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== Below are the example steps to schedule backups in zimbra ==

'''Help Manual:'''

'''zmschedulebackup -h'''

Schedule regular backups

Usage: zmschedulebackup [-q|-D|-s|-F| [{-A|-R} [zmbackup options] { <backup-type> } { <backup-schedule> } ] ]
  -q: query (default command) - prints existing schedule
  -s: save schedule to text format for easy restoration
  -F: flush - remove current schedule (cancel all scheduled backups)
  -A: append - adds specified backup to current schedule
  -R: replace - replace current schedule with specified schedule
  -D: default - replace current schedule with DEFAULT schedule

  Options that will be passed to zmbackup:
  -n: no compression - Backs up blobs as individual files rather than in zip files.
  -z: compress - Backs up blobs in compressed zip files.  Ignored if --zipStore is specified.
  --zipStore: - Backup up blobs in zip files without compression.
  -t: target - backup target location (default is /opt/zimbra/backup)
  -a: account - account specific (default is all)
  --mail-report: Send an email report to the admin user.
  --server: server - Mail server hostname. Default is localhost.
  --sync: Runs full backup synchronously.
  --excludeBlobs: Exclude blobs from full backup; if unspecified, use server config
  --includeBlobs: Include blobs in full backup; if unspecified, use server config
  --excludeHsmBlobs: Exclude blobs on HSM volumes from full backup; if unspecified, use server config
  --includeHsmBlobs: Include blobs on HSM volumes in full backup; if unspecified, use server config
  --excludeSearchIndex: Exclude search index from full backup; if unspecified, use server config
  --includeSearchIndex: Include search index in full backup; if unspecified, use server config

  Backup Mode (Standard or Auto-Grouped) comes from global/server config zimbraBackupMode

  Cron schedule:
        backup-type: <i|f|d arg>
        i: incremental backup (not needed in Auto-Grouped backup mode)
        f: full backup
        d <arg>: delete backups. <arg> is n{d|m|y}
        backup-schedule: crontab style time specifier, QUOTED.  See crontab(5)
                Fields are:
                        minute         0-59
                        hour           0-23
                        day of month   1-31
                        month          1-12
                        day of week    0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)

        Default schedule in Standard backup mode is:
        f    0 1 * * 6
        i    0 1 * * 0-5
        d 1m 0 0 * * *

        Default schedule in Auto-Grouped backup mode is:
        f    0 1 * * 0-6
        d 1m 0 0 * * *


'''Examples:'''

'''To Verify Backup Schedules:'''

 [zimbra@zcs ~]$ zmschedulebackup -q
 Current Schedule:
 f 0 1 * * 6 -a all --mail-report
 i 0 1 * * 0-5 --mail-report
 d 1m 0 0 * * * --mail-report
 [zimbra@zcs ~]$ crontab -l |grep -i backup
 # Backups
 # BACKUP BEGIN
 0 1 * * 6 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -f -a all --mail-report
 0 1 * * 0-5 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -i --mail-report
 0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m --mail-report
 # BACKUP END
 [zimbra@zcs ~]$

'''To Configure Default Backup Schedules:'''

 [zimbra@zcs ~]$ zmschedulebackup -D
 Default schedule set
 Current Schedule:
 f 0 1 * * 6 -a all --mail-report
 i 0 1 * * 0-5 --mail-report
 d 1m 0 0 * * * --mail-report
 [zimbra@zcs ~]$

'''To Configure Customized Backup Schedules:'''

 [zimbra@zcs ~]$ zmschedulebackup -R f "0 1 * * 6" --mail-report i "0 1 * * 0-5" --mail-report d  14d "0 0 * * *" --mail-report
 Schedule replaced
 Current Schedule:
 f 0 1 * * 6 -a all --mail-report
 i 0 1 * * 0-5 --mail-report
 d 14d 0 0 * * * --mail-report
 [zimbra@zcs ~]$ crontab -l |grep -i backup
 # Backups
 # BACKUP BEGIN
 0 1 * * 6 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -f -a all --mail-report
 0 1 * * 0-5 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -i --mail-report
 0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 14d --mail-report
 # BACKUP END
 [zimbra@zcs ~]$