Zimbra Releases/8.8.15/patch installation

Zimbra Collaboration Joule 8.8.15 Patch Patch Installation

Please refer to the steps below to install 8.8.15 on Redhat and Ubuntu platforms:

Before Installing the Patch, consider the following:

  • Patches are cumulative.
  • A full backup should be performed before any patch is applied. There is no automated roll-back.
  • Zimlet patches can include removing existing Zimlets and redeploying the patched Zimlet.
  • Only files or Zimlets associated with installed packages will be installed from the patch.
  • Switch to zimbra user before using ZCS CLI commands.
  • Any third-party configuration changes like SAML will get overwritten during the patch upgrade and should be backed up before starting the patch upgrade process.
  • Important! You cannot revert to the previous ZCS release after you upgrade to the patch.
  • Important! Please note that the install process has changed. Additional steps to install zimbra-common-core-jar, zimbra-common-core-libs, zimbra-mbox-store-libs packages have been included for this patch release.


Redhat

Installing Zimbra packages with system package upgrades

  • Please follow the below steps on all ZCS servers with the following server sequence: LDAP server(s), MTA server(s), Proxy server(s), and Mailbox server(s).
  • As root, first clear the yum cache and check for updates so the server sees there is a new zimbra-patch package in the patch repository:
yum clean metadata
yum check-update
  • On mailstore node, install the following packages:
yum install zimbra-common-core-jar zimbra-common-core-libs zimbra-mbox-store-libs
  • Then ask yum to update available packages:
yum update
  • Restart ZCS as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmcontrol restart

Installing Zimbra packages individually for NETWORK and FOSS

Install/Upgradezimbra-ldap-patch on LDAP node

  • As root, install the package:
yum install zimbra-ldap-patch
  • Restart ZCS as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmcontrol restart


Install/Upgrade zimbra-mta-components on MTA node

  • As root, first clear the yum cache and check for updates so the server sees all updated packages in the patch repository:
yum clean metadata
yum check-update
  • Then install the package:
yum install zimbra-mta-components
  • If dnscache is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
yum install zimbra-dnscache-components
  • If snmp is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
yum install zimbra-snmp-components
  • Restart amavisd as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmamavisdctl restart

Install/Upgrade zimbra-mta-patch on MTA node

  • As root, install the package:
yum install zimbra-mta-patch
  • Restart amavisd as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmamavisdctl restart


Install/Upgrade zimbra-proxy-patch on Proxy node

  • As root, first clear the yum cache and check for updates so the server sees all updated packages in the patch repository:
yum clean metadata
yum check-update
yum install zimbra-proxy-patch
  • Restart proxy as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmproxyctl restart
zmmemcachedctl restart

Install/Upgrade snmp if it is installed on Proxy node 

yum install zimbra-snmp-components
  • Restart proxy as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmproxyctl restart


Install/Upgrade zimbra-patch on mailstore node

  • As root, install the package:
yum install zimbra-common-core-jar zimbra-common-core-libs zimbra-mbox-store-libs
yum install zimbra-patch
  • If apache is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
yum install zimbra-apache-components
  • If spell is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
yum install zimbra-spell-components
  • If snmp is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
yum install zimbra-snmp-components
  • Restart ZCS as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmcontrol restart


Installing NG packages (NETWORK Only)

Uninstall zimbra-talk on mailstore node

Starting Zimbra 8.8.15 GA, zimbra-connect replaces zimbra-talk. Hence, it is important to remove zimbra-talk before installing zimbra-connect.

  • As root, uninstall the package zimbra-talk:
yum remove zimbra-talk

Install/Upgrade zimbra-network-modules-ng, zimbra-connect, zimbra-zimlet-auth, zimbra-docs and zimbra-drive-ng on mailstore node 

yum install zimbra-network-modules-ng
yum install zimbra-connect
yum install zimbra-zimlet-auth
yum install zimbra-docs
yum install zimbra-drive-ng
  • Restart Zimbra mailbox service as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmmailboxdctl restart

Install/Upgrade zimbra-chat for FOSS

  • As root, install the package:
yum install zimbra-chat
  • Restart Zimbra mailbox service as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmmailboxdctl restart


Ubuntu

Installing zimbra packages with system package upgrades

  • Please follow the below steps on all ZCS servers with the following server sequence: LDAP server(s), MTA server(s), Proxy server(s), and Mailbox server(s).
  • As root, check for updates so the server checks there is a new zimbra-patch package in the patch repository:
apt-get update
  • On mailstore node, install the following packages:
apt-get install zimbra-common-core-jar zimbra-common-core-libs zimbra-mbox-store-libs
  • Then update available packages:
apt-get upgrade
  • Restart ZCS as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmcontrol restart

Installing zimbra packages individually for NETWORK and FOSS

Install/Upgradezimbra-ldap-patch on LDAP node

  • As root, install the package:
apt-get install zimbra-ldap-patch
  • Restart ZCS as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmcontrol restart


Install/Upgrade zimbra-mta-components on MTA node

  • As root, install package
apt-get install zimbra-mta-components
  • If snmp is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
apt-get install zimbra-snmp-components
  • Restart amavisd as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmamavisdctl restart

Install/Upgrade zimbra-mta-patch on MTA node

  • As root, install package
apt-get install zimbra-mta-patch
  • If dnscache is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
apt-get install zimbra-dnscache-components
  • Restart amavisd as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmamavisdctl restart


Install/Upgrade zimbra-proxy-patch on Proxy node

  • As root, install package
apt-get install zimbra-proxy-patch
  • Restart proxy as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmproxyctl restart
zmmemcachedctl restart

Install/Upgrade snmp if it is installed on Proxy node 

apt-get install zimbra-snmp-components
  • Restart proxy as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmproxyctl restart


Install/Upgrade zimbra-patch on mailstore node

  • As root, check for updates and install package:
apt-get update
apt-get install zimbra-common-core-jar zimbra-common-core-libs zimbra-mbox-store-libs
apt-get install zimbra-patch
  • If apache is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
apt-get install zimbra-apache-components
  • If spell is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
apt-get install zimbra-spell-components
  • If snmp is installed, upgrade the package before restarting the services:
apt-get install zimbra-snmp-components
  • Restart ZCS as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmcontrol restart


Installing NG packages (NETWORK Only)

Uninstall zimbra-talk on mailstore node

Starting Zimbra 8.8.15 GA, zimbra-connect replaces zimbra-talk. Hence, it is important to remove zimbra-talk before installing zimbra-connect.

  • As root, uninstall the package zimbra-talk:
apt-get remove zimbra-talk

Install/Upgrade zimbra-network-modules-ng, zimbra-connect, zimbra-zimlet-auth, zimbra-docs, zimbra-drive-ng on mailstore node

  • As root, check for updates and install packages:
apt-get update
apt-get install zimbra-network-modules-ng
apt-get install zimbra-connect
apt-get install zimbra-zimlet-auth
apt-get install zimbra-docs
apt-get install zimbra-drive-ng
  • Restart Zimbra mailbox service as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmmailboxdctl restart

Install/Upgrade zimbra-chat for FOSS

  • As root, install package:
apt-get install zimbra-chat
  • Restart Zimbra mailbox service as zimbra user:
su - zimbra
zmmailboxdctl restart
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