Pre-Upgrade Steps
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Pre-Upgrade Steps
Before upgrading your Zimbra platform, we would strongly recommend the following pre-upgrade steps:
0. Always read (in full) the Release Notes for the version to which you are upgrading. The Release Notes are available for every release:
http://www.zimbra.com/downloads/ne-downloads.html
1. Backup your system:
There are multiple ways to perform backups. Since upgrading permanently alters your system, it is mandatory to backup your system before you upgrade. The only recovery from a failed upgrade may be to restore from backups:
a. zmbackup your entire system:
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/CLI_-_zmbackup_Network_Edition_Only
Note: this may take multiple hours, be sure to plan in advance:
zmbackup -f
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