You can move Zimbra system Open Source edition to a new server using rsync command following these steps: Note: If and only if the Operating System is going to be same on both old and new server.
- Stop your existing ZCS using “zmcontrol stop”.
- Check if no zimbra process is running if so kill that process.
- Do a cold and offline backup of /opt/zimbra directory using rsync command:
# rsync -avrlHKpogDt /opt/zimbra /opt/zimbra.bak
- Copy the zimbra.bak file to the new server.
- On new server, install the same version of ZCS and Keep the “hostname” and “zmhostname” same as old server.
- Stop ZCS on new server using “zmcontrol stop”.
- Remove the complete zimbra directory:
# rm -rf /opt/zimbra
- Restore from cold backup using rsync command:
# rsync -avrlHKpogDt /opt/zimbra.bak /opt/zimbra