possible to stop zimbra network edition keeping 4 weeks worth of backup and reducing it to say 2. Having a bit of a space issue at present on a hosted server.

Thanks

use zmschedulebackup and the delete option, take a look at the wiki for syntax

CLI zmschedulebackup Network Edition only - Zimbra :: Wiki

I still want the server to backup as it does now and not change how often but just how many days worth it keeps in the backup folder

Thanks

check for cronjob with command like

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/opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report

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and change parameter "-del 1m" to "-del 15d". When this cron job gets executed, it will delete backups older than 15 days.

That's fantastic

Thanks

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Originally Posted by dipeshmehta

check for cronjob with command like

Code:

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/opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report

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and change parameter "-del 1m" to "-del 15d". When this cron job gets executed, it will delete backups older than 15 days.

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Could someone show me how this cron entry is supposed to look? I have no such entry in my zimbra cron:

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# BACKUP BEGIN
0 1 * * 6 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -f -a  all   
0 1 * * 0-5 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -i
# BACKUP END

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Doug

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Originally Posted by lytledd

Could someone show me how this cron entry is supposed to look?

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It should look like this:

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0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report

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I don't, however, understand why you'd need it as it's a Network Edition feature for the scheduled backup.

Thank Bill.

I run OSE at home and NE at work. The work installation has never removed older backups and now I know why.

You'd think though, when doing the upgrades, it'd modify the cron job and and that entry.

I'll manually add it.

Doug