Strange backup problem

[Mikep]

Hi, I'm not able to complete any backup on a vps. No evidence what is happening on logs, dataskq error log or system log or admin system mesages, no failed or completed. I've tried with or without some elements on backup. I see progress on backup monitor till pid simply dies. Any advice on how to debug it?

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

Set a backup task in directadmin and run this in a root shell:

/usr/local/directadmin/dataskq d2000

So you will see the debug info of the process.

And make sure, you've got enough disk space and innodes for creating backups.

 

[Mikep]

Thanks zEitEr for your answer but no luck, pid just dies on tar:

Copying /var/named/workoutsprograms.com.db to /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/workoutsprograms.com/workoutsprograms.com.db
executeAsUser('/bin/nice -n 19 /bin/tar czfp /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/home.tar.gz -C /home/admin/ 2>&1 '.appdata' '.bash_logout' '.bash_profile' '.bashrc' '.php' '.pki' 'Maildir' 'application_backups' 'default_backups' 'php.ini'', 227, admin, 1, '(null)', int *child_pid, *snd, group=(null)) uid=501 gid=502
Terminado
Also tried to tar czfp /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/home.tar.gz -C /home/admin/ 2>&1 '.appdata' '.bash_logout' '.bash_profile' '.bashrc' '.php' '.pki' 'Maildir' 'application_backups' 'default_backups' 'php.ini'' but finish ok without problems. Any other idea?

Regards

 

[Mikep]

More info, this only appears to affect to admin user, other users, included resellers, are doing backups ok.
I fixed admin permissions and tried again, this time pid ended on non_readable_files tar:

Copying /var/named/workoutsprograms.com.db to /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/workoutsprograms.com/workoutsprograms.com.db
executeAsUser('/bin/nice -n 19 /bin/tar czfp /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/home.tar.gz -C /home/admin/ 2>&1 '.appdata' '.bash_logout' '.bash_profile' '.bashrc' '.php' '.pki' 'Maildir' 'application_backups' 'default_backups' 'php.ini'', 227, admin, 1, '(null)', int *child_pid, *snd, group=(null)) uid=501 gid=502
backup: domains hard link check on '/home/admin/domains' - begin
backup: domains hard link check on '/home/admin/domains' - end
Running backup command: /bin/nice -n 19 /bin/tar czfp /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/admin.root.admin.tar.gz --exclude-from=/home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/non_readable_files.list -C /home/admin/admin_backups/admin backup non_readable_files -C /home/admin/ domains > /dev/null
executeAsUser('/bin/nice -n 19 /bin/tar czfp /home/admin/admin_backups/admin/admin.root.admin.tar.gz --exclude-from=/home/admin/admin_backups/admin/backup/non_readable_files.list -C /home/admin/admin_backups/admin backup non_readable_files -C /home/admin/ domains > /dev/null', 262, admin, 2, '(null)', int *child_pid, *snd, group=(null)) uid=501 gid=502
Terminado

Backup monitor shows:

Progreso - 100%

Resumen PID is not currently running
Detalles Cleaning up tracking information.

Regards

 

[zEitEr]

My guess would be the process is killed either from inside your VPS or from outside on master node. Do you have monitor of load, ram usage in VPS control panel? What do they show while you are running backuping processes? Did you try to contact your hosting company?

 

[Mikep]

Thanks zEitEr, you are right, lfd was killig the pid. Never had to pignore user admin till today. No idea why is needed in this vps.

Regards

 

[hmaddy]

The same error happening here also from the last few weeks. not found a permanent solutions.

 

[Richard G]

Please do not up ancient posts for this, come on 7 years. Create a new one for your issue as it's almost certain having another cause.

 

[factor]

The same error happening here also from the last few weeks.

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