[horde] Howto do a full horde groupware backup of user data (email, calendar, address books, notes...)

[Steffen]

On Fri, 15 May 2015, Arjen de Korte wrote:

>> Encouraging all users to do a manual backup using the horde web features is
>> also not an option as I’m looking for a fully automated solution.
>> 
>> Please note that I'm not talking about backup of the horde installation and
>> configuration, I want to backup the user data.
>> 
>> I checked the Wiki and did extensive web research includin the mailing
>> list, but I was not able to found a solution.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>
> Use whatever tool is used for the database you use. I use MySQL, so in my 
> case that's mysqldump. Given the number of users, I wouldn't bother selecting 
> what to backup and what not, just backup the whole horde database. This is 
> easily automated in a cronjob. If you're using a different database, 
> backup/restore utilities are usually part of it.

I think Wolf's intention is to provide data for users, if something goes 
wrong. Say, an user deletes one calendar accidently. So one can restore 
that calendar somehow. If you make a complete backup, you need to setup 
another instance and export the data from there. It would be easier, if 
there would be a backup of that calendar alone.

I would like to backup a single user's data before I remove the user from 
Horde, in case to restore the data quickly, if the user returns.

-- 
Steffen