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Run the following as the zimbra user:  
Run the following as the zimbra user:  
<pre>crontab -l | grep -i backup </pre>
crontab -l | grep -i backup  


There should an output similar to the following:  
There should an output similar to the following:  
0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report 
Adjust this using 'crontab'. '1m' is 1 month. This can be changed to d(days) and m(month) as well.


<pre>0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report</pre>


Adjust this using 'crontab'. '1m' is 1 month. This can be changed to d(days) and m(month) as well.




Regards,<br>
Submitted by:  Shashank Tiwari
Shashank Tiwari

Revision as of 19:23, 21 August 2017

Change frequency of deleting backups



Problem:

The frequency with which backups are deleted needs to be changed.


Solution:

Run the following as the zimbra user:

crontab -l | grep -i backup 

There should an output similar to the following:

0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report  

Adjust this using 'crontab'. '1m' is 1 month. This can be changed to d(days) and m(month) as well.



Submitted by: Shashank Tiwari

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