accidently deleted user

[sbdcunha]

dear all,

I just accidentally deleted user through the admin panel
can i restore the user and all his earlier mails with zimbra itself or the zextras backup and restore module
I am using zimbra foss version 7.12
please let me know

regards

ben

[Cine]

Hello sbdcunha,
welcome to the forums!

The ZeXtras Backup module of ZeXtras Suite offers the "Restore Deleted Account" feature, which allows you to easily restore a deleted account: to use this feature, simply click on the "Restore Deleted Account" button in the "ZxBackup" secton of the ZeXtras Administration Zimlet.

Have a nice day,
Cine
the ZeXtras Team

[sbdcunha]

dear cine,

Really appreciate your immediate reply.

since I did not have ZeXtras Suite installed at the time of accidental deletion of user, can i install the 30 days trail version now and will i be able to recover the user and his mails.

kindly let me know

i will pursue with the management and do my best to buy the license version .

Thanks and regards and
God Bless U

ben

[Cine]

Hello sbdcunha!

In Zimbra, once an user is deleted all of the appropriate Database entries and BLOB files are immediately deleted - so if there was no backup system safeguarding a copy of the information there is no way to recover the user...

Have a nice day,
Cine
the ZeXtras Team

[sbdcunha]

dear Cine,

Thanks for the reply
i really appreciate

regards

simon

[d0s0n]

Hi simon,

I'm sorry but ZeXtras Backup, like any other backup software, can only restore data from the backupped copy... there's no way to recover deleted data from zimbra without a previous backup!

Have a nice day.
D0s0n

[sbdcunha]

Thanks guys for you quick response.
by the way can you please tell me the cost of license for ZeXtras suite so i can pursue with my management for purchase

secondly i did have a backup as below
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#!/bin/bash


/usr/bin/rsync -avHK --delete /opt/zimbra/ /root/backup

# Stop Zimbra Services
su - zimbra -c"/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol stop"
#
sleep 25

# Kill any orphaned Zimbra processes
ORPHANED=`ps -u zimbra -o "pid="` && kill -9 $ORPHANED
#
# Sync to backup directory
/usr/bin/rsync -avHK --delete /opt/zimbra/ /root/backup

# Restart Zimbra Services
su - zimbra -c "/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start"
#
#
-------------
this is automated with a cron job every night

is there a way i can find out the store directory of the user where his mails reside

appreciate your help

regards

simon

[Cine]

Hello Simon!

You can find a nice article about Zimbra's DB/file structure here

Given the script you posted, however, I'd say the chances to recover the deleted items from the backup are very low since your rsync command deletes from the destination directory any file that has been deleted from the source.
While that kind of backup is very useful as a "last resort" for Disaster Recovery I won't say it's optimal for the task you need to perform...

Have a nice day,
Cine
the ZeXtras Team