Phdcci zimbra backup process

Zimbra Backup Process[edit]

Login on the server from root user:

First we rsync the data without stoppping the zimbra to the external hard disk

External Hard drive is mounted at /media/drive/

# rsync -alHKP /opt/zimbra /media/drive/backup_091213(Folder Name)/

this will transfer zimbra to the external drive in the folder (backup_091213)

After the transfer gets completed, stop zimbra

# su – zimbra

This will switch you to zimbra user, now run this command

$ zmcontrol stop

This will stop zimbra

$ exit

this will switch back to root user

# pkill -9 zimbra

This will kill all the process related to zimbra incase if it is still running.

Now we take the final rsync

# rsync -alHKP --delete /opt/zimbra /media/drive/backup_091213/

It should get completed without giving any errors.

Now we start zimbra

# su – zimbra
$ zmcontrol start
$ zmcontrol status

check the status of zimbra by running this command, everything should be running.

$ exit