CLI zmschedulebackup Network Edition only

CLI zmschedulebackup Network Edition only

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For the most recent information on this CLI, including syntax and description, see ZCS Administrator's Guide Network Edition > Appendix A Command-Line Utilities.

zmschedulebackup

This command is used to schedule backups and add the command to your cron table. Since Zimbra Collaboration 6.0 zmschedulebackup supports -u for uncompressed zip blob storage.

The default schedule is as follows:

  • Full backup, every Saturday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 6)
  • Incremental backup, Sunday through Friday at 1:00 a.m. (0 1 * * 0-5)

Each crontab entry is a single line composed of five fields separated by a blank space. Specify the fields as follows:

  • minute — 0 through 59
  • hour — 0 through 23
  • day of month — 1 through 31
  • month — 1 through 12
  • day of week — 0 through 7 (0 or 7 is Sunday, or use names)

Type an asterisk (*) in the fields you are not using.

This command automatically writes the schedule to the crontab.

Syntax

zmschedulebackup {-q|-s|-A|-R|-F|-D}[f|i|d|] [“schedule”]

Description

Name Command Name Description
help -h Displays the usage options for this command.
query -q Default command. Displays the existing Zimbra backup schedule.
save -s Save the schedule. Allows you to save the schedule command to a text file so that you can quickly regenerate the backup schedule when the system is restored.
flush -F Removes the current schedule and cancels all scheduled backups.
append -A Adds an additional specified backup to the current schedule.
replace -R Replaces the current schedule with the specified schedule.
default -D Replaces the current schedule with the default schedule.
Options that will be passed to zmbackup
no compression -n Backs up blobs as individual files rather than in zip files
compress -z Backs up blobs in compressed zip files. Ignored if --zipStore is specified.
--zipStore Backs up blobs in zip file without compression.
target -t Can be used only to designate a full back target location. The default is /opt/zimbra/backup. Note: You cannot designate a target for incremental backups. If a target (-t) location is added for incremental scheduled backups, it is ignored.
account -a Account specific. The default is all accounts.
--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, server config is used.
--includeBlobs Include blobs in full backup. If unspecified, the server config is used.
--excludeHsmBlobs Exclude blobs on HSM volumes from full backup. If unspecified, the server config is used.
--includeHsmBlobs Include blobs on HSM volumes in full backup. If unspecified, the server config is used.
--excludeSearchIndex Exclude search index form full backup. If unspecified, the server config is used.
--includeSearchIndex Include search index in full backup. If unspecified, the server config is used.
Cron schedule backup-type:
incremental backup i
full backup f Full backup
delete d <arg> m|y)

Examples

  • To schedule the default full and incremental backup
zmschedulebackup -D
  • To replace the existing schedule with a new schedule
zmschedulebackup -R f [“schedule”]
  • To add an additional full backup to the existing schedule
zmschedulebackup -A f [“schedule”]
  • To add an additional incremental backup to the existing schedule
zmschedulebackup -A i [“schedule”]
  • To display the existing schedules
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
  • To display the schedules on one line as a command, so that they can be copied to a text file and saved to be used if the application needs to be restored.
zmschedulebackup -s
 -a all --mail-report f "0 1 * * 6"
 --mail-report i "0 1 * * 0-5"
 --mail-report d 1m "0 0 * * *"

Related Articles


Verified Against: Zimbra Collaboration 8.6, 8.5, 8.0.x Date Created: 5/2/2006
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=CLI_zmschedulebackup_Network_Edition_only Date Modified: 2015-07-11



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