In this Zimbra Administrator’s PowerTip, we’ll discuss how to move your instance of Zimbra to another machine. It applies to all version of Zimbra. (more…)
Archive | PowerTips – Admins
Making Zimbra & BIND Work Together
Configuring BIND and Zimbra on the same machine is a hot topic over in the forums. Zimbra checks to make sure that you have the correct MX an A records. In this Administrator’s PowerTip, we’ll discuss how to install and setup BIND and Zimbra on the same machine. (more…)
Exporting and Importing Zimbra LDAP Data
The reasons can vary from an emergency restore of user accounts, to changing system architecture. In this Administrator’s PowerTip we will discuss how to export(dump) LDAP data to disk, and re import it. (more…)
mailbox.log: The King of Zimbra Log Files
As many of our Administrators know, Zimbra Collaboration Suite logs just about everything. One of the most integral is the mailbox.log located in /opt/zimbra/log . In this Administrator’s PowerTip, we’ll cover some common entries in the mailbox.log file, and what they mean. *Note- This is an administrator PowerTip intended for System Administrators of Zimbra Collaboration […]
Creating UNIX and Windows accounts in LDAP with the Zimbra Admin UI
Today we posted to Zimbra Gallery three extensions for Zimbra Admin UI that allow managing Posix and Samba accounts in Zimbra’s Admin UI. A detailed HOWTo that explains how to use the extensions and configure Linux and Samba to use Zimbra LDAP is now is Zimbra wiki.
4.5, admins, and backup/restore
ZCS 4.5 helps make admins’ jobs easier — a lot easier in some cases. This post discusses advanced search in the admin console, backup and restore in the admin console, backup performance improvements, and good policies for creating a recoverable system. Advanced Search for Users, Domains, Servers We’ve added an advanced search capability to the […]