[SOLVED] Reduce backups kept

[glennbtn]

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

[bdial]

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

CLI zmschedulebackup Network Edition only - Zimbra :: Wiki

[glennbtn]

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

[dipeshmehta]

check for cronjob with command like

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

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

[glennbtn]

That's fantastic

Thanks

[lytledd]

Originally Posted by dipeshmehta

check for cronjob with command like

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

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

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

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

Doug

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by lytledd

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

It should look like this:

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

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

[lytledd]

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