ZNG Restore Deleted Account

Restore Deleted Account [ZNG]

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What is the Restore Deleted Account?

The Restore Deleted Account procedure allows you to restore a the contents and preferences of a mailbox as it was when said mailbox was deleted, in a completely new account.

How does it work?

When a Restore Deleted Account starts a new account is created (the Destination Account) and all the items existing in the Source Account at the moment of the deletion are recreated in the Destination Account, including the folder structure and all the user’s data. All restored items will be created in the Current Primary Store unless the Obey HSM Policy box is checked.

NOTE: When restoring data on a new account, shared items consistency is not preserved. This is because the original share rules refer to the original account’s ID, not to the restored one's.

From the Backup NG tab on AdminConsole:

• In the Left Pane of the Administration Console select `Backup NG to show up the Backup NG tab.

• On the Top Bar push the Restore Deleted Account button.

• Choose the restore date. Day/Month/Year can be selected via a minical, the hour via a drop-down menu, minute and second via two text boxes. Click Next.

• Browse the list and select the account to be restored (Source) by clicking on it.

• Enter the name of the new account (Destination) in the text box. You can then choose whether to Hide in GAL the new account or not. When you’re done choosing, press Next.

• Verify all your choice in the Operation Summary window. You can also add additional email addresses to be notified when the Restore operation is finished. Pleas notice that the

Admin account and the User who started the Restore procedure are notified by default.

• Click Finish to start the Restore.

From command line:

Note: Here we are using "Restore on New Account" concept but destination (new account) is same as source (deleted account).

Syntax:

zxsuite backup doRestoreOnNewAccount {source_account} {destination_account} {"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"|last} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...

PARAMETER LIST: 

NAME                       TYPE                  EXPECTED VALUES
source_account(M)          Account Name
destination_account(M)     Account Name/ID
date(M)                    Date                  `dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss`|last
restore_chat_buddies(O)    Boolean               true|false
notifications(O)           Email Address[,..]

(M) == mandatory parameter, (O) == optional parameter

$ zxsuite backup dorestoreonnewaccount testuser@example.com testuser@example.com last

        operationId                                         105eeec2-9050-42e5-be55-39f0751c2489
        server                                              mail.example.com
        monitorCommand                                      zxsuite backup monitor 105eeec2-9050-42e5-be55-39f0751c2489

Above command will send notification to admin account, we can also check progress on CLI using monitorCommand.

$ zxsuite backup monitor 105eeec2-9050-42e5-be55-39f0751c2489
--
Item restored: 0


== Notifications ==

Subject: Backup Notification, Restore On New Account started.
Date: 04/09/2017 12:15:37
Level: Information
Server: mail.example.com
Text:
This is an automated notification from ZxBackup about Restore On New Account.

Operation Restore On New Account Started.

Operation Id: 105eeec2-9050-42e5-be55-39f0751c2489
Operation Host: mail.example.com
Monitor Command: zxsuite backup monitor 105eeec2-9050-42e5-be55-39f0751c2489

Operation requested by: zimbra

Network Modules NG Version: 2.6.0
commit: bec07a87628088894229b51c16b67d72f7a8ffb1

Zal Version: 2.0.0
Zal commit: bec07a87628088894229b51c16b67d72f7a8ffb1
Zimbra version: 8.8.2_GA_1822 20170809063438 20170809-0542 NETWORK

Source account: testuser@example.com
Destination account: testuser@example.com


Subject: Backup Notification, Restore On New Account completed.
Date: 04/09/2017 12:16:59
Level: Information
Server: mail.example.com
Text:
This is an automated notification from ZxBackup about Restore On New Account.

Operation Restore On New Account Completed.

Operation Id: 105eeec2-9050-42e5-be55-39f0751c2489
Operation Host: mail.example.com

The account testuser@example.com has been restored.
If experiencing problems with the consistency of its shares, run the 'doFixShares' command of the zxsuite CLI (`zxsuite help backup` for syntax and more informations) as the zimbra 

user.

- stats -
Restored Items: 20
Skipped Items: 0
Unrestored Items: 0

Operation requested by: zimbra

Network Modules NG Version: 2.6.0
commit: bec07a87628088894229b51c16b67d72f7a8ffb1

Zal Version: 2.0.0
Zal commit: bec07a87628088894229b51c16b67d72f7a8ffb1
Zimbra version: 8.8.2_GA_1822 20170809063438 20170809-0542 NETWORK

Source account: testuser@example.com
Destination account: testuser@example.com

- parameters -
                           from: testuser@example.com
                             to: testuser@example.com
                           date: last available
                    hide in GAL: false
  additional notification mails:

- stats -
     items restored: 20
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