Comments on: The Most Important Post Ever http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html All Things Zimbra Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: padraig http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-64812 padraig Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:56 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-64812 Any change zimbra could integrate with Veritas Netbackup http://www.symantec.com/business/netbackup and others? Any change zimbra could integrate with Veritas Netbackup http://www.symantec.com/business/netbackup
and others?

]]> By: Recent Admin Backup Tidbits - Part 1 » Zimbra :: Blog http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-54788 Recent Admin Backup Tidbits - Part 1 » Zimbra :: Blog Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-54788 [...] our earlier advice to take backups frequently, and secure them offsite - thought we’d highlight a few recent [...] […] our earlier advice to take backups frequently, and secure them offsite - thought we’d highlight a few recent […]

]]> By: DGS http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-51478 DGS Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:03:20 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-51478 Having been bitten quite hard by losing Zimbra once I really concur with the sentiment here ;-) http://www.zimbra.com/forums/installation/5021-upgrade-4-0-3-just-trashed-my-install-without-backup.html This was a personal install with a few friendly users, not a work install, but it hurt all the same. My strategy for Zimbra backup is: 1. shut zimbra instance down 2. rsync zimbra to other spindle on same host (real quick) 3. restart zimbra instance 4. on my backup host, rsync (pull) backup with bandwidth throttle (real slow) I find this reduces the downtime and I always have a backup available on host and remote. Have fun! Having been bitten quite hard by losing Zimbra once I really concur with the sentiment here ;-)

http://www.zimbra.com/forums/installation/5021-upgrade-4-0-3-just-trashed-my-install-without-backup.html

This was a personal install with a few friendly users, not a work install, but it hurt all the same. My strategy for Zimbra backup is:

1. shut zimbra instance down
2. rsync zimbra to other spindle on same host (real quick)
3. restart zimbra instance
4. on my backup host, rsync (pull) backup with bandwidth throttle (real slow)

I find this reduces the downtime and I always have a backup available on host and remote.

Have fun!

]]> By: Wyatt http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-32987 Wyatt Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:03:27 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-32987 Yeah.. Did that to my home directory once. I was using synergy and my cursor went back to my laptop without me realizing it. I typed "rm -R *". When it didn't show up I hit enter a couple of times to try to figure out where my cursor was. Doh! Yeah.. Did that to my home directory once. I was using synergy and my cursor went back to my laptop without me realizing it. I typed “rm -R *”. When it didn’t show up I hit enter a couple of times to try to figure out where my cursor was. Doh!

]]> By: Baylink http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-31793 Baylink Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:33:20 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-31793 And just a reminder to the new kids: Spinning magnetic storage is *not* a backup. If it's not on a tape you can walk out of the building with and lock up somewhere, it's not a backup. Period. End of report. I have backups I can still read on tape that are over 10 years old. Try that with a hard drive, much less a DVD. Really: DLT, SDLT, LTO. Anything else, and you're just kidding yourself. People will tell you I'm wrong. But I don't lose data. :-) And just a reminder to the new kids:

Spinning magnetic storage is *not* a backup.

If it’s not on a tape you can walk out of the building with and lock up somewhere, it’s not a backup. Period. End of report.

I have backups I can still read on tape that are over 10 years old.

Try that with a hard drive, much less a DVD.

Really: DLT, SDLT, LTO. Anything else, and you’re just kidding yourself.

People will tell you I’m wrong. But I don’t lose data. :-)

]]> By: ® http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-30394 ® Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:11:42 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-30394 Just wanted to say "Thanks", for the reminder. On your suggestion I'm creating monthly tars of full server backups. Just wanted to say “Thanks”, for the reminder. On your suggestion I’m creating monthly tars of full server backups.

]]> By: dwmtractor http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-28068 dwmtractor Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:58:44 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-28068 ISCSI is great to prevent loss due to hardware failure but it is NOT going to protect you against John's tale of woe. I have my script ftp a copy of my current backup archive to a completely different machine in a completely different building for this very reason. All your backup eggs should not be in one box, nor should they be under the command of one OS with one command line. Any iSCSI mount is still subject to a random rm command; it's a little harder if you actually have to log onto the different box to get at the file. Sometimes simple really is safer! And I've rm'ed a whole data partition on a central business system too, so I feel your pain -- well some of it; at least I had a systape and backup. . . ISCSI is great to prevent loss due to hardware failure but it is NOT going to protect you against John’s tale of woe. I have my script ftp a copy of my current backup archive to a completely different machine in a completely different building for this very reason. All your backup eggs should not be in one box, nor should they be under the command of one OS with one command line. Any iSCSI mount is still subject to a random rm command; it’s a little harder if you actually have to log onto the different box to get at the file.

Sometimes simple really is safer!

And I’ve rm’ed a whole data partition on a central business system too, so I feel your pain — well some of it; at least I had a systape and backup. . .

]]> By: Greg M. Smith http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-27523 Greg M. Smith Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:36:50 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-27523 AMEN BROTHER! AMEN BROTHER!

]]> By: Andre http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-27512 Andre Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:39:47 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-27512 I remember back in my frist few days of linux in 2001 or 2002.. i was trying to get a new telnet client installed at my home office linux box with my bro and i did rm -rf /etc without thinking... and well i learnt my lesson back then too :) I remember back in my frist few days of linux in 2001 or 2002.. i was trying to get a new telnet client installed at my home office linux box with my bro and i did rm -rf /etc without thinking… and well i learnt my lesson back then too :)

]]> By: Simon http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-27465 Simon Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:56:25 +0000 http://www.zimbrablog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/the-most-important-post-ever.html#comment-27465 That's why after searching around for a post backup function in NE, that I created my own, to tar up the last backup session, and ftp it to another server. At least I now have two copies of the Zimbra backups. That’s why after searching around for a post backup function in NE, that I created my own, to tar up the last backup session, and ftp it to another server. At least I now have two copies of the Zimbra backups.

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