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pmgbackup(1)
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NAME
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pmgbackup - Proxmox Mail Gateway Backup and Restore Utility


SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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Backup and Restore
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{pmg} includes the ability to backup and restore the
configuration. This includes the complete config from `/etc/pmg/`, the
mail filter rules and the statistic database.

NOTE: The backup does not include the network setup, and also no mail
data from the postfix queue or the spam or virus quarantine.

You can create a backup by simply pressing the 'Backup' button on the
GUI, or by using the command line interface:

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# pmgbackup backup
starting backup to: /var/lib/pmg/backup/pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz
backup finished
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Backups are stored inside directory `/var/lib/pmg/backup/`. It is
usually best to mount a remote file system to that directory, so that
the resulting backups gets stored remotely.

You can list the contents of that directory with:

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# pmgbackup list
....
pmg-backup_2017_11_10_5A05D4B9.tgz      17012
pmg-backup_2017_11_13_5A09676A.tgz      16831
pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz      21514
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Restores are also possible using the GUI or command line, and you can
select what parts you want to restore:

System Configuration::

Basically the contents of `/etc/pmg/`.

Rule Database::

The mail filter rule database.

Statistic::

All statistical data.

For examply, you can selectively restore the mail filter rules from an
older backup:

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# pmgbackup restore --filename pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz --database 
starting restore: /var/lib/pmg/backup/pmg-backup_2018_01_04_5A4E0436.tgz
config_backup.tar: OK
Proxmox_ruledb.sql: OK
Proxmox_statdb.sql: OK
version.txt: OK
Destroy existing rule database
Create new database
run analyze to speed up database queries
Analyzing/Upgrading existing Databases...done
restore finished
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