Installing Zimbra 6.0.5 64 bit on SLES 11 64 bit

Written by Masim "Vavai" Sugianto OpenSUSE, Zimbra Feb 10, 2010 2,364 views Print This Post Print This Post

Zimbra has published a new update for Zimbra Mail Server & Collaboration Suite, Zimbra 5.0.22 and Zimbra 6.0.5. This is the first update since VMWare acquired Zimbra. I would like to test it to see whether status & logger problem on Zimbra 6.0.4 has been officially solved or not.

I’m currently testing Zimbra 6.0.5 64 bit installation on SLES 11 64 bit, using Xen Hypervisor Guest (paravirtualization). The installation went smooth with only a few modification on SLES as describe below :

  1. Install SLES on text or server mode to prevent any unused services
  2. Edit your /etc/hosts so it will looks like below (change 127.0.0.2 with your Zimbra IP, mine is 192.168.0.31) : 
    127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.0.31 hostname.domain.tld hostname
  3. Add sysstat package using YAST | Software | Software Management or by using  Zypper. Zimbra need another package such as  cron, fetchmail etc, but the installation process has installed all of them by default. 
    zypper in sysstat
  4. Set your DNS so  A and MX records address will point to  Zimbra. I’ve published an article regarding DNS Server configuration to meet with Zimbra Requirement.
  5. Disable Postfix  : 
    service postfix stop
chkconfig postfix off
  6. Download Zimbra binary installer 
    cd /opt
wget -c http://h.yimg.com/lo/downloads/6.0.5_GA/zcs-6.0.5_GA_2213.SLES11_64.20100202233758.tgz
  7. decompress, run the installation script and then follow the wizard 
    tar -zxvf zcs-6.0.5_GA_2213.SLES11_64.20100202233758.tgz
cd zcs-6.0.5_GA_2213.SLES11_64.20100202233758
sh install.sh

Related Entries

15 Responses for “Installing Zimbra 6.0.5 64 bit on SLES 11 64 bit”

  1. dedy says:
    February 12, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Halo Mr Vavai,

    saya coba install zimbra 6.0.5 versi 32bit utk di install di opensuse 11.1
    tapi muncul error sbb:

    /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/lib/i586-linux-thread-multi/auto/Data/UUID/UUID.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr
    instalasi menggunakan script zimbra-auto.tar.gz
    apa pernah ngalaim hal spt diatas? dan bagaimana utk solusiny?

    trims b4

  2. Novell News Summary – Part I: OpenSUSE at FOSDEM 2010, 11.3 Milestone 1, and Build Service 1.7 | Boycott Novell says:
    February 13, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    [...] Sugianto is still deploying mail applications on SLES even though he could use RHEL or CentOS (free of charge, unlike [...]

  3. Sappokus says:
    February 27, 2010 at 1:47 am

    My own zimbra 6.0.5 x64 on Opensuse 11.2 x64 How to!!
    It’s my fisrt post, so please post your comments

    http://sapoku.blogspot.com/2010/02/instalando-zimbra-605-x64-en-opensuse.html

  4. Sappokus says:
    February 27, 2010 at 2:37 am

    My own zimbra 6.0.5 x64 on Opensuse 11.2 x64 How to!!
    It’s my fisrt post, so please post your comments

    now on english

    http://sapoku.blogspot.com/2010/02/installing-zimbra-605-x64-on-opensuse.html

  5. easgs says:
    March 30, 2010 at 2:38 am

    Hi I followed this guide and everething is working exept that the “stats” service is not running, and in the last image there are x in the services, the stats page is asking for flashplayer too.

    Thanks

  6. Vavai says:
    March 30, 2010 at 2:44 am

    Hi Easgs,
    Do you install it on SLES 11 or on openSUSE 11.1 ? Stats and service status on Zimbra 6.0.x+openSUSE need a modification to syslog as mentioned by Sappokus on his blog link. If you install it on SLES 11 as shown in my title, just wait for a few moment until it appeared correctly. Just click on refresh button on the service status.

    The stats page need a flashplayer and it is not Zimbra problem. Just install flashplayer plugin onto your browser and it should not complaining anymore.

  7. easgs says:
    March 30, 2010 at 4:22 am

    I used SLES 11 64 bit, and I have leave the server on for hours and the service doesn`t start, sometimes when restarting the server it start for a few minutes to later stop itself, I am testing this in a virtual vmware lan and the server sends and recieve the email, the only problem that I have found is this.

    By the way, is there a guide to install flash player in SLES 11 64bit, I have installed the rpm from the adobe site and it didn`t work.

    Thanks

  8. User Account Integration between Samba PDC & Zimbra Mail Server on openSUSE / SLES | Spirit of Change says:
    March 31, 2010 at 9:34 am

    [...] use following article to install Zimbra on SLES 11 : Installing Zimbra 6.0.5 64 bit on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 64 bit or use this tutorial : Installing Zimbra 6.0.4 on openSUSE 11.1 64 bit for Zimbra+openSUSE [...]

  9. Genesis says:
    May 15, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    I have an issue with Zimbra Release 6.0.5 64 bit, after the installation, STATS is working perfectly but after 1month, it suddenly stop. I check everything and only stats is the one that stopped.

  10. Vavai says:
    May 15, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    @Genesis,

    Check the permission for folder /opt/zimbra/zmstat. It’s a bug on Zimbra 6.0.5 (and also on 6.0.6), sometimes the permission folder doesn’t correctly owned by Zimbra.

    Solution : chown -R zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/zmstat

  11. Vavai says:
    May 15, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    @Genesis,
    Sorry, forgot to restart your Zimbra stat service.

    Solution :

    chown -R zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/zmstat

    and then

    su – zimbra
    zmstatctl stop
    zmstatctl start

    Wait for a few minutes or more after all service status refresh dan displayed correctly.

  12. Genesis says:
    May 26, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    Thanks Vavai, i will check this one and i’ll let you know what will happen to my issue. Thanks for the response…

  13. Genesis says:
    May 27, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Have you try NetRaid backup for Zimbra? I didnt try yet about Zimbra on DRBD but I want to know if you up this as the same setup from your Zimbra mail server. If you did, may i request to know the HOWTO. Thank you so much..

  14. Genesis says:
    May 27, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Hi Vavai, I’ve check my Zimbra regarding about the STATS and the zmstat is already owned by Zimbra. I verify the permissions and still the STATS is stopped after restart the service. Thank you.

  15. Genesis says:
    July 19, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Hi Vavai, just want to ask if there’s a way that i can filter the spam mails under zimbra server web gui and filter the spam mails and not by user?

Leave a Reply

About Vavai

Masim Vavai Sugianto Masim Vavai Sugianto, Indonesian, male, 32 years old, born and live in Bekasi-West Java, a small town near Jakarta – main city of Indonesia – since 17 May 1976. Founder of Indonesian openSUSE and Zimbra Community, an adventure, travelling and book lover.



I live in a tropical country, Indonesia that only has two seasons, dry season and rainy season. I love the dry season with bright sunshine and rare rain…There is a joke about the seasons in Indonesia. Indonesia is known as a country with so many season, ie : durian season, mango season, married season and much more...



ContactI'm currently working as an IT support for a small company based on Jakarta. My career has led me to specialize in Sysadmin, networking and software implementation with current focus on Linux and open source area. I have experience on MRP, ERP, Gemba Kaizen, Just in Time, Six Sigma and TQC/TQM. Please use my contact page if you wish to contact me.
Log in - BlogNews Theme by Gabfire themes