Failed to perform full backup?

[mteigers]

I have nightly backups configured and they are supposed to send to S3 as well however my logs indicate that the backups are failing altogether

Here is my log:

/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: /var/cpanel/dnsadmin/sock: socket ignored
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from hard link targets
/bin/gtar: /var/cpanel/user_pw_cache/513: Read error at byte 0, while reading 87 bytes: Input/output error
/bin/gtar: /var/cpanel: file changed as we read it
/bin/gtar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
[backup] Failed to perform full backup of /var/cpanel/ to /backup/2014-03-04/system/dirs/_var_cpanel.tar.gz
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
[backup] System backups will not be uploaded to any remote destinations
Notification => [email protected] via EMAIL [level => 2]
Notification => [email protected] via PAGER [level => 2]

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

You may want to look into the following log message:

/bin/gtar: /var/cpanel/user_pw_cache/513: Read error at byte 0, while reading 87 bytes: Input/output error

Have you noticed any additional messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/dmesg that might indicate filesystem errors or a failing hard drive?

Thank you.

 

[mteigers]

Thanks for the response!

I can't seem to read that file:

root@prime [~]# tail -n 15 /var/cpanel/user_pw_cache/513
tail: error reading `/var/cpanel/user_pw_cache/513': Input/output error

Would it be safe to delete?

Also log messages don't appear to indicate anything additional.

 

[cPanelMichael]

You can try moving that file out of the way, but note that it's not normal for a file to display "Input/output error". It indicates a possibility that the file is corrupted.

Thank you.

 

[cPanelPeter]

Hello,

Input/output errors like that are normally a bad indication that hard drive failure is imminent. I recommend you get that drive replaced ASAP. Check dmesg output for disk errors as well.

 

[mteigers]

Awesome... So you're right about the hard drive failing .

Now it's even more important I get these backups working as all of my backups are local...

I'm getting the following errors:

/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: /var/cpanel/dnsadmin/sock: socket ignored
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from hard link targets
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
[backup] System backups will not be uploaded to any remote destinations
Notification => [email protected] via EMAIL [level => 2]
Notification => [email protected] via PAGER [level => 2]

 

[cPanelMichael]

The output in your last response does not show any specific error messages. The message you see is in reference to the system backups uploading to a remote destination. This is documented here:

System Backups

Thank you.