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Why are there two different backup entries in crontab?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by electric, Dec 23, 2013.

  1. electric

    electric Well-Known Member

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    Hello,

    The crontab for all our servers have two different backup entries:


    Code:
    15 0 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
    Are both of these necessary? If not, which one is the correct entry?

    (We are using the "new" backup system and have disabled the legacy system.)

    Thanks.
     
    #1 electric, Dec 23, 2013
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    The 1st one ("cpbackup") is for the legacy backup, and if legacy backup is disabled it does nothing.
     
    #2 quietFinn, Dec 23, 2013
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    Hello :)

    Yes, it's normal to see both entries. The "/scripts/cpbackup" entry is for legacy backups and the "/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup" entry is for the new backup system. Note that the existence of the cron job does not mean backups are enabled. The scripts make that determination each time they run.

    Thank you.
     
    #3 cPanelMichael, Dec 24, 2013
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    Are you sure this is not reversed? As a test, I removed both backup entries from the crontab. Then I went into WHM and clicked the "Configure cPanel Cron Jobs" link and set the backup cron job to run at 00:15. Now I only have one cron job listed in crontab:

    In WHM, I have disabled legacy backups, and have enabled the new backup system.

    So it seems something is not right somewhere? Let me know what you think...
     
    #4 electric, Dec 24, 2013
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    It's because "Configure cPanel Cron Jobs" does not support the new backup system (yet).
     
    #5 quietFinn, Dec 24, 2013
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    Ah, I forgot.. this is cpanel... I should have expected that. :rolleyes:

    If anyone from cpanel is reading this, you might possibly want to maybe perhaps consider adding a note in the WHM modify cron page that explains this backup cron is ONLY for the old legacy backup system.

    :)
     
    #6 electric, Dec 24, 2013
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    Seriously? You work for cpanel, right? Well, if you think this is something that would benefit *your* customers, then go for it. My posting into the features request is just going to get buried under the 300 other requests. People aren't going to use their votes to raise this one to the top, so it won't be implemented due to massive user demand, that's for sure. The only way this has a chance to get put into prod is if someone working at cpanel says, "Ya.. that makes sense. Duh."
     
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    Hello :)

    A feature request is actually not necessary in this case because the cron job for the new backup system is going to be added to the "Cron Config" plugin in cPanel version 11.42 per internal case 85381.

    Thank you.
     
    #9 cPanelMichael, Dec 24, 2013
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