How to run cloned and run 2nd copy of Zimbra without reinstalling?

[bhwong]

We want to do some testing on Zimbra and have cloned a copy. How do we amend the IP, hostname etc for the cloned machine without having to reinstall Zimbra? Or is reinstalling Zimbra the only way to do this?

[vavai]

Originally Posted by bhwong

We want to do some testing on Zimbra and have cloned a copy. How do we amend the IP, hostname etc for the cloned machine without having to reinstall Zimbra? Or is reinstalling Zimbra the only way to do this?

The easiest way are using Virtualization technology, e.g : Xen, KVM, VMWare, VirtualBox, etc. If you do not want to pick virtual appliance, you may create a clone with similar setting as the origin except an IP Address. For restore the clone system, just change the IP address setting.

[bhwong]

I have try changing the IP address and it doesn't work. So there are more settings in Zimbra I need to amend to get it working and to avoid conflict with our original Zimbra.

btw, our Zimbra is already running as a VM on ESXi server.

[vavai]

Originally Posted by bhwong

I have try changing the IP address and it doesn't work. So there are more settings in Zimbra I need to amend to get it working and to avoid conflict with our original Zimbra.

btw, our Zimbra is already running as a VM on ESXi server.

If your new IP address have different subnet, you must also change the trusted network setting :

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