Changing hostname & other problems

[arinath]

Though they would call this 'wasting time'

What they apparently did was tried to change the hostname repeatedly.
I tried using zmsetup.pl to fix. But that script not only runs stupidly slow
(I mean it's a bash script, for god's sake, why does it take 1 minute to respond when i just hit 'r'?? And no it is NOT a slow machine)
But the only way to 'exit' it is to do so without applying the changes.
(Yes I can save it to a file, but can only discard to exit. No Apply. WTFIT)

I have been able to get it back up and limping,
But now I have 3 different servers that appear in 'statistics'
The other 2 don't even exist, don't show as servers,
But still appear in 'Server status'. Not critical if i've got it flowing.
But irritating, as I have no idea where it's pulling those from.

On the one that actually needs fixing I am now down to
anti-spam anti-virus and zmconfigd that are not running.

Here's the error zmconfigd spits,
(and no, zmfixpermissions doesnt do anything before you ask...)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/zimbra/libexec/zmconfigd", line 24, in <module>
import conf
IOError: [Errno 2] File not found - /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/pylibs/conf$py.class (Permission denied)

[phoenix]

I'll move this post to it's own thread.

Originally Posted by arinath

What they apparently did was tried to change the hostname repeatedly.
I tried using zmsetup.pl to fix. But that script not only runs stupidly slow
(I mean it's a bash script, for god's sake, why does it take 1 minute to respond when i just hit 'r'?? And no it is NOT a slow machine)
But the only way to 'exit' it is to do so without applying the changes.
(Yes I can save it to a file, but can only discard to exit. No Apply. WTFIT)

What exactly were they trying to do, just change the hostname of the Zimbra server? The correct method of doing this is to use the zmsetservername command but I don't really want you to run that command yet.

Originally Posted by arinath

I have been able to get it back up and limping,
But now I have 3 different servers that appear in 'statistics'
The other 2 don't even exist, don't show as servers,
But still appear in 'Server status'. Not critical if i've got it flowing.
But irritating, as I have no idea where it's pulling those from.

For the moment you can leave this problem to one side, it won't cause you any problem with the server and it's just an inconvenience - we'll address this later. So, the server is 'limping' along but generally working (sending & receiving mail)? You've changed the hostname of this server to the new one that you wanted? Did you also modify the /etc/hosts file and any DNS records for this server?

Originally Posted by arinath

On the one that actually needs fixing I am now down to
anti-spam anti-virus and zmconfigd that are not running.

How many Zimbra servers do you actually have. just the one or more than one? Which services are running? Post the output of a "zmcontrol status".

Originally Posted by arinath

Here's the error zmconfigd spits,
(and no, zmfixpermissions doesnt do anything before you ask...)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/zimbra/libexec/zmconfigd", line 24, in <module>
import conf
IOError: [Errno 2] File not found - /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/pylibs/conf$py.class (Permission denied)

Which operating system is this server running? Have you tried to upgrade this server recently?