Zimbra Account Export / Import

How to Import Existing Accounts from One Zimbra to Another

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https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Zmmailbox#Export.2Fimport_an_entire_account

On the Zimbra where we will export our account FROM:

$ dzdo -iu zimbra
[zimbra@tmbdevmbx2 ~]$ /opt/zimbra/bin/zmmailbox -z -m nils@tmbdevmbx2.turkcell.tgc -t 0 getRestURL “//?fmt=tgz” > /tmp/account.tgz

On the Zimbra where we will import our account TO:

You need to add your “domain” and after that, you need to create the same account here.

Later, we transfer “account.tgz” file to our Zimbra on Vagrant. We run “Import” command. Whichever store manager we are using (we may be using our own via an extension, you can see my post here), mail files are transported via it.

➜ CentOSZimbra3 vagrant scp /Users/senoritadev/Downloads/account.tgz .
chmod 777 account.tgz
[vagrant@zimbrathree ~]$ sudo cp account.tgz /opt/zimbra
sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmmailbox -z -m nils@tmbdevmbx2.turkcell.tgc -t 0 postRestURL “//?fmt=tgz&resolve=reset” /opt/zimbra/account.tgz

Import command calls “saveCallback” method which is in https://github.com/Zimbra/zm-mailbox/blob/develop/store/src/java/com/zimbra/cs/service/formatter/ArchiveFormatter.java. From here, “addItem” method is entered and then, StoreManager code is executed after “Mailbox.addMessage” is called.

Happy Coding!