Zimbra Suite Plus/Zimbra Backup Plus/Purge
Zimbra Backup Plus - Purge
Zimbra Backup Plus - Purge
What is the Backup Purge?
The Backup Purge is a cleanup operation that removes from the Backup Path any deleted item which exceeded the retention time defined by the "Data Retention Policy".
How does it work?
The Purge engine scans through the metadata of all deleted items, and removes any item whose last update (deletion) timestamp is higher than the retention time.
Should an item BLOB still be referenced by one or more valid metadata files - due to Zimbra Backup Plus's built-in deduplication - the BLOB itself will not be deleted.
Zimbra Suite Plus comes with Postfix Customizations backed up by Zimbra Backup Plus also follow the backup path's purge policies: this can be changed in the "Zimbra Backup Plus" section of the Zimbra Suite Plus Administration Zimlet by unchecking the "Purge old customizations" checkbox.
When is a Backup Purge executed?
- Weekly, if the Scan Operation Scheduling is enabled in the Zimbra Suite Plus Administration Zimlet.
- When manually started either via the Zimbra Suite Plus Administration Console or the Zimbra Suite Plus CLI.
"Infinite" retention
Should the "Data Retention Policy" be set to "0", meaning infinite retention, the Backup Purge will immediately exit since no deleted item will ever exceed the retention time.
Running a Backup Purge
Starting the Backup Purge via the Zimbra Suite Plus Administration Zimlet
- Click the Zimbra Backup Plus tab (be sure to have a valid License).
- Click the "Run Purge" button on the top-right part of the UI.
Starting the Backup Purge via the Zimbra Suite Plus CLI
To start a BackupPurge via the Zimbra Suite Plus CLI the "doPurge" command is available
Syntax: zxsuite backup doPurge [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...]] PARAMETER LIST NAME TYPE purgeDays(O) String backup_path(O) Path (M) == mandatory parameter, (O) == optional parameter Usage example: zxsuite backup dopurge purgeDays 30 backup_path /opt/zimbra/backup/backup_name
Checking the status of a running Backup Purge
To check the status of a running Purge via the Zimbra Suite Plus CLI the "monitor" command is available
Syntax: zxsuite backup monitor {operation_uuid} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...]] PARAMETER LIST NAME TYPE operation_uuid(M) Uiid operation_host(O) String (M) == mandatory parameter, (O) == optional parameter
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