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Data Recovery on Mac OS X

 

This article describes the different ways of performing data recovery on Mac OS X for Kerio Connect.

Note: You need Superuser privileges to run kmsrecover commands.

From the Terminal app, run sudo su - root and enter your Administrator password.

 

Full Backup Recovery

Conditions

  • The configuration data is stored at the default location: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  • The store directory is located in a directory on a separate disk: /store
  • The backup directory is stored on an external disc: /Volumes/backup

Solution

  1. Go to the Kerio Connect installation directory: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  2. Run the kmsrecover command:
    • If the path to the Kerio Connect installation directory is included in the path variable:
      kmsrecover /Volumes/backup
    • If the path to the Kerio Connect installation directory is not included in the path variable:
      ./kmsrecover /Volumes/backup

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The kmsrecover detects the path to the store automatically in the Kerio Connect's configuration file and recovers all items.

 

Single User Mailbox Recovery

Conditions

  • The configuration data is stored at the default location: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  • The backup directory is stored on an external disc: /Volumes/backup
  • The mailbox will be saved out of the Kerio Connect's store folder in /Tempdirectory.

Solutions

  1. Go to the Kerio Connect installation directory: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  2. Run the kmsrecover command:
    ./kmsrecover -d company.com -u <username> -s <filenameincludingfolderpath>

The kmsrecover detects the path to the store automatically in the Kerio Connect's configuration file and recovers all items.

 

Single User Folder Recovery

Conditions

  • The configuration data is stored at the default location: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  • The backup directory is stored on an external disc: /Volumes/backup
  • The Sent Items folder will be recovered.
  • The recovery process will be monitored through the verbose mode.

Solution

  1. Go to the Kerio Connect installation directory: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  2. Run the kmsrecover command:
    ./kmsrecover -v -d company.com -u <username> -f "Sent Items" <filenameincludingfolderpath>

The kmsrecover detects the path to the store automatically in the Kerio Connect's configuration file and recovers all items.

 

Particular Domain Public Folders Recovery

Conditions

  • The configuration data is stored at the default location: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  • The backup directory is stored on an external disk: /Volumes/backup
  • The original public folders will also be kept.

Solution

  1. Go to the Kerio Connect installation directory: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver
  2. Run the kmsrecover command:
    ./kmsrecover -b -d company.com -m public /Volumes/backup

The kmsrecover detects the path to the store automatically in the Kerio Connect's configuration file and recovers all items.

 

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Confirmation

 

Upon following the respective steps for all the 4 different types of data recovery on Mac OS X (i.e., Full Backup Recovery, Single User Mailbox Recovery, Single User Folder Recovery, and Particular Domain Public Folders Recovery), the data and the files can now be recovered successfully.

 

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  1. Priyanka Bhotika

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