Troubleshooting Course Content Rough Drafts-Recover Missing Data - Server


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Bug & RFE's I Made While Researching This Draft Write Up

Introduction

  • Will you please provide a brief paragraph introduction/overview about recovering missing data in Zimbra.
  • For example: what are some scenarios wherein you need to recover missing data.
  • What is the general method for recovery?
  • How/Why is the backup environment relevant/important.
  • Remember that this won't be obvious for all audience members.

General Overview Of Backup Environment

Backup Directory Partition & Filesystem

Confirm You Are Using Support Partition & Filesystem

It's recommended to have a dedicated partition for backups and to use only a supported partition/filesystem type:

NFS Use For Backups

Please see this RFE:

Statement that was included in the release notes following the RFE:

ZCS & NFS:
Zimbra will support customers that store backups (e.g. /opt/zimbra/backup) on an NFS-mounted partition. Please note that this does not relieve the customer from the responsibility of providing a storage system with a performance level appropriate to their desired backup and restore times. In our experience, network-based storage access is more likely to encounter latency or disconnects than is equivalent storage attached by fiber channel or direct SCSI.
Zimbra continues to view NFS storage of other parts of the system as unsupported. Our testing has shown poor read and write performance for small files over NFS implementations, and as such we view it unlikely that this policy will change for the index and database stores. We will continue to evaluate support for NFS for the message store as customer demand warrants.
When working with Zimbra Support on related issues, the customer must please disclose that the backup storage used is NFS.
Things To Check When Using NFS
  • Check the /var/log/messages on both the zimbra server and the nfs server for nfs related errors during the time frame of your backup.
  • Check /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log for error messages about folders/files not being able to be written or missing directory errors.
  • Is root_squash configured on the nfs server? If it's changed to no_root_squash , does the behavior of the backup change?
  • Is the */backup directory owned by zimbra:zimbra with at least 750 or 755 permissions?
    • This parent directory as given in:
      • zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupTarget
  • Does zimbraBackupTarget have at least the subdirectories of : sessions and tmp  : and are owned by zimbra:zimbra with 750 or 755 permissions?
    • If not, try manually creating them and then running a test backup.
  • IF USING A NAS - MAKE SURE YOUR NOT USING EXTENDED ACLS OR THAT YOU HAVE THEM CONFIGURED PROPERLY
    • If your backup session directory shows a + sign in the description section like the example below, it's a sign your using extend acls.
      •  drwxrwx---+  2 zimbra zimbra  4096 Sep 14 00:00 TO_DELETE-full-XXXXXX
      • The example above is from a customer reporting that their backups weren't being deleted and it was filling up their backup partitions. The old backup sessions were being renamed to TO_DELETE-full-XXXXXX directory naming scheme but weren't being deleted. The root cause of the problem was because extended acls were being used on their NAS server and it was preventing the delete operation from completing.
Troubleshooting Example When Using NFS

Steps to setup your ZCS server to use a NFS mount and to confirm you can save a backup to the NFS partition mount:

 1. make a test partition on nfs server - /nfs-test

 2. mount on zimbra server
 2A. mkdir /nfs-test
 2B. chmod 755 /nfs-test
 2C. mount nfs-server:/nfs-test /nfs-test
 2D. ls -la /nfs-test
 2E. mkdir /nfs-test/backup
 2F. chown zimbra:zimbra /nfs-test/backup
 2G. chmod 755 /nfs-test/backup
 2H. su - zimbra ; touch /nfs-test/backup/testfile 
 2I. ls -laR /nfs-test/
 2J. rm /nfs-test/backup/testfile

 3. Set zimbraBackupTarget
 3A. zmprov ms `zmhostname` zimbraBackupTarget /nfs-test/backup

 4. Run a full backup against one account
 4A. ex. zmbackup -f -a user@domain.com

 5. ls -laR /nfs-test/

 6. If you again, run into the same problem. You could also repeat the backup after increasing the backup 
    logging variable for the account your trying to backup. If you didn't run into the same problem, it might 
    had to do with the initial setup of the nfs mount and permissions being used during the directory creation.
 6A. zmprov aal user@domain.com zimbra.backup debug
 6B. logging will show up in /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log
 6C. Remove account logging when your done.  zmprov ral user@domain.com zimbra.backup

 8. Change zimbraBackupTarget back to your production path.
Setup A Fast Test NOT Using NFS

A way to "avoid" the NFS issues for testing purposes would be to setup a new zimbraBackupTarget to try doing a full backup of a couple of user accounts. I DON'T recommend this if you are using auto-group for zimbraBackupMode [ zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupMode ] , only if you are using Standard mode.

[as root]
** adjust your new "backup" directory path as needed - mine is just an example**
mkdir /mnt/usb1/backup-test
chown zimbra:zimbra /mnt/usb1/backup-test
chmod 750 /mnt/usb1/backup-test
su - zimbra
**confirm backup mode as standard**
zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupMode
**if not Standard, please stop**
zmprov ms `zmhostname` zimbraBackupTarget /mnt/usb1/backup-test
**Find a couple of test accounts to do a full for. Make sure you'll have space to do the backup regards to need free space.**
zmbackup -f -a user1@domain.com user2@domain.com user3@domain.com
**Watch and confirm status of backup you just started.**
zmbackupquery
**Confirm files were backed up in right location**
ls /mnt/usb1/backup-test/sessions/
**Failed backups would most likely results in left over directory in tmp directory**
ls /mnt/usb1/backup-test/tmp/

Standard Backup Or Autogroup

Knowing what the zimbraBackupMode variable is set to on the server is important when trouble shooting and backup/restore issues. The options for zimbraBackupMode are Standard or Auto-Grouped.

  • The Standard backup method is to run a weekly full backup session and daily incremental backup sessions to back up all mailboxes daily. The standard backup method is appropriate for enterprise deployments where full backups are run during non-working days.
  • The Auto-Grouped backup method is recommended for large ZCS environments where running a full backup of all accounts at one time would take too long.The auto-grouped backup method runs a full backup session for a different group of mailboxes at each scheduled backup. The system administrator configures the interval that backups should run and configures the number of groups that backups are made up of. ZCS then automatically backs up mailboxes in groups over the interval specified.

zimbraBackupMode can be set at the Global and Server level, if set at the server level it overrides the Global setting if different. To see what it's currently set at you would do:

zmprov gcf zimbraBackupMode 
zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupMode 

Your backup scheduled and crontab should be set appropriately for the zimbraBackupMode method your using. And changes to zimbraBackupMode should also have you review the backup schedule and crontab setup.

Auto-Grouped Wants To Run A Full Backup Against All Users On The First Run

One issue that might happen when switching from Standard to Auto-Grouped for your backup method is for the first Auto-Grouped backup job it will attempt to backup all users. This can cause your disk partition to become full if your unprepared for it. To avoid this first full backup of all users when switching to the Auto-Grouped method you can consult the following bug for a work around.

Backup Schedule

The backup scheduled can be set by the zmschedulebackup command or modifying the zimbra users crontab file.

The default backup schedule for a server that is using the Standard backup method is below. The example shows what's in the crontab and also the output of zmschedulebackup query command for the current schedule, the -q option :

[zimbra@mail-172 sessions]$ crontab -l | grep backup
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

[zimbra@mail-172 ~]$ 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

zmschedulebackup -D will set the following defaults backup scheduled based upon what zimbraBackupMode is set to on the server. The example below shows setting zimbraBackupMode to Auto-Grouped and using zmschedulebackup to set the default backup schedule in the zimbra crontab for Auto-Grouped method.

[zimbra@mail-172 sessions]$ zmschedulebackup -D
Default schedule set

Current Schedule:

        f 0 1 * * 0-6
        d 1m 0 0 * * *
[zimbra@mail-172 sessions]$ crontab -l | grep backup
0 1 * * 0-6 /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -f
0 0 * * * /opt/zimbra/bin/zmbackup -del 1m

Notice that the Auto-Grouped method runs a "full" everyday and drops the line for incremental backups. It also drops the "-a all" option since it's an inappropriate option when using Auto-Grouped. There is currently a bug, see below, that also caused the --mail-report option to be dropped. You can include it against by manually modifying the crontab file.

Backup And Restore CLI Commands You Should Be Familiar With

  • zmschedulebackup : This command is used to schedule full backups, incremental backups, and deletion of old backups.
  • zmbackup : This command executes full or incremental backup of the mail server. This is run on a live server, while the mailboxd process and the mailbox server are running. This command also has an option to manually delete old backups when they are no longer needed.
  • zmbackupabort : This command stops a full backup that is in process.
    • zmbackupabort -r : This command stops an ongoing restore.
  • zmbackupquery : This command lists the information about ongoing and completed backups, including labels and dates.
  • zmrestore : This command executes a full or incremental restore to the Zimbra mail server. The zmrestore command is performed on a server that is running.
  • zmrestoreoffline : This command restores the Zimbra mail server when the mailboxd process is stopped.
  • zmrestoreldap : This command restores the complete LDAP directory server, including accounts, domains, servers, COS and other data.
  • zmplayredo : This command allows you to play/replay a redolog file/s. It requires the mailbox service to be stopped though.
  • zmredodump : This command will dump the contents of a redolog file/s so you can see the transactions that were done. This is useful if your trying to confirm an action was or wasn't done, what time it was done, and so forth. This does not require the mailbox service to be stopped.

Monitoring And Maintenance Of Backups

Monitoring backups and disk usage

  • Confirm that your zimbra crontab file for your backup runs include the --mail-report option.
  • Make sure your monitoring your partition space appropriately. You should have the stats service installed and enabled on your servers so it can monitor your partitions and trigger an alert if they exceed a percentage used.
[zimbra@mail-172 ~]$ zmcontrol status | grep stats
        stats                   Running

[zimbra@mail-172 ~]$ zmlocalconfig | egrep -i 'zmstat_d|zmdisk'
zmdisklog_critical_threshold = 95
zmdisklog_warn_threshold = 85
zmstat_df_excludes =
zmstat_disk_interval = 600
  • Monitor the following directories as well, they often times can be the reason behind your disk partition becoming full.
    • Default path: /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/ [zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraRedoLogArchiveDir] ; uses the following variable for the redolog archive directory.
      • This could indicate your backups are failing and therefor your archived redologs aren't being purged with a successful backup.
    • Default path: /opt/zimbra/backup/tmp/ [zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupTarget] ; uses the following variable for the tmp directory.
      • Failed backups will stay in the tmp directory and not be moved into the sessions directory.
  • Monitoring and reviewing the output of zmbackupquery and confirming that the "Number of accounts:" line falls within expectations for your system - most notably, for the full backups. Do NOT assume that full backup labels in your backup directory are an indication your system is backing up all your users.
    • Case in point of a real support case, if the system no longer has enough space to do a full backup of all your users it will still backup new users and the label will be a full. The system administrator has assumed full backups were being done correctly because they simply listed the directory contents of the sessions directory and saw numerous full backup directories. What they didn't realize, those were just for new users and each full backup session only held one or two accounts. The server was failing on the full backup for all users because it was running out of space and would terminate prior to completing.
[zimbra@mail-172 ~]$ zmbackupquery --type full
Label:   full-20150228.060012.892
Type:    full
Status:  completed
Started: Sat, 2015/02/28 01:00:12.892 EST
Ended:   Sat, 2015/02/28 01:00:29.751 EST
Redo log sequence range: 7 .. 7
Number of accounts: 10 out of 10 completed

[zimbra@mail-172 ~]$ zmprov -l gaa | wc -l
10

When your using the Standard backup method, your incremental backup runs will also run a full backup against any 'new' users that currently don't have a full backup. Example of "new" accounts being backed up and also seeing the incremental being ran.

drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 20 01:04 incr-20130819.193041.672
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 20 01:04 full-20130819.193420.421
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 21 01:04 incr-20130820.193044.443
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 21 01:04 full-20130820.193424.551
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 22 01:04 incr-20130821.193039.818
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 22 01:04 full-20130821.193427.056
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 23 01:03 incr-20130822.193037.145
drwxr-x--- 6 zimbra zimbra 4096 Aug 23 01:04 full-20130822.193352.394

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

For A ZCS Server DR Restore

Please see Network_Edition_Disaster_Recovery on doing a full system restore.

To Restore Just The LDAP Date

Let's say your ldap data was 'lost/destoyed' but everything else was intact, you should look at the zmrestoreldap command.

This section should have more precaution and background information to handle this section.

The basics:

  • To find the LDAP session labels type -lbs.
    • zmrestoreldap -lbs
  • Restore the complete LDAP directory server
    • zmrestoreldap -lb full20061130135236
  • Restore LDAP data for specific accounts
    • zmrestoreldap -lb full20061130135236 -a tac@DOMAIN.com jane@DOMAIN.com
To Restore Just The Mysql DB

Option available from the following RFE work:

  • "Allow backup of only primary message volume"
    • https://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=35278
      • Options to exclude types of data as described in the 6.0.6 Admin Guide:
        • Search index : If you do not restore the search index data, the mailbox will have to be reindexed after the restore.
          • zmrestore <all or account> --exclude-search-index
        • Blobs : This is a useful option when all blobs for the mailbox being restored already exists.
          • zmrestore <all or account>|--exclude-blobs
        • HSM-blobs : This is useful when all HSM blobs for the mailbox being restored already exists.
          • zmrestore <all or account> --exclude-hsm-blobs
Steps To Practice And Test A DR Situation - System And Mysql Data Only

This test should be done against a non-production server. Either install a 'dummy' ZCS server or create a clone of your production server to perform this test against.

Let's say your mysql data was 'lost/destoyed' but everything else was intact. This might be the solution for the situation:

The steps below are to REPRODUCE A DR situation to test.

  1. zmcontrol stop
  2. Caution - step to reproduce DR situation to test against
    1. mv ~/db/data ~/db/data.OLD
  3. Getting old mysql passwords
    • zmlocalconfig -s mysql_root_password
    • zmlocalconfig -s zimbra_mysql_password
  4. [as zimbra] /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmmyinit
  5. ldap start
  6. zmconvertctl start
  7. mysql is already running per the zmmyinit - mysql.server status - to check.
  8. zmrestoreoffline -a all -br --systemData --excludeSearchIndex --excludeBlobs --excludeHsmBlobs
    • Note - you most likely will want to use the -br or -rf option for this situation.
      • -br,--backedupRedologsOnly : Replays the redo logs in backup only, which excludes archived and current redo logs of the system
      • -rf,--restoreFullBackupOnly : Restores to last full backup only, which excludes incremental backups.
    • -sys,--systemData : Restores global tables and local config.
    • Note the use of -a all , you could also do this for one account first to confirm operation is successful for your circumstances.
  9. If you used -rf or -br with your zmestoreoffline, you might also need to use zmplayredo to finish it up to get the most complete restore.

Server Cloning - Server Moves/Testing Purposes

Trouble-shooting Backup/Restore Issues And Other General Questions

Backup And Restore Compatibility Between ZCS Versions

  • You can use backups from older versions of ZCS for account restores.
  • You can NOT use backups from old versions of ZCS for system restores though. Disaster Recovery restores have to be done with the same version of ZCS as the backups were done with.

References:

Trouble-shooting

Ref:

Basic Backup Information To Submit To Support

Disk Space Usage Issues
Trend Data

If there is concerns about disks/partitions getting full, this command would be helpful for trending data on your server. Send support the resulting df.tar file . Note - adjust the tail command if you want more than 20 day's worth of trending data, the -n 20 option.

[zimbra@zcs806 tmp]$ /tmp

[zimbra@zcs806 tmp]$ tar cvf /tmp/df.tar `find /opt/zimbra/zmstat -name df.cs\* | sort | tail -n 20`
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-10/df.csv.gz
/opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-11/df.csv.gz
 [cut - Ajcody]
/opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-27/df.csv.gz
/opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-28/df.csv.gz
/opt/zimbra/zmstat/df.csv

[zimbra@zcs806 tmp]$ ls -lah /tmp/df.tar
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 80K Mar 29 06:44 /tmp/df.tar

[zimbra@zcs806 tmp]$ tar tvf /tmp/df.tar
-rw-r----- zimbra/zimbra  2566 2014-03-11 00:00 opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-10/df.csv.gz
-rw-r----- zimbra/zimbra  2553 2014-03-12 00:00 opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-11/df.csv.gz
 [cut - Ajcody]
-rw-r----- zimbra/zimbra  2513 2014-03-28 00:00 opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-27/df.csv.gz
-rw-r----- zimbra/zimbra  2531 2014-03-29 00:00 opt/zimbra/zmstat/2014-03-28/df.csv.gz
-rw-r----- zimbra/zimbra  8013 2014-03-29 06:40 opt/zimbra/zmstat/df.csv
Directory Sizes In /opt/zimbra

Please see the following and provide the output to support. Note, even though this method is faster than doing a du it still can take awhile.

* Ajcody-Server-Misc-Topics#Faster_Way_To_Get_Directory_Size_On_Filesytem_-_find_vs_du
Adjusting The Disk Alert Threshold

Note - zmlocalconfig smtp_notify must return yes if you want to receive the notifications.

If you just need to adjust the disk alert threshold, then see the following:

See current values:

 zmlocalconfig | grep zmdisklog

Example adjustment:

 su - zimbra
 zmlocalconfig -e zmdisklog_critical_threshold=98
 zmlocalconfig -e zmdisklog_warn_threshold=95
 zmstatctl

To exclude a partition from the checks [example of two being excluded]:

 su - zimbra
 zmlocalconfig -e zmstat_df_excludes="/mount/point:/mount/point2"
 zmstatctl

Note, depending on your version of ZCS, you might be hitting a bug where you'll keep getting emails until a logrotate happens.

Some things to do to confirm and share with support or in bug. As zimbra

su - zimbra

ls -la /var/log/zimbra.log

df -h
 /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root
                      5.5G  3.5G  1.7G  68% /
 tmpfs                 939M     0  939M   0% /dev/shm
 /dev/sda1             485M   79M  381M  18% /boot
 /dev/sdb1              30G  6.2G   23G  22% /opt

date

zmlocalconfig | grep zmdisklog
 zmdisklog_critical_threshold = 80
 zmdisklog_warn_threshold = 85  

zmlocalconfig -e zmdisklog_critical_threshold=95

zmlocalconfig -e zmdisklog_warn_threshold=90

zmlocalconfig | grep zmdisklog
 zmdisklog_critical_threshold = 95
 zmdisklog_warn_threshold = 90

zmstatctl restart

date

ps -eaf | grep zmstat-df

ls -la /var/log/zimbra.log

date ; grep "Disk warning" /var/log/zimbra* ; zmmailbox -z -m admin@`zmhostname` s -l 100 -t message "Subject: Disk and after:yesterday"

##Note - Emails by default go out every 10 minutes - for example:

[zimbra@zcs803 ~]$ date ; grep "Disk warning" /var/log/zimbra* ; zmmailbox -z -m admin@`zmhostname` s -l 100 -t message "Subject: Disk and after:yesterday"
Thu May 22 09:40:08 PDT 2014
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 08:30:00 zcs803 zimbramon[18826]: 18826:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 08:40:00 zcs803 zimbramon[22970]: 22970:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 08:50:00 zcs803 zimbramon[22970]: 22970:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 09:00:00 zcs803 zimbramon[22970]: 22970:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
  ## Note - I had readjusted the variable to not warn during this time segment ##
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 09:20:00 zcs803 zimbramon[8322]: 8322:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 09:30:00 zcs803 zimbramon[8322]: 8322:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
/var/log/zimbra.log:May 22 09:40:00 zcs803 zimbramon[8322]: 8322:err: Disk warning: zcs803.DOMAIN.com: / on device /dev/mapper/vg_rhel664-lv_root at 82%
num: 7, more: false

     Id  Type   From                  Subject                                             Date
   ----  ----   --------------------  --------------------------------------------------  --------------
1.  328  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 09:40
2.  327  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 09:30
3.  326  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 09:20
  ## Note - I had readjusted the variable to not warn during this time segment ##
4.  325  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 09:00
5.  324  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 08:50
6.  323  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 08:40
7.  320  mess   admin                 Disk / at 82% on zcs803.DOMAIN.com:           05/22/14 08:31

Continue to monitor your zmmailbox search results for an hour.

The Basic Information Support Needs

as root:

  • cat /etc/fstab
    • Shows us what is mounted upon boot
  • cat /proc/mounts
    • Shows us what is currently mounted and its status - you can see if a mount is read-only here.
  • df -hT
    • Lists current mounts using human-readable size information and also notes the filesystem type.

as zimbra:

  • zmprov -l gs `zmhostname` | egrep 'Back|Redo'
    • Will show us a number of variables related to backup and redologs. Also tell us if your using auto-group or the default method.
  • du -sh /opt/zimbra/redolog
    • Will might notice your redolog logs aren't rolling over, causing a possible issue.
  • ls -latr /opt/zimbra/backup
    • This is the default backup target, please adjust this path here and below if you are using a different zimbraBackupTarget value.
    • zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupTarget
    • We'll be able to confirm permissions are right.
  • ls -latr /opt/zimbra/backup/tmp
    • This will show us if you have failed backup jobs and confirm tmp is being cleaned appropriately after the backup is done.
  • ls -latr /opt/zimbra/backup/sessions
    • This will show us what backup sessions are available and confirm permissions are correct.
    • Adjust path if your zimbraBackupTarget value is not the default path.
  • Some directory sizes in the backup directory:
    • Default path first
      • du -sh `find /opt/zimbra/backup -maxdepth 2 -type d`
    • If your using a different backup target, check that directory also. Replace /opt/zimbra/backup above with your backup path.
  • zmbackupquery
    • This should match what's in the sessions directory and it will also tell us if status of each backup and how many accts were done.
  • crontab -l | grep -i back
    • This will show use when backups are support to run and with what options they are running with.
  • zmlocalconfig | grep -i back
    • This is useful to see a number of backup options not exposed in the crontab, things related to the zip options.
  • zmvolume -l
    • This is useful to see how many volumes are being used, if HSM is being used, and if compression is being done at the volume level.
Additional Log Files Support Might Need

And send the following logs:

  • /var/log/messages
    • Filesystem issues often times are noted here and also in syslog. This might explain an interruption in the backup process. Server restarts, filesystem going full, filesystem going read-only, etc.
  • /var/log/syslog
  • /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log
    • The backup activity is logged here.
    • And any other mailbox.log file that would cover the event

Additional Checks For Performance Specific Issues

If Your Using a SAN or NFS For Your Backup Target - Please Check Your IOWait

Ideally, you would compare iowait and performance data from the target backup host as well as the stats available on the ZCS servers. To get graphs and stats on this from ZCS, please see Ajcody-Testing-Debugging#zmstat_and_zmstat-chart . You should submit this data and iowait conclusions if you still need to submit a support case about backup performance issues.

Is HSM Running During Your Backup Window
Are You Using --zipStore

--zipStore zips the blobs vs. keeping the blobs as individual files. --zipStore does not use compression either. For most circumstances, this will give the best performance, especially with NFS. This should be the default behavior of the backups, the following RFE is when it became the default [ZCS6+] :

To see if zip's are being used for backups for example, in the backup/session directory you'll know if it is by seeing .zip files:

mail:~/backup/sessions/full-20080820.160003.770/accounts/115/988/11598896-a89b-4b9d-bedb-1ed1afcb6c87/blobs 
zimbra$ ls blobs-1.zip    blobs-2.zip    blobs-3.zip    blobs-4.zip

To see if the zip file is using compression [-Z option for unzip will indicate whether or not the archive is actually compressed] :

unzip -Z blobs-4.zip
293 files, 5982984 bytes uncompressed, 5982984 bytes compressed:  0.0%

Also, if your zmvolume has compression enabled the blobs will remain compressed within the zip also upon backup. The point being, they are uncompressed to be then put into a zip file when the backup is using --zipStore.

Some Specific Example Restore/Backup Issues

NO_SUCH_ACCOUNT_BACKUP

Example errors:

Error code: backup.NO_SUCH_ACCOUNT_BACKUP 
Message: no such backup for account: Missing full backup earlier than restore-to time for account 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 
Details:soap:Sender 

Error occurred: no such backup for account: 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

Message: no such backup for account: Missing full backup earlier than restore-to time for account 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 

3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 is an example of the zimbraId of a user [ user1@mail-172.example.com ] .

Confirm the current email address is mapped to the appropriate zimbraId. You'll want to search what is in ldap and the mailstores database for the exiting email address and then also search the reference files in your backups. Often times, this happens when an account was deleted and then created again. Account meaning the email address. When this is does, the new account will have a new zimbraId.

$ zmprov -l ga user1@mail-172.example.com zimbraId
# name user1@mail-172.example.com
zimbraId: 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

$ mysql -e 'SELECT * FROM zimbra.mailbox WHERE comment LIKE "user1@mail-172.example.com"\G'

$ mysql -e 'SELECT * FROM zimbra.mailbox WHERE account_id="3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93"\G'

$ grep -C1 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 /opt/zimbra/backup/accounts.xml

   [using the default path; /opt/zimbra/backup/accounts.xml]

$ egrep "user1@mail-172.example.com|3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93" /opt/zimbra/backup/accounts.xml

$ egrep "user1@mail-172.example.com|3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93" /opt/zimbra/backup/sessions/*/session.xml
exception during auth

Example error:

LDAP backup failed: system failure: exception during auth 
 {RemoteManager: zimbramail.example.com->zimbra@zimbramail.example.com:22}
 com.zimbra.common.service.ServiceException: system failure: LDAP backup failed: 
 system failure: exception during auth {RemoteManager: zimbramail.example.com->
 zimbra@zimbramail.example.com:22}

This indicates the ssh keys aren't configured correctly in the environment. You should be able to do the following to resolve the issue:

su - zimbra
zmsshkeygen 
zmupdateauthkeys

Note - You should also confirm that you do indeed have the ssh port available. The default is port 22. If your unable to ssh into the server using port 22, then this might be the issue. If you configured ssh to listen on a different port on this server, you'll need to adjust the following variable - zmprov gcf zimbraRemoteManagementPort . You might also have the ssh port blocked - confirm your firewall, iptables, etc is not blocking the ssh port.

LICENSE_ERROR_Message: AccountsLimits exceeded

Example error:

LICENSE_ERROR_Message: AccountsLimits exceeded

You should check your license and confirm it's valid and active:

su - zimbra
zmlicense -p

And confirm how many licenses are used: First, flush the cache on all servers for the license information. Then do the query via soap.

zmprov fc -a license
zmsoap -z GetLicenseRequest

Four lines that are generally of interest are shown below. The first two state how many one is licensed for, the bottom two show how many are currently used :

 <attr name="AccountsLimit">1000</attr>
 <attr name="ArchivingAccountsLimit">1000</attr>

 <attr name="TotalAccounts">3</attr>
 <attr name="ArchivingAccounts">3</attr>

Performance Issues And Time To Complete

RFE's for increase backup performance:

What Might Be Wrong?

Need to expand this section or refer to the part above about all the log/data gathering that support would normally ask for

First thing to check is the log file and see if anything notable stands out.

grep -i backup /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log
Use Auto-Group Backups Rather Than Default Style Backup

Having trouble completing that entire full backup during off-hours? Enter the hybrid auto-grouped mode, which combines the concept of full and incremental backup functions - you’re completely backing up a target number of accounts daily rather than running incrementals.

Auto-grouped mode automatically pulls in the redologs since the last run so you get incremental backups of the remaining accounts; although the incremental accounts captured via the redologs are not listed specifically in the backup account list. This still allows you to do a point in time restore for any account.

Please see the following for more detailed information:

Need To Write Fewer Files - Add The Zip Option To Your Backup Commands

Using the zip option will compress all those thousands of single files that exist under a user's backup, decreasing performance issues that arise from writing out thousands of small files as compared to large ones. This is often seen when one is :

  • Using nfs for the backup directory
  • Copying/rsyncing backups to a remote server
  • Are using some third party backup software (to tape) to archive/backup the zimbra backup sessions.

Please see the following for more information about using the Zip option:

SAN Snapshots For Backups

Please see:

Cloud Backups

Please see:

Tape Backups

Use a 'secondary' network card to run your backups over if possible. This way the backup activity doesn't effect ZCS network performance over the default network card. Also, please review the following section on Zimbra and hard links and confirm if your third party backup software or process will handle restoring hard links correctly.

Please see:

Hands On How-To And Reviewing Of Log Events

Full Backup And Log Events Generated

Example of manually starting a full backup using the Standard zimbraBackupMode and doing a query to confirm it's completion and status.

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupMode
# name mail-172.example.com
zimbraBackupMode: Standard

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ pwd ; ls *.log
/opt/zimbra/redolog/archive
redo-20150303.060015.816-seq9.log

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ zmbackup -f -a all
full-20150304.012000.193

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ zmbackupquery -lb full-20150304.012000.193 -v
Label:   full-20150304.012000.193
Type:    full
Status:  completed
Started: Tue, 2015/03/03 20:20:00.193 EST
Ended:   Tue, 2015/03/03 20:20:28.630 EST
Redo log sequence range: 10 .. 10
Number of accounts: 10 out of 10 completed
Accounts:
  admin@mail-172.example.com: completed
  galsync.qva4ekog0@mail-172.example.com: completed
  ham.jgfdb3oqjf@mail-172.example.com: completed
  spam.umhx3owv3s@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user1@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user2@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user3@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user4@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user5@mail-172.example.com: completed
  virus-quarantine.gusiso1cd@mail-172.example.com: completed

Total space: 14020MB
 Free space: 6017MB

Example of what log events are generated for a full backup in /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log . First, you'll see the authentication/acl request and then statements about the backup request.

2015-03-03 20:19:58,499 INFO  [qtp509886383-19:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/AuthRequest] [] AuthProvider - Adding auth provider: zimbra com.zimbra.cs.service.ZimbraAuthProvider
2015-03-03 20:19:59,458 INFO  [qtp509886383-19:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/AuthRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] soap - AuthRequest elapsed=834
2015-03-03 20:19:59,751 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] account - Initialized access manager: com.zimbra.cs.account.accesscontrol.ACLAccessManager
2015-03-03 20:19:59,770 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Backup request started
2015-03-03 20:20:00,193 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Found 10 accounts on server mail-172.example.com
2015-03-03 20:20:00,464 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Backup request finished
2015-03-03 20:20:00,464 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] soap - BackupRequest elapsed=760

Your log events will now reference Backup in them. AsyncFileCopier will start and it will give the backup session label for this backup job.

2015-03-03 20:20:01,092 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [] io - AsyncFileCopier is starting
2015-03-03 20:20:01,187 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [] backup - Full backup started for backup set; label: full-20150304.012000.193

It proceeds to backing up your accounts. I'll list the backup log events for just two accounts on this system - user1@mail-172.example.com and admin@mail-172.example.com . I'll provide the zimbraId, email address, and mailboxID information for user1@mail-172.example.com below so you can confirm it's reported in the logs correctly as well.

[zimbra@mail-172 redolog]$ zmprov ga user1@mail-172.example.com zimbraId
# name user1@mail-172.example.com
zimbraId: 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

[zimbra@mail-172 redolog]$ zmprov gmi user1@mail-172.example.com
mailboxId: 6
quotaUsed: 1209

Now, continuing with the log events. Notice the reference to the redo log file sequence, putting the account into and out of maintenance, number of blobs and index files backed up, and the statement it's finished backing up the account. Also within the section we can see the user's zimbraId [3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93] , email address [user1@mail-172.example.com] , and mailboxId [Mailbox 6].

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2015-03-03 20:20:06,560 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;] index - OpenLuceneIndex impl=NIOFSDirectory,dir=/opt/zimbra/index/0/6/index/0
2015-03-03 20:20:06,560 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;] mbxmgr - Mailbox 6 account 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 LOADED
2015-03-03 20:20:06,560 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - redo log file sequence is 10 at full backup for user1@mail-172.example.com
2015-03-03 20:20:06,565 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Full backup started for account user1@mail-172.example.com (3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93) mailbox 6
2015-03-03 20:20:06,565 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] mailbox - Putting mailbox 6 under maintenance.
2015-03-03 20:20:06,818 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Number of blobs to backup for mailbox 6: 1
2015-03-03 20:20:06,818 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] mailbox - Ending maintenance on mailbox 6.
2015-03-03 20:20:06,818 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] mbxmgr - Mailbox 6 account 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 AVAILABLE
2015-03-03 20:20:06,966 INFO  [BackupSetWorkerThread-BLOB] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Stored 1 blob files from volume message1
2015-03-03 20:20:06,966 INFO  [BackupSetWorkerThread-BLOB] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Stored 1 blob files
2015-03-03 20:20:07,014 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Account user1@mail-172.example.com in backup set full-20150304.012000.193: All pending file IO completed (1 out of 1)
2015-03-03 20:20:07,016 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] mailbox - Putting mailbox 6 under maintenance.
2015-03-03 20:20:07,021 INFO  [BackupSetWorkerThread-INDEX] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Stored 2 index files
2015-03-03 20:20:07,496 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Account user1@mail-172.example.com in backup set full-20150304.012000.193: All pending file IO completed (3 out of 3)
2015-03-03 20:20:07,497 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] mailbox - Ending maintenance on mailbox 6.
2015-03-03 20:20:07,497 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] mbxmgr - Mailbox 6 account 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 AVAILABLE
2015-03-03 20:20:07,497 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Account user1@mail-172.example.com in backup set full-20150304.012000.193: All pending file IO completed (3 out of 3)
2015-03-03 20:20:07,497 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;] backup - Full backup finished for account user1@mail-172.example.com (3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93) mailbox 6

Events for the admin user's backup:

2015-03-03 20:20:09,894 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - redo log file sequence is 10 at full backup for admin@mail-172.example.com
2015-03-03 20:20:09,914 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Full backup started for account admin@mail-172.example.com (7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9) mailbox 1
2015-03-03 20:20:09,915 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] mailbox - Putting mailbox 1 under maintenance.
2015-03-03 20:20:10,176 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Number of blobs to backup for mailbox 1: 73
2015-03-03 20:20:10,177 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] mailbox - Ending maintenance on mailbox 1.
2015-03-03 20:20:10,177 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] mbxmgr - Mailbox 1 account 7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9 AVAILABLE
2015-03-03 20:20:10,343 INFO  [BackupSetWorkerThread-BLOB] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Stored 73 blob files from volume message1
2015-03-03 20:20:10,353 INFO  [BackupSetWorkerThread-BLOB] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Stored 73 blob files
2015-03-03 20:20:11,047 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Account admin@mail-172.example.com in backup set full-20150304.012000.193: All pending file IO completed (73 out of 73)
2015-03-03 20:20:11,051 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] mailbox - Putting mailbox 1 under maintenance.
2015-03-03 20:20:11,108 INFO  [BackupSetWorkerThread-INDEX] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Stored 26 index files
2015-03-03 20:20:12,450 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Account admin@mail-172.example.com in backup set full-20150304.012000.193: All pending file IO completed (99 out of 99)
2015-03-03 20:20:12,463 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] mailbox - Ending maintenance on mailbox 1.
2015-03-03 20:20:12,463 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] mbxmgr - Mailbox 1 account 7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9 AVAILABLE
2015-03-03 20:20:12,463 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Account admin@mail-172.example.com in backup set full-20150304.012000.193: All pending file IO completed (99 out of 99)
2015-03-03 20:20:12,463 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;] backup - Full backup finished for account admin@mail-172.example.com (7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9) mailbox 1

And then a final line confirming completion and the number of accounts successfully backed up.

2015-03-03 20:20:12,463 INFO  [FullBackupThread] [] backup - Finished backing up 10 of 10 accounts

One thing to point out is the log events were mentioning the redo log sequence as being number 10 but in the redolog/archive directory there is only a sequence 9 redo log. This is because the "seq 10" is actually the /opt/zimbra/redolog/redo.log file. When the redo.log file rolls over and is moved to the archive directory it will have seq10 in it's filename.

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ pwd ; ls -la *.log
/opt/zimbra/redolog/archive
-rw-r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 146723 Mar  3 20:23 redo-20150303.060015.816-seq9.log

The contents of the backup session directory. I removed the sub-directories under accounts that weren't either the admin or user1 account. Notice the zimbraId is used for the sub-directory naming scheme.

[zimbra@mail-172 full-20150304.012000.193]$ ls -R
.:
accounts  ldap  session.xml  shared_blobs  sys

./accounts:
3c3  423  434  75d  7ac  89f  a46  af0  c53  eab

./accounts/3c3:
97e

./accounts/3c3/97e:
3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

./accounts/3c3/97e/3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93:
blobs  db  index  ldap.xml  meta.xml

./accounts/3c3/97e/3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93/blobs:
blobs-1.zip

./accounts/3c3/97e/3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93/db:
db_schema.xml  mail_item.dat  mailbox.dat  mailbox_metadata.dat  open_conversation.dat  tag.dat  tagged_item.dat

./accounts/3c3/97e/3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93/index:
0

./accounts/3c3/97e/3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93/index/0:
segments.gen  segments_1

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./accounts/7ac:
8de

./accounts/7ac/8de:
7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9

./accounts/7ac/8de/7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9:
blobs  db  index  ldap.xml  meta.xml

./accounts/7ac/8de/7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9/blobs:
blobs-1.zip  blobs-2.zip  blobs-3.zip  blobs-4.zip

./accounts/7ac/8de/7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9/db:
db_schema.xml  mail_item.dat  mailbox.dat  open_conversation.dat  tag.dat  tagged_item.dat

./accounts/7ac/8de/7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9/index:
0

./accounts/7ac/8de/7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9/index/0:
_0.fdt  _0.fnm  _0.nrm  _0.tii  _1.fdt  _1.fnm  _1.nrm  _1.tii  _2.fdt  _2.fnm  _2.nrm  _2.tii  segments.gen
_0.fdx  _0.frq  _0.prx  _0.tis  _1.fdx  _1.frq  _1.prx  _1.tis  _2.fdx  _2.frq  _2.prx  _2.tis  segments_3

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./ldap:
ldap-config.bak.gz  ldap.bak.gz

./shared_blobs:

./sys:
config.dat  current_volumes.dat  db_schema.xml  localconfig.xml  ssh  ssl  volume.dat

./sys/ssh:
authorized_keys  zimbra_identity  zimbra_identity.pub

./sys/ssl:
zimbra

./sys/ssl/zimbra:
ca  commercial  jetty.pkcs12  server

./sys/ssl/zimbra/ca:
ca.key  ca.pem  ca.srl  ca.srl.old  index.txt  index.txt.attr  index.txt.old  newcerts  zmssl.cnf

./sys/ssl/zimbra/ca/newcerts:
1424523586.pem  1424523591.pem  1424523597.pem  1424523603.pem

./sys/ssl/zimbra/commercial:

./sys/ssl/zimbra/server:
server.crt  server.csr  server.key

Incremental Backup And Log Events Generated

Example of manually starting an incremental backup using the Standard zimbraBackupMode and doing a query to confirm it's completion and status.

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ zmprov gs `zmhostname` zimbraBackupMode
# name mail-172.example.com
zimbraBackupMode: Standard

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ ls
redo-20150303.060015.816-seq9.log  redo-20150304.070025.476-seq10.log

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ zmbackup -i
incr-20150304.073543.151

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ zmbackupquery -lb incr-20150304.073543.151 -v
Label:   incr-20150304.073543.151
Type:    incremental
Status:  completed
Started: Wed, 2015/03/04 02:35:43.151 EST
Ended:   Wed, 2015/03/04 02:35:51.981 EST
Redo log sequence range: 10 .. 11
Number of accounts: 10 out of 10 completed
Accounts:
  admin@mail-172.example.com: completed
  galsync.qva4ekog0@mail-172.example.com: completed
  ham.jgfdb3oqjf@mail-172.example.com: completed
  spam.umhx3owv3s@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user1@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user2@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user3@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user4@mail-172.example.com: completed
  user5@mail-172.example.com: completed
  virus-quarantine.gusiso1cd@mail-172.example.com: completed

Total space: 14020MB
 Free space: 6032MB

Notice how the log events are soap requests and differ from the full backup above and lack the INFO [*Backup*] formatting. Important to note this if your attempting to grep for backup/restore activity. Just like with the full, it starts with an authentication/acl request and states it's starting, how many accounts found, AsyncFileCopier starting, and the label name for this backup session.

From /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log

2015-03-04 02:35:42,356 INFO  [qtp509886383-19:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/AuthRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] soap - AuthRequest elapsed=94
2015-03-04 02:35:42,481 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Backup request started
2015-03-04 02:35:42,917 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Found 10 accounts on server mail-172.example.com
2015-03-04 02:35:43,254 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] io - AsyncFileCopier is starting
2015-03-04 02:35:43,255 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Incremental backup started for backup set; label: incr-20150304.073543.151

The log events are again trimmed below just for the user1 and admin account for the user backup section of the log file. Notice the absence of any statements of the accounts being put into maintenance mode.

2015-03-04 02:35:44,118 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] index - OpenLuceneIndex impl=NIOFSDirectory,dir=/opt/zimbra/index/0/6/index/0
2015-03-04 02:35:44,119 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] mbxmgr - Mailbox 6 account 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93 LOADED
2015-03-04 02:35:44,120 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Incremental backup is started for account user1@mail-172.example.com
2015-03-04 02:35:44,120 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Saving account information from LDAP
2015-03-04 02:35:44,127 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Incremental backup has ended
2015-03-04 02:35:44,127 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=user1@mail-172.example.com;mid=6;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Account user1@mail-172.example.com in backup set incr-20150304.073543.151: All pending file IO completed (0 out of 0)
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2015-03-04 02:35:44,212 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Incremental backup is started for account admin@mail-172.example.com
2015-03-04 02:35:44,212 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Saving account information from LDAP
2015-03-04 02:35:44,215 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Incremental backup has ended
2015-03-04 02:35:44,217 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [name=admin@mail-172.example.com;mid=1;ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Account admin@mail-172.example.com in backup set incr-20150304.073543.151: All pending file IO completed (0 out of 0)

The incremental will then end with log events related to copying the redologs into the backup directory and then purging the redologs that can be deleted. This example states redo log sequence 9 can be deleted. We'll confirm it is later.

2015-03-04 02:35:44,618 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] redolog - waiting for FileLogWriter.FsyncThread-1425452599560 to finish.
2015-03-04 02:35:44,628 INFO  [FileLogWriter.FsyncThread-1425452599560] [] redolog - fsync thread exiting
2015-03-04 02:35:44,628 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] redolog - FileLogWriter.FsyncThread-1425452599560 finished
2015-03-04 02:35:44,757 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] redolog - Redo log rollover took 540ms
2015-03-04 02:35:44,758 INFO  [FileLogWriter.FsyncThread-1425454544757] [] redolog - Starting fsync thread with interval 10
2015-03-04 02:35:44,776 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Found 3 redo logs to backup
2015-03-04 02:35:44,861 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Last backed-up redo log sequence = 9
2015-03-04 02:35:44,943 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Marking redo log /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20150303.060015.816-seq9.log for deletion
2015-03-04 02:35:44,943 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Copying redo log /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20150304.070025.476-seq10.log to /opt/zimbra/backup/tmp/incr-20150304.073543.151/redologs/redo-20150304.070025.476-seq10.log
2015-03-04 02:35:45,053 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Retaining recent redo log /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20150304.070025.476-seq10.log
2015-03-04 02:35:45,053 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Copying redo log /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20150304.073544.755-seq11.log to /opt/zimbra/backup/tmp/incr-20150304.073543.151/redologs/redo-20150304.073544.755-seq11.log
2015-03-04 02:35:45,067 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Retaining recent redo log /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20150304.073544.755-seq11.log

The last limes confirm the backup finished successfully.

2015-03-04 02:35:51,935 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Backup set incr-20150304.073543.151: All pending file IO completed (0 out of 0)
2015-03-04 02:35:51,981 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] io - AsyncFileCopier is shut down
2015-03-04 02:35:51,981 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Incremental backup finished for backup set; label: incr-20150304.073543.151
2015-03-04 02:35:51,982 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Deleting redo log /opt/zimbra/redolog/archive/redo-20150303.060015.816-seq9.log
2015-03-04 02:35:52,909 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] backup - Backup request finished
2015-03-04 02:35:52,909 INFO  [qtp509886383-20:https://127.0.0.1:7071/service/admin/soap/BackupRequest] [ip=127.0.0.1;ua=zmbackup/8.6.0_GA_1153;] soap - BackupRequest elapsed=10451

For an incremental, the account sub-directories will have ldap data saved also for each user but blobs and indexes aren't. That data resides in the redologs from the system under the redologs directory.

[zimbra@mail-172 incr-20150304.073543.151]$ ls -R
.:
accounts  ldap  redologs  session.xml  sys

./accounts:
3c3  423  434  75d  7ac  89f  a46  af0  c53  eab

./accounts/3c3:
97e

./accounts/3c3/97e:
3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

./accounts/3c3/97e/3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93:
ldap.xml

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./accounts/7ac:
8de

./accounts/7ac/8de:
7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9

./accounts/7ac/8de/7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9:
ldap.xml

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./ldap:
ldap-config.bak.gz  ldap.bak.gz

./redologs:
redo-20150304.070025.476-seq10.log  redo-20150304.073544.755-seq11.log

./sys:
config.dat  current_volumes.dat  db_schema.xml  localconfig.xml  ssh  ssl  volume.dat

./sys/ssh:
authorized_keys  zimbra_identity  zimbra_identity.pub

./sys/ssl:
zimbra

./sys/ssl/zimbra:
ca  commercial  jetty.pkcs12  server

./sys/ssl/zimbra/ca:
ca.key  ca.pem  ca.srl  ca.srl.old  index.txt  index.txt.attr  index.txt.old  newcerts  zmssl.cnf

./sys/ssl/zimbra/ca/newcerts:
1424523586.pem  1424523591.pem  1424523597.pem  1424523603.pem

./sys/ssl/zimbra/commercial:

./sys/ssl/zimbra/server:
server.crt  server.csr  server.key

Notice that redo log sequence 9 was indeed deleted from the redolog/archive directory.

[zimbra@mail-172 archive]$ pwd ; ls
/opt/zimbra/redolog/archive
redo-20150304.070025.476-seq10.log  redo-20150304.073544.755-seq11.log  redo-20150304.074024.058-seq12.log

If you had created new users after your last full backup, you would see that there was also a full backup started as well. For example :

[zimbra@mail-172 log]$ zmbackup -i
incr-20150304.085810.220
full-20150304.085818.889

[zimbra@mail-172 log]$ zmbackupquery -a user6@mail-172.example.com
Account: user6@mail-172.example.com

    Label:   full-20150304.085818.889
    Type:    full
    Started: Wed, 2015/03/04 03:58:18.889 EST
    Ended:   Wed, 2015/03/04 03:58:25.997 EST
    Acct ID: 4e898a68-1886-4a80-b3dc-ac2ab650bf8c

[zimbra@mail-172 log]$ zmbackupquery -lb full-20150304.085818.889 -v
Label:   full-20150304.085818.889
Type:    full
Status:  completed
Started: Wed, 2015/03/04 03:58:18.889 EST
Ended:   Wed, 2015/03/04 03:58:25.997 EST
Redo log sequence range: 14 .. 14
Number of accounts: 1 out of 1 completed
Accounts:
  user6@mail-172.example.com: completed

Total space: 14020MB
 Free space: 6038MB

Contents Of accounts.xml And sessions.xml From The Full And Incremental Backup Examples

First, see what zmbackupquery shows for a particular user in regards to the backup labels they are included in.

$ zmbackupquery -a user1@mail-172.example.com
Account: user1@mail-172.example.com

    Label:   incr-20150304.073543.151
    Type:    incremental
    Started: Wed, 2015/03/04 02:35:43.151 EST
    Ended:   Wed, 2015/03/04 02:35:51.981 EST
    Acct ID: 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

    Label:   full-20150304.012000.193
    Type:    full
    Started: Tue, 2015/03/03 20:20:00.193 EST
    Ended:   Tue, 2015/03/03 20:20:28.630 EST
    Acct ID: 3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93

Now let's review the accounts/session xml files that list all the users within those particular backup sessions. The /opt/zimbra/backup/accounts.xml is the referenced to determine what is the last know full backup session the user was in. If the /opt/zimbra/backup/accounts.xml is corrupted, unreadable, or incorrect - this can cause issues with restoring users.

Also notice that it also references the zimbraId for the user at the time of the backup. If you were to delete a user and then create a new account using the same email address [user1@mail-172.example.com] that new account will have a different zimbraId and therefor the backup/restore commands will not work as you might expected because of the differing zimbraId. The zmrestore command only can take an email address for the -a option, it can not use the zimbraID.

[zimbra@mail-172 backup]$ pwd
/opt/zimbra/backup

[zimbra@mail-172 backup]$ cat accounts.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<backupMetadata xmlns="urn:zimbraBackupMeta" version="7.2" dbVersion="103">
  <allAccounts>
    <account zimbraId="af06b0b4-3160-4ea3-a55b-81163a9914a0" email="user5@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="75d3d364-a384-4077-8ac5-87b6960b57cd" email="user3@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="4343a299-5259-4826-b1c1-becbfbb9b8f0" email="galsync.qva4ekog0@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="89fc5986-31a3-406e-8084-0ce0b98a251f" email="user2@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="42380a6e-5718-4d68-ab37-e8d5bc9e6977" email="spam.umhx3owv3s@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="eab3d56e-ffd9-4412-95de-48f102d2d252" email="user4@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9" email="admin@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="4e898a68-1886-4a80-b3dc-ac2ab650bf8c" email="user6@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.085818.889">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="a46dfc59-a3e9-4f09-adfb-af8efc42aa9f" email="virus-quarantine.gusiso1cd@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93" email="user1@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
    <account zimbraId="c5315c5d-97cb-4d84-bc70-374a67f13309" email="ham.jgfdb3oqjf@mail-172.example.com" latestFullBackupLabel="full-20150304.012000.193">
    </account>
  </allAccounts>
</backupMetadata>

In each backup session, there will be a sessions.xml file that acts as a reference or summary file of the backup. At the top, you'll see what version of ZCS was running and what options the backup environment had set. It will then report the final status for each user for the backup attempt against the account. At the end, there's a section in regards to errors and if any were encountered.

[zimbra@mail-172 backup]$ cd sessions/
[zimbra@mail-172 sessions]$ cd full-20150304.012000.193
[zimbra@mail-172 full-20150304.012000.193]$ cat session.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<backupMetadata xmlns="urn:zimbraBackupMeta" version="7.2" dbVersion="103">
  <backupSet label="full-20150304.012000.193" zcsRelease="8.6.0_GA_1153 20141215151258 20141215-1518 NETWORK" startTime="1425432000193" endTime="1425432028630" minRedoSeq="10" maxRedoSeq="10" sharedBlobsZipped="true" sharedBlobsZipNameDigestChars="1" sharedBlobsDirectoryDepth="5" sharedBlobsCharsPerDirectory="2" type="full" accountsDirectoryDepth="2">
    <desc>Full backup</desc>
    <accounts>
      <account zimbraId="af06b0b4-3160-4ea3-a55b-81163a9914a0" email="user5@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="75d3d364-a384-4077-8ac5-87b6960b57cd" email="user3@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="89fc5986-31a3-406e-8084-0ce0b98a251f" email="user2@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="4343a299-5259-4826-b1c1-becbfbb9b8f0" email="galsync.qva4ekog0@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="eab3d56e-ffd9-4412-95de-48f102d2d252" email="user4@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="42380a6e-5718-4d68-ab37-e8d5bc9e6977" email="spam.umhx3owv3s@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9" email="admin@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="a46dfc59-a3e9-4f09-adfb-af8efc42aa9f" email="virus-quarantine.gusiso1cd@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93" email="user1@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="c5315c5d-97cb-4d84-bc70-374a67f13309" email="ham.jgfdb3oqjf@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
    </accounts>
    <stats>
      <counter name="total_time" numSamples="1" sum="28437" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="sysdb_time" numSamples="1" sum="1111" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="sysdb_bytes" numSamples="1" sum="35210" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="redologs_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="redologs_bytes" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="accounts_time" numSamples="10" sum="4827" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="ldap_time" numSamples="10" sum="172" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="ldap_bytes" numSamples="10" sum="25665" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="db_time" numSamples="10" sum="4787" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="db_bytes" numSamples="10" sum="78690" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="db_digest_map_load_time" numSamples="10" sum="2400" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msgs_time" numSamples="10" sum="451" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msg_copy_time" numSamples="74" sum="25" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msg_copy_bytes" numSamples="74" sum="149611" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msg_link_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="index_time" numSamples="48" sum="80" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="index_bytes" numSamples="38" sum="73510" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
    </stats>
    <errors>
    </errors>
  </backupSet>
</backupMetadata>

An incremental session.xml file is similar to a full backups session.xml .

[zimbra@mail-172 sessions]$ cd incr-20150304.073543.151
[zimbra@mail-172 incr-20150304.073543.151]$ cat session.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<backupMetadata xmlns="urn:zimbraBackupMeta" version="7.2" dbVersion="103">
  <backupSet label="incr-20150304.073543.151" zcsRelease="8.6.0_GA_1153 20141215151258 20141215-1518 NETWORK" startTime="1425454543151" endTime="1425454551981" minRedoSeq="10" maxRedoSeq="11" sharedBlobsZipped="true" sharedBlobsZipNameDigestChars="1" sharedBlobsDirectoryDepth="5" sharedBlobsCharsPerDirectory="2" type="incremental" accountsDirectoryDepth="2">
    <desc>Incremental backup</desc>
    <accounts>
      <account zimbraId="af06b0b4-3160-4ea3-a55b-81163a9914a0" email="user5@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="75d3d364-a384-4077-8ac5-87b6960b57cd" email="user3@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="89fc5986-31a3-406e-8084-0ce0b98a251f" email="user2@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="4343a299-5259-4826-b1c1-becbfbb9b8f0" email="galsync.qva4ekog0@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="eab3d56e-ffd9-4412-95de-48f102d2d252" email="user4@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="42380a6e-5718-4d68-ab37-e8d5bc9e6977" email="spam.umhx3owv3s@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="7ac8de92-13fe-4d19-b9da-6872169fb5c9" email="admin@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="a46dfc59-a3e9-4f09-adfb-af8efc42aa9f" email="virus-quarantine.gusiso1cd@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="3c397edc-c015-4d82-ae8a-1084692f8a93" email="user1@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
      <account zimbraId="c5315c5d-97cb-4d84-bc70-374a67f13309" email="ham.jgfdb3oqjf@mail-172.example.com" status="COMPLETED">
      </account>
    </accounts>
    <stats>
      <counter name="total_time" numSamples="1" sum="8830" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="sysdb_time" numSamples="1" sum="563" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="sysdb_bytes" numSamples="1" sum="35210" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="redologs_time" numSamples="1" sum="310" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="redologs_bytes" numSamples="1" sum="126307" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="accounts_time" numSamples="10" sum="196" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="ldap_time" numSamples="10" sum="129" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="ldap_bytes" numSamples="10" sum="25665" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="db_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="db_bytes" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="db_digest_map_load_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msgs_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msg_copy_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msg_copy_bytes" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
      <counter name="msg_link_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="index_time" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="ms">
      </counter>
      <counter name="index_bytes" numSamples="0" sum="0" unit="bytes">
      </counter>
    </stats>
    <errors>
    </errors>
  </backupSet>
</backupMetadata>

Quiz

  1. What are three methods you can locate which backups a user is in?
  2. To stop a restore from playing all the way up to the current time, you would need to use one of these two zmrestore variables - what are they?
  3. If you see an error about being unable to restore because of redologs, what option might you need to include?
  4. What is the primary log file on the ZCS server you'll monitor or review for restore or backup issues?
  5. Provide two methods to increase logging/debug output when attempting a restore?
  6. Can you perform a full system restore from the backups done on an older ZCS version?
  7. What are the two identify variables that zmbackup/zmrestore uses for an individual?
  8. What user variable would you use to locate the directory a users data is stored in within a backup session?
Verified Against: Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.6 Date Created: 01/22/2015
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Troubleshooting_Course_Content_Rough_Drafts-Recover_Missing_Data_-_Server Date Modified: 2016-06-07



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