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=====Now we use "zmmailbox addMessage" to add blob "/tmp/message1_recover.msg" to a folder in user's mailbox.=====
=====Now we use "zmmailbox addMessage" to add blob "/tmp/message1_recover.msg" to a folder in user's mailbox.=====


The following commands add the blob to a folder in the user's mailbox, called 'Recovery'. The folder needs to be created before this:
The following commands add the blob to a folder (called 'Recovery') in the user's mailbox. The folder needs to be created before this:
  zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM createFolder --view message /Recovery   
  zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM createFolder --view message /Recovery   
  zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM addMessage /Recovery /tmp/message1_recover.msg
  zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM addMessage /Recovery /tmp/message1_recover.msg

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Extract blobs from redologs using zmredodump


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Problem

Extracting blobs from redologs. Possible scenarios where this may be needed:

  • Extract blobs from redologs when we don't have a valid backup to perform the restore.
  • Extract blobs from redologs when full-backup is missing and only incremental backups are available.
  • Also, we can use this procedure when the redolog sequence is broken and we can't use zmredoplay.

Solution

This should only be used when there is no valid backup to perform the restore, as this is just a workaround to recover as much data as possible.

With the help of zmredodump we can extract the blob content in plain text format. The "--show-blob" option will print blobs and related operations (like move, delete, etc):

zmredodump -m <mailbox id> /path/of/redolog/file/redo.log --show-blob

The actual blob is present between the <START OF BLOB> and <END OF BLOB> markers

We then start the process to extract blobs for a user.

Extract a single blob

Process blob details from redolog file.

In this example we are assuming user has mailbox-id "2".

zmredodump -m 2 /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20160223.193045.991-seq63.log --show-blob 
VERIFYING DIRECTORY: /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive
VERIFYING: /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20160224.193055.837-seq65.log
HEADER
------
sequence: 65
open:     0
filesize: 43948
serverId: c8e2f007-a1da-4660-ae89-15d3b2a8e200
created:  Wed, 2016/02/24 23:51:39.487 IST (1456338099487)
first op: Wed, 2016/02/24 23:58:01.933 IST (1456338481933)
last op:  Thu, 2016/02/25 01:00:43.108 IST (1456342243108)
version:  1.42
------
[00000200 - 0000083f: 1600 bytes; tstamp: 2016/02/24 23:58:01.933 IST] txn 1456338154.1 [CreateMessage] ver=1.42, tstamp=1456338481933, change=20600, mailbox=1, id=2260, rcpt=admin@hcent7.lab.zimbra.com, rcvDate=1456338481835, shared=false, blobDigest="m3biKcUSkugQxOXnEHVbi341JxT2OyeTnYUTlY6Gcyw=", size=1358, dataLen=1358, folder=2, conv=-1, convFirstMsgId=-1, calItemPartStat=NE, noICal=false, flags=512, tags=[], bodyType=1, path=/opt/zimbra/store/incoming/1456338152510-0.msg
<START OF BLOB>
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Message-Id: <20160224182155.E2413C5A120D@hcent7.lab.zimbra.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 23:51:55 +0530 (IST)

Feb 24 23:51:53 hcent7 zmconfigd[4430]: Service status change: hcent7.lab.zimbra.com mailboxd changed from running to stopped

<END OF BLOB>
[00000840 - 00000871: 50 bytes; tstamp: 2016/02/24 23:58:07.775 IST] txn 1456338154.1 [CommitTxn] ver=1.42, tstamp=1456338487775, mailbox=1, txnType=CreateMessage
[00000872 - 00000ead: 1596 bytes; tstamp: 2016/02/24 23:58:08.561 IST] txn 1456338154.2 [CreateMessage] ver=1.42, tstamp=1456338488561, change=20601, mailbox=1, id=2261, rcpt=admin@hcent7.lab.zimbra.com, rcvDate=1456338488561, shared=false, blobDigest="sIk30SXTvBw8lt+UjjBuVmoQcJJl6agNI+wHzBOJH8I=", size=1354, dataLen=1354, folder=2, conv=-1, convFirstMsgId=-1, calItemPartStat=NE, noICal=false, flags=512, tags=[], bodyType=1, path=/opt/zimbra/store/incoming/1456338152510-2.msg
Now create a file that only has the content between <START OF BLOB> and <END OF BLOB>. This is our actual blob file.

In our example, we create "/tmp/message1_recover.msg" with the blob content.

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From: admin@hcent7.lab.zimbra.com
Subject: Service mailboxd stopped on hcent7.lab.zimbra.com
Message-Id: <20160224182155.E2413C5A120D@hcent7.lab.zimbra.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 23:51:55 +0530 (IST)
Feb 24 23:51:53 hcent7 zmconfigd[4430]: Service status change: hcent7.lab.zimbra.com mailboxd changed from running to stopped
Now we use "zmmailbox addMessage" to add blob "/tmp/message1_recover.msg" to a folder in user's mailbox.

The following commands add the blob to a folder (called 'Recovery') in the user's mailbox. The folder needs to be created before this:

zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM createFolder --view message /Recovery   
zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM addMessage /Recovery /tmp/message1_recover.msg

Now check the newly added messages using the zmmailbox command or in the webclient.


The above procedure shows how we can extract single blob from a redolog file. We will now build on this, and show how to extract multiple blobs for a user from single redolog file or multiple redolog files/folder.

Extract Multiple Blobs

  • Create a folder to save all extracted blobs.
mkdir /tmp/redodump_blobs
  • Now switch to created folder in step1 and run following commands.
cd /tmp/redodump_blobs
zmredodump -m 2 /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/ --show-blob | sed -n '/<START OF BLOB>/,/<END OF BLOB>/p' | awk -v n=0 '/^<START OF BLOB>/{close("blob"n);n++;next} {print > "blob"n".msg"}' 
perl -pi -e 's/<END OF BLOB>//g' ./blob*.msg

Above commands will extract blobs and create separate files for each blob like the following:

blob1.msg
blob2.msg
blob3.msg
blob4.msg 
.....
.....
blobN.msg 

  • Create a new folder in user's mailbox and add extracted blobs in bulk :
zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM createFolder --view message /Recovery
zmmailbox -z -m USER@DOMAIN.COM addMessage /Recovery /tmp/redodump_blobs/
  • Check newly added messages using zmmailbox command or in the webclient.

Submitted by: Heera Singh Koranga

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