whm /ftp backups work for a few days then stop

[jetter]

clarification...The backup don't stop but the ftp to the remote location does.

Currently I see the following info

# grep -H '' /usr/local/cpanel/version /var/cpanel/envtype
version:11.40.1.11

cat /etc/cpbackup.conf
BACKUPENABLE yes
BACKUPFTPDIR backup
BACKUPTYPE normal
BACKUPINC no
BACKUPACCTS no
BACKUPINT weekly
BACKUPDIR /backup
MYSQLBACKUP both
BACKUPMOUNT no
LOCALZONESONLY no
BACKUPRETDAILY 0
DIEIFNOTMOUNTED no
BACKUPRETWEEKLY 1
GZIPRSYNCOPTS --rsyncable
BACKUPLOGS no
BACKUPRETMONTHLY 0
BACKUPFTPUSER techteam
COMPRESSACCTS yes
BACKUPFTPHOST 12.235.66.130
BACKUPDAYS 0,1,2,3,4,5,6
PREBACKUP 0
BACKUPFILES yes
LINKDEST no
BACKUPFTPPASSIVE yes
POSTBACKUP 0
BACKUP2 yes
USEBINARYPKGACCT no
BACKUPFTPTIMEOUT 120
BACKUPCHECK yes
BACKUPBWDATA yes


zgrep cpbackup /var/log/cron*
/var/log/cron:Mar 3 01:00:01 vps768 crond[28396]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron:Mar 4 01:00:01 vps768 crond[13364]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Feb 24 01:00:01 vps768 crond[15859]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Feb 25 01:00:01 vps768 crond[30277]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Feb 26 01:00:01 vps768 crond[11441]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Feb 27 01:00:01 vps768 crond[24022]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Feb 28 01:00:01 vps768 crond[1356]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Mar 1 01:00:01 vps768 crond[7221]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.1:Mar 2 01:00:01 vps768 crond[13672]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.2:Feb 17 01:00:01 vps768 crond[9798]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.2:Feb 18 01:00:01 vps768 crond[21893]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.3:Feb 10 01:00:01 vps768 crond[22158]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.3:Feb 11 01:00:01 vps768 crond[21749]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.3:Feb 12 01:00:01 vps768 crond[23954]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.3:Feb 13 01:00:01 vps768 crond[22130]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.3:Feb 14 01:00:01 vps768 crond[25872]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.3:Feb 15 01:00:01 vps768 crond[25873]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 3 01:00:01 vps768 crond[14195]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 4 01:00:01 vps768 crond[19742]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 5 01:00:01 vps768 crond[24053]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 6 01:00:01 vps768 crond[20141]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 7 01:00:01 vps768 crond[22482]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 8 01:00:01 vps768 crond[20408]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)
/var/log/cron.4:Feb 9 01:00:01 vps768 crond[23984]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup)



crontab -l -u root | grep cpbackup
0 1 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup

/etc/init.d/crond status
crond (pid 3758) is running...


chkconfig --list crond
crond 0ff 1ff 2n 3n 4n 5n 6ff

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

I notice you are using the legacy backup system instead of the new backup system that was introduced in cPanel version 11.38. Have you considered switching to the new backup system or is there an aspect that's preventing you from doing so?

Thank you.