Backup creating two sets of backups

[SamAdu]

Hello,

I have two servers that I manually run weekly backups using the backup script /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup --force

The issue is that, every time I run the backup, it ends up creating two sets of the backups in two different directories like:

/backup/2019-03-17 and
/backup/weekly/2019-03-17

Due to this, the backup usually fails since the two backup sets use up all the available space on the drive.

How can I ensure the backup only generates a single set?


Thanks

 

[GOT]

Disable the weekly backups in the backup config. If you set the daily to only run one day a week you'll end up with one backup weekly and you won't even have to run them by hand.

 

[SamAdu]

Disable the weekly backups in the backup config. If you set the daily to only run one day a week you'll end up with one backup weekly and you won't even have to run them by hand.

Thanks for the information. I will try that and see.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello @SamAdu,

You can take a look at the document linked below to learn about backup retention behavior:

Backup Retention Behavior - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation

If the behavior you see isn't matching our documentation, can you run the command below and share the output here?

cat /var/cpanel/backups/config

Thank you.

 

[SamAdu]

Hi @cPanelMichael,

thanks for your reply. The behavior is actually different from the backup retention described in the link you added.

The backups creates two sets of the same backup run instead.

I have modified the backup configurations to what @GOT suggested but I have to wait till weekend before I can execute the backup since I can't afford the additional load the backup adds to the server on the weekdays.

I will update this thread with the outcome.

Below is the configurations file content (modified to what @GOT suggested):

[[email protected] ~]# cat /var/cpanel/backups/config
---
BACKUPACCTS: 'yes'
BACKUPBWDATA: 'no'
BACKUPDAYS: 0
BACKUPDIR: /home/1BACKUP
BACKUPENABLE: 'yes'
BACKUPFILES: 'yes'
BACKUPLOGS: 'no'
BACKUPMOUNT: 'no'
BACKUPSUSPENDEDACCTS: 'no'
BACKUPTYPE: compressed
BACKUP_DAILY_ENABLE: 'yes'
BACKUP_DAILY_RETENTION: 1
BACKUP_MONTHLY_DATES: 1
BACKUP_MONTHLY_ENABLE: 'no'
BACKUP_MONTHLY_RETENTION: 1
BACKUP_WEEKLY_DAY: 0
BACKUP_WEEKLY_ENABLE: 'no'
BACKUP_WEEKLY_RETENTION: 1
CHECK_MIN_FREE_SPACE: 1
DISABLE_METADATA: 'no'
ERRORTHRESHHOLD: 3
FORCE_PRUNE_DAILY: 1
FORCE_PRUNE_MONTHLY: 0
FORCE_PRUNE_WEEKLY: 0
GZIPRSYNCOPTS: --rsyncable
KEEPLOCAL: 1
LINKDEST: 0
LOCALZONESONLY: 'yes'
MAXIMUM_RESTORE_TIMEOUT: 21600
MAXIMUM_TIMEOUT: 7200
MIN_FREE_SPACE: 5
MIN_FREE_SPACE_UNIT: percent
MYSQLBACKUP: both
POSTBACKUP: 'no'
PREBACKUP: -1
PSQLBACKUP: 'no'

 

[cPanelMichael]

The behavior is actually different from the backup retention described in the link you added.

The backups creates two sets of the same backup run instead.

I have modified the backup configurations to what @GOT suggested but I have to wait till weekend before I can execute the backup since I can't afford the additional load the backup adds to the server on the weekdays.

I will update this thread with the outcome.

Below is the configurations file content (modified to what @GOT suggested):

It's normal for two copies of your backups to exist when enabling both daily and weekly backups. Now that you've disabled weekly backups, the extra copy should no longer generate (though you may want to manually delete the existing weekly backups). Let us know if you notice different results.

Thank you.

 

[SamAdu]

I initially had only weekly backups enabled though but it was still creating two copies.

After disabling the weekly backups and enabling only the daily backups as initially suggested [email protected], it only generates a single backup set.

This issue is solved.

Thanks.

 

[cPanelMichael]

I initially had only weekly backups enabled though but it was still creating two copies.

Can you share a screenshot of the previous backup settings you were using (without saving the previous settings) in WHM >> Backup Configuration?

Thank you.