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==<font size="4" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> ''' zmschedulebackup  ''' </font>==
For the most recent information on this CLI, including syntax and description, see [http://www.zimbra.com/docs/ne/latest/administration_guide/A_app-command-line.20.1.html ZCS Administrator's Guide Network Edition > Appendix A Command-Line Utilities].


(Network Edition only)
=ZCS 6.0.x=
*zmschedulebackup now supports -u for uncompressed zip blob storage.


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial">This command is used to schedule backups and add the command to your cron table.</font>
==zmschedulebackup==
This command is used to schedule backups and add the command to your cron table.
The default schedule is as follows:


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> The default schedule is as follows: </font>
*Full backup, every Saturday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 6)
*Incremental backup, Sunday through Friday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 0-5)


{|
Each crontab entry is a single line composed of five fields separated by a blank space. Specify the fields as follows:
|- valign="baseline"
| width="19.2" |
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Full backup, every Sunday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 0) </font>
|}


{|
*minute — 0 through 59
|- valign="baseline"
*hour — 0 through 23
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*day of month — 1 through 31
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
*month — 1 through 12
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Incremental backup, Monday through Saturday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 1-6) </font>
*day of week — 0 through 7 (0 or 7 is Sunday, or use names)
|}


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial">Each crontab entry is a single line composed of five fields separated by a blank space. Specify the fields as follows: </font>
Type an asterisk (*) in the fields you are not using.


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> minute  0 through 59</font>
This command automatically writes the schedule to the crontab.


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> hour 0 through 23</font>
===Syntax===
<nowiki>zmschedulebackup {-q|-s|-A|-R|-F|-D}[f|i|d|] [“schedule”]</nowiki>


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> day of month  1 through 31</font>
===Description===


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> month  1 through 12</font>
===Examples===
*To schedule the default full and incremental backup


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> day of week 0 through 7 (0 or 7 is Sunday)</font>
  zmschedulebackup -D


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Type an asterisk (*) in the fields you are not using.  </font>
*To replace the existing schedule with a new schedule


<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> This command automatically writes the schedule to the crontab. </font>
zmschedulebackup -R f [“schedule”]


<font size="3" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> ''' Syntax ''' </font>
*To add an additional full backup to the existing schedule


<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> ''' zmschedulebackup [-q]|-s|-A|-R|-F|-D] [schedule] [schedule...]  ''' </font>
  zmschedulebackup -A f [“schedule”]


<font size="3" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> ''' Description ''' </font>
*To add an additional incremental backup to the existing schedule


{| border="2" cellpadding="8"
  zmschedulebackup -A i [“schedule”]
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|-
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<font size="3" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> ''' Name ''' </font>
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<font size="3" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> ''' Command Name''' </font>
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<font size="3" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> ''' Description ''' </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""><div> </div></font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  i:  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Incremental backup. </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""><div> </div></font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  f:  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> full backup. </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> ''' Common Options ''' </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  Query  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  -q  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Default command, displays the existing Zimbra backup schedule.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  Save  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  -s  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Save the schedule. Allows you to save the schedule command to a text file so that you can quickly regenerate the backup schedule when the system is restored.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  Flush  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  -F  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Removes the current schedule and cancels all scheduled backups.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  Append  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  -A  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Adds an additional specified backup to the current schedule.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  Replace  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  -R  </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Replaces the current schedule with the specified schedule.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> Default </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> -D </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Replaces the current schedule with the default schedule.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> Help </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> - h </font>
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> Displays the usage options for this command.</font>
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<font size="3" color="#00007f" face="Arial"> '''  Examples  ''' </font>
*To display the existing schedules


{|
zmschedulebackup -q
|- valign="baseline"
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<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> To schedule the default full and incremental backup </font>
|}


<blockquote>
*To display the schedules on one line as a command, so that they can be copied to a text file and saved to be used if the application needs to be restored.


<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''zmschedulebackup [-D'''  ''' ] '''</font>
  zmschedulebackup -s
 
</blockquote>
 
{|
|- valign="baseline"
| width="19.2" |
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> To replace the existing schedule with a new schedule </font>
|}
 
<blockquote>
 
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  '''zmschedulebackup -R f [schedule] [schedule] '''  </font>
 
</blockquote>
 
{|
|- valign="baseline"
| width="19.2" |
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> To add an additional full backup to the existing schedule </font>
|}
 
<blockquote>
 
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  '''zmschedulebackup -A f [schedule] '''  </font>
 
</blockquote>
 
{|
|- valign="baseline"
| width="19.2" |
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> To add an additional incremental backup to the existing schedule </font>
|}
 
<blockquote>
 
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  '''zmschedulebackup -A i [schedule]'''  </font>
 
</blockquote>
 
{|
|- valign="baseline"
| width="19.2" |
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> To display the existing schedules a </font>
|}
 
<blockquote>
 
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">  '''zmschedulebackup -q''' </font>
 
</blockquote>
 
{|
|- valign="baseline"
| width="19.2" |
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman""> '''• ''' </font>
| <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> To display the schedules on one line as a command, so that they can be copied to a text file and saved to be used if the application needs to be restored. </font>
|}
 
<blockquote>
 
<font size="3" color="#000000" face=""Times New Roman"">'''zmschedulebackup -s'''  </font>
 
</blockquote>


=Further Reading=
=Further Reading=

Revision as of 18:37, 5 January 2010

For the most recent information on this CLI, including syntax and description, see ZCS Administrator's Guide Network Edition > Appendix A Command-Line Utilities.

ZCS 6.0.x

  • zmschedulebackup now supports -u for uncompressed zip blob storage.

zmschedulebackup

This command is used to schedule backups and add the command to your cron table. The default schedule is as follows:

  • Full backup, every Saturday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 6)
  • Incremental backup, Sunday through Friday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 0-5)

Each crontab entry is a single line composed of five fields separated by a blank space. Specify the fields as follows:

  • minute — 0 through 59
  • hour — 0 through 23
  • day of month — 1 through 31
  • month — 1 through 12
  • day of week — 0 through 7 (0 or 7 is Sunday, or use names)

Type an asterisk (*) in the fields you are not using.

This command automatically writes the schedule to the crontab.

Syntax

zmschedulebackup {-q|-s|-A|-R|-F|-D}[f|i|d|] [“schedule”]

Description

Examples

  • To schedule the default full and incremental backup
zmschedulebackup -D
  • To replace the existing schedule with a new schedule
zmschedulebackup -R f [“schedule”]
  • To add an additional full backup to the existing schedule
zmschedulebackup -A f [“schedule”]
  • To add an additional incremental backup to the existing schedule
zmschedulebackup -A i [“schedule”]
  • To display the existing schedules
zmschedulebackup -q
  • To display the schedules on one line as a command, so that they can be copied to a text file and saved to be used if the application needs to be restored.
zmschedulebackup -s

Further Reading

For more information on planning backup schedules and using the zmschedulebackup command, read the Zimbra backup/restore blog post at http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2007/02/45-admins-and-backuprestore.html.

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