backup on open source

[Mat]

hi

I use this script
#!/bin/bash

time=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`

# Modify the following variables according to your installation
#########################################

# backup_dir - directory to backup to
backup_dir=/opt/zimbra/backups/$time

# vol_group - the Volume Group that contains $zimbra_vol
vol_group=VolGroup00

# zimbra_vol - the Logical Volume that contains /opt/zimbra
zimbra_vol=LogVol03

# zimbra_vol_fs - the file system type (ext3, xfs, ...) in /opt/zimbra
zimbra_vol_fs=ext3

# lvcreate and lvremove commands path -
lvcreate_cmd=/usr/sbin/lvcreate
lvremove_cmd=/usr/sbin/lvremove

# Do not change anything beyond this point
#########################################

# Test for an interactive shell
if [[ $- != *i* ]]
then say() { echo -e $1; }
# Colors, yo!
GREEN="\e[1;32m"
RED="\e[1;31m"
CYAN="\e[1;36m"
PURPLE="\e[1;35m"
else say() { true; } # Do nothing
fi

# Output date
say $GREEN"Backup started at "$RED"`date`"$GREEN"."

# Stop the Zimbra services
say $CYAN"Stopping the Zimbra services..."
say $PURPLE" This may take several minutes."
/etc/init.d/zimbra stop

# Create a logical volume called ZimbraBackup
say $GREEN"Creating a LV called ZimbraBackup:"$PURPLE
$lvcreate_cmd -L1000M -s -n ZimbraBackup /dev/$vol_group/$zimbra_vol

# Create a mountpoint to mount the logical volume to
say $GREEN"Creating a mountpoint for the LV..."
mkdir -p /tmp/ZimbraBackup

# Mount the logical volume to the mountpoint
say $GREEN"Mounting the LV..."
mount -t $zimbra_vol_fs -o nouuid,ro /dev/$vol_group/ZimbraBackup /tmp/ZimbraBackup/

# Start the Zimbra services
say $CYAN"Starting the Zimbra services..."
/etc/init.d/zimbra start &

# For testing only
#say $RED"Press Enter to continue...\e[0m"
#read input

# Create the current backup
say $GREEN"Creating the backup directory and backup..."
mkdir -p $backup_dir
tar zcvf $backup_dir/zimbra.backup.tar.gz /tmp/ZimbraBackup/zimbra/ 2&> /dev/null

# Unmount /tmp/ZimbraBackup and remove the logical volume
say $GREEN"Unmounting and removing the LV."$PURPLE
umount /tmp/ZimbraBackup/
$lvremove_cmd --force /dev/$vol_group/ZimbraBackup

# Done!
say $GREEN"Zimbra backed up to "$CYAN$backup_dir$GREEN"!"
say $GREEN"Backup ended at "$RED"`date`"$GREEN".\e[0m"


i've got this error :

Backup started at sam jan 31 17:36:31 CET 2009.
Stopping the Zimbra services...
This may take several minutes.
Creating a LV called ZimbraBackup:
Rounding up size to full physical extent 1,00 GB
Insufficient free extents (0) in volume group VolGroup00: 32 required
Creating a mountpoint for the LV...
Mounting the LV...
mount: périphérique spécial /dev/VolGroup00/ZimbraBackup n'existe pas
Starting the Zimbra services...
Creating the backup directory and backup...
Unmounting and removing the LV.
umount: /tmp/ZimbraBackup/: n'est pas monté
One or more specified logical volume(s) not found.
Zimbra backed up to /opt/zimbra/backups/2009-01-31_17-36-31!
Backup ended at sam jan 31 17:37:01 CET 2009.

can you help me ? can i use an other script ?

thanks

[Mccreations]

I recommend you look here, these are the latest backup scripts. The one you have seems to be old:

Open Source Edition Backup Procedure - Zimbra :: Wiki

[Mat]

hi,

what script you advise me, i want a simple script.

thanks

[uxbod]

That is very much personal preference ... Whatever one you choose ensure you are also comfortable with the recovery aspect.