Revision as of 01:28, 28 January 2015

Need To Do

• review training materials for sys admin course
• determine what should be 'video' and how it can all be built upon preceding steps in a hands on training manner

General Overview Of Backup Environment

Backup Directory Partition & Filesystem

dedicated backup partition - only use supported methods:

• no cifs, etc
• nfs - limited support
  • http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Ajcody-Backup-Restore-Issues#NFS_Use_For_Backups

Standard Backup or Autogroup

Backup Schedule

crontab

Backup CLI Commands

zmbackup zmbackupquery

Monitoring And Maintenance Of Backups

monitoring backups and disk usage

Server Issues

Questions To Ask & Address Prior To Doing A Server Restore

Should I shutdown ZCS services or block client access until issue and resolution are identified? What data needs to really be restored - can you restore just that or does it need a full restore?

Server Restores

Server Restores - Disaster Recoveries

Server Cloning - Server Moves/Testing Purposes

User Issues

Questions To Ask & Address Prior To Doing A User Restore

• In Users Dumpster ?
• Copy on third party client ?
• Other User Have Data ?
• In redologs ?
• Restore from backups ?

User Restores

• Admin Console
  • Restore/Backup
  • Redirected restore : -ca -pre restored_
  • View Mail > TGZ export/import
• Crossmailboxsearch
• CLI
  • zmrestore
    • to latest point in time
    • to specific point in time in past
    • to incremental session label
    • to full backup label
• Importing Restored Data Into Parent Account

Trouble-shooting Backup/Restore Issues And Other General Questions

Restore Compatibility Between ZCS Versions

Trouble-shooting

http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Ajcody-Backup-Restore-Issues#Information_To_Provide_When_Submitting_A_Support_Case_For_Backup_Issues