Zx Backup: External Restore
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What is the External Restore?
The External Restore is one of the Restore Modes of ZxBackup.
How does it work?
The External Restore adds to the current Zimbra server all the data, metadata and configurations stored on an External Backup.
This also applies to ZeXtras Migration Tool exports, allowing you to import domains from other servers. See the ZeXtras Migration Tool Guide for extended informations.
The workflow of the import procedure is the following:
PHASE1
- "Operation Started" notification
- Read Server Backup Data
- Create empty Domains
- Create needed COS (only those effectively used by the imported accounts)
- Create empty DLs
- Create empty Accounts
- Restore all Accounts' attributes
- Restore all Domains' attributes
- Restore all DLs' attributes and share informations
- "PHASE1 Feedback" Notification
PHASE2
- Restore all Items
PHASE3
- Restore all Mountpoints and Datasources
- "Operation Ended" notification with complete feedback
Before you start
If you are working on a Multistore environment be sure to have read and understood the Multistore informations page before starting an External Restore.
If ZeXtras Backup is already initialized on the destination server, disable the RealTime Scanner in order to improve both memory usage and I/O performances.
In order to reduce the I/O overhead and the amount of disk space used for the migration, advanced users may tweak or disable Zimbra's RedoLog for the duration of the import.
In order to further reduce the amount of disk space used, it's possible to enable compression on your Current Primary Volume before starting the import. If you do not wish to use a compressed Primary Volume after migration, it's possible to create a new and uncompressed Primary Volume, set it to "Current" and the switch the old one to "Secondary". All of this can be done using ZeXtras Powerstore.
Running an External Restore
Via the ZeXtras Administration Zimlet
- Click the Backup tab (be sure to have a valid License).
- Click on the "Import Backup" button under "Import/Export" to open the Import Backup wizard.
- Enter the Destination Path in the textbox and press Forward. ZeXtras will check if the destination folder contains a valid ZeXtras backup and whether the 'zimbra' user has Read permissions or not.
- Select the domains you want to import and press Forward.
- Select the accounts you want to import and press Forward.
- Verify all your choices in the Operation Summary window. You can also add additional email addresses to be notified when the Restore operation is finished. Please notice that the Admin account and the User who started the Restore procedure are notified by default.
Via the ZeXtras CLI
To start an External Restore operation, the "doExternalRestore" command is available:
Syntax: zxsuite backup doExternalRestore {source_path} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...]] PARAMETER LIST NAME TYPE EXPECTED VALUES DEFAULT source_path(M) Path accounts(O) Account Name[,..] all domains(O) Domain Name[,..] all filter_deleted(O) Boolean true|false true skip_system_accounts(O) Boolean true|false true skip_aliases(O) Boolean true|false false skip_distribution_lists(O) Boolean true|false false provisioning_only(O) Boolean true|false false skip_coses(O) Boolean true|false false notifications(O) Email Address (M) == mandatory parameter, (O) == optional parameter Usage example: zxsuite backup doexternalrestore /opt/zimbra/backup/restorePath/ accounts john@example.com,jack@example.com domains example.com filter_deleted false skip_system_accounts false Restores the example.com domain, including all system accounts, and the john@example.com and jack@example.com accounts from a backup located in /opt/zimbra/backup/restorePath/
Speeding up the restore through multithreading
Staring from Zextras Suite 2.4.3, the concurrent_accounts parameter allows to restore multiple accounts at the same time, thus greatly speeding up the restore process. This feature is not available via GUI.
Usage example: zxsuite backup doExternalRestore /tmp/external1 domains example0.com,example1.com concurrent_accounts 5 Restores the example0.com and example1.com domain, excluding system accounts, restoring 5 accounts at same time from a backup located in /tmp/external1
After the Restore: Message Deduplication
Running a Message Deduplication operation through ZeXtras Powerstore is highly suggested in order to save precious storage space.