Carbonio Backup#
This chapter describes Carbonio Backup, the component that is responsible to back up all the data. The chapter is divided into several sections: at the beginning, an overview of the most common task is given along with pointers to more technical references.
Next, the architecture of Carbonio Backup is described, which includes also important concepts to know beforehand; the concepts will be detailed in the remainder of the chapter.
Finally, the possibilities to backup items and accounts, are detailed, accompanied by the corresponding CLI commands. Tasks that can be carried out from the GUI can be found in Admin Panel’s Backup, while those that can be carried out on both CLI and GUI are cross-referenced between the two sections, to let you choose the favourite way to execute them.
Documentation of the Backup is therefore split in four main parts:
Backup (of a Mailstore) is the current page, which includes: the architecture of the backup modules and a glossary of most relevant terms; the most common operations related to the backup and how to execute them from the CLI
Restore Strategies for the Backup: how to restore items, accounts, or whole Mailstores from the CLI
Advanced Backup Techniques, including Disaster Recovery, a collection of last-resort recovery possibilities after hardware or software errors (not related to Carbonio)
Admin Panel’s Backup, which contains all tasks that can be carried out from the GUI only.