Take backup of zimbra server

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Take backup of zimbra server

To take backup of Zimbra server use following steps:

  1. Use "df -h" to check space occupied by all files stored in /opt. Verify that enough space is free on destination drive. Note that same set of files may occupy different space on a different file-system (ext3 to ext4)
  2. Rsync /opt/zimbra to backup folder. This rsync should be done without stopping Zimbra. This is intended to reduce overall backup down-time 
    rsync -vtrp --delete /opt/zimbra /backup/zimbra-yyyy-mm-dd
  3. Stop running zimbra server by running 'zmcontrol stop' as user zimbra
  4. Verify that all Zimbra processes have stopped using 'ps -U zimbra -u zimbra'
  5. Again rsync /opt/zimbra to backup folder. This time backup would be consistent / stable.
  6. Start zimbra again by using 'zmcontrol start' command as zimbra user

Other backup suggestions are present at https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Open_Source_Edition_Backup_Procedure and also at http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Backing_up_and_restoring_Zimbra_%28Open_Source_Version%29#Another_option

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