Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula + Zimbra: Run Before Backup

[Bill A. <wa...@pr...>]

On 3/20/25 3:56 AM, Bruno Bartels (Intero Technologies) wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
> thank you very much for your detailed answer. Reading the details from your answer,
> everythings seems convincingly.
> 
> I have discussed the issue yesterday with an other admin/devops. I think I've stressed out the wrong
> point - sorry! We think our issue is:
> 
> zmbackup (native backup of zimbra) doesn't run in foreground, it immediately gets to background after starting.This prevents bacula from
> waiting for completion.
> I've extended the parameters with "-sync", this lets it run foreground.
> 
> First tests I have made in bacula ran good (couldn't test the whole backup because it generates Load on the Zimbra Server
> and users are working with Zimbra).
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Bruno

Ahhh!  Excellent!

It has been more than 10 years since I was pretty much the same thing you are with Bacula and Zimbra.

Glad you got it sorted out!


Best regards,
Bill

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