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    Default My hardware died but I have a identical server and "zimbra" direcry saved ..restore?

    Hi all,

    My server died but I have the entire zimbra 5.0 directory saved offline. Can I rebuild it on another identical server I have? OR can I rebuild on another machine and re-enstate my mailboxes? Any good links or threads or answers? Thanks in advance.

    p.s. I am using open source and noticed there was no "restore or backup tab in admin consol - previously)

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    Rebuilt another Hardware and follow below link for restore from your backup.
    5.0.x Network Edition Backup and Restore - Zimbra :: Wiki

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    Quote Originally Posted by veronica View Post
    Rebuilt another Hardware and follow below link for restore from your backup.
    5.0.x Network Edition Backup and Restore - Zimbra :: Wiki
    TY. But on my server, this command "zmbackup", for example, was not available. How do you download/enable this capabilty?

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    First of all: update your profile to show the Zimbra version you are using.

    Because you do not have "zmbackup" I assume you are using the open-source version. You'll need to follow this procedure from the zimbra wiki to get up and running again. If you have the entire /opt/zimbra folder there's nothing to worry about, well... except for downtime that is

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    Thanks. My new server requires a totally different hostname and IP, etc..but has the same os and zimbra version.

    Can I restore a particular mailbox as a folder or something to my new mail box?

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    Added sig below.
    Ubuntu 8.0.4 /Zimbra Open Source 6.06

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    Can I restore a particular mailbox as a folder or something to my new mail box?
    Ubuntu 8.0.4 /Zimbra Open Source 6.06

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    Why don't you just restore the entire server (domain and all), backup the user using the Export function in the users preferences, then install a new server install if that is what you want to do, then restore that user's stuff to a new user?

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