This is first command in Zimbra mail server which we need to care about zimbra server service status. All services should be running on server. If any of service get stop working than your mail server will stop working . In this troutorial we will look how to check zimbra status, stop, start and restart service.
Check Zimbra Service status using zmcontrol command:
Login with zimbra user
[root@server ~]# su – zimbra
Run command to check status
[zimbra@server ~]$ zmcontrol status
Host server.example.com
amavis Running
antispam Running
antivirus Running
ldap Running
logger Running
mailbox Running
memcached Running
mta Running
opendkim Running
proxy Running
service webapp Running
snmp Running
spell Running
stats Running
zimbra webapp Running
zimbraAdmin webapp Running
zimlet webapp Running
zmconfigd Running
Note: As you seen above all services are running properly on ZCS 8.6 version.
Run command to stop all zimbra service ( If require )
[zimbra@server ~]$ zmcontrol stop
Host server.example.com
Stopping vmware-ha...skipped.
Stopping zmconfigd...Done.
Stopping zimlet webapp...Done.
Stopping zimbraAdmin webapp...Done.
Stopping zimbra webapp...Done.
Stopping service webapp...Done.
Stopping stats...Done.
Stopping mta...Done.
Stopping spell...Done.
Stopping snmp...Done.
Stopping cbpolicyd...Done.
Stopping archiving...Done.
Stopping opendkim...Done.
Stopping amavis...Done.
Stopping antivirus...Done.
Stopping antispam...Done.
Stopping proxy...Done.
Stopping memcached...Done.
Stopping mailbox...Done.
Stopping logger...Done.
Stopping dnscache...Done.
Stopping ldap...Done.
Run command to start zimbra service
[zimbra@server ~]$ zmcontrol start
Host server.example.com
Starting zmconfigd...Done.
Starting logger...Done.
Starting mailbox...Done.
Starting memcached...Done.
Starting proxy...Done.
Starting amavis...Done.
Starting antispam...Done.
Starting antivirus...Done.
Starting opendkim...Done.
Starting snmp...Done.
Starting spell...Done.
Starting mta...Done.
Starting stats...Done.
Starting service webapp...Done.
Starting zimbra webapp...Done.
Starting zimbraAdmin webapp...Done.
Starting zimlet webapp...Done.
Run command to Restart zimbra service
[zimbra@server ~]$ zmcontrol restart