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backups

  1. Talistech

    Resolved Backups failing since a couple days: Unable to run the backup agent

    Hi fellow Pleskians, My backups recently started failing a couple days ago. This is the error I am getting: Upon checking the journalctl logs while trying to take a backup, I see that it restarts every couple minutes because it crashes itself. You cna find the log trace on the bottom. As far...
  2. J

    Question Two local backup copies on the disk when local and remote are requested?

    I have my site's backups set up so that I keep a scheduled local and remote (Google Drive) copy -- full backup every week, incrementals in between. This is working: if I go to Tools and Settings > Backup Manager after a full backup, and both are there, one with a Google Drive logo. This is...
  3. Quinten

    Resolved MariaDB Backup issue

    Hello, Since a week ago there seems to be an issue with my backups on one of my servers The backup is incomplete with a bunch of these same message. I looked up the error and found some topics on ehre but none of the solutions seem to work for me. I attached my 50-server.cnf and the my.cnf are...
  4. D

    Issue Scheduled backups to FTP server don't work

    Hello everyone, At work we have a dedicated server with a remote FTP server. We configured the backups to be stored on that remote FTP server. It was working fine since we configured it however 2 days ago the backups started to fail. 3 days ago the remote ftp server reached the 500gb limit and...
  5. D

    Issue Plesk not sending backup notifications

    Hí, I have a Plesk server that does not send email notifications when a backup is finished. Things I double checked: Other plesk notification are being delivered and received successfully. /var/log/maillog does not show any activity related to the backup notification email...
  6. E

    Question Strategy for full-disk backups

    I have a Plesk installation on a bare-metal server. For peace-of-mind backups I was thinking about this solution: - A network drive (storage box) attached to the machine, to be used only for backups - A simple cron with rsync running once a day and copying everything from the main drive (from...
  7. F

    Issue Plesk not backing up Domain Web Files

    Hello, My domain is using 1788.9 MB (as said in plesk) but it only backups up the database (400mb). I've checked permissions and it is in the correct folder (/var/www/vhosts/domain.pt/httpdocs). Whenever i download a backup the web files are missing. Thanks!
  8. K

    Resolved Unable to create the remote backup: Cannot read public key

    I am running into an issue where all remote bakups fail with the error: Unable to create the remote backup: Cannot read public key. This only happens with all remote backups, no matter what type of remote connection or storage I use. AWS S3, Google Drive, Dropbox and FTP all fail with this...
  9. F

    Question SSHFS - Remote storage - Auto Mount on Restart

    Due to my server structure, I have to connect Plesk to an SSHFS remote storage of mine in order to be able to create backups. For that I use the Plesk Extension "SSHFS - Remote Storage" Unfortunately, the problem is that when I restart my server, the mount status is back to unmounted and I have...
  10. E

    Resolved Plesk no longer allows local backups?

    Hi, As of today plesk no longer allows me to store backups locally without setting up a remote storage: Error: You can only store backups in a remote storage, but no remote storage is currently configured. Configure remote storage in Remote Storage Settings. I used to backup the websites on...
  11. R

    Question Memory usage after backup

    Hello, I would like to request your help regarding memory usage, could not find any relevant things about what i encounter. I recently did some performance tuning on MySQL in order to lower its memory usage Server specifications : OS : Debian 9.13 Plesk version : Plesk Obsidian Version...
  12. B

    Question Need API functions to create a backup manager for Plesk

    I'm creating a web based application which will act as a backup/restore manager for Plesk. The desired functionality is as follows: List websites available for restore List databases available for restore List the corresponding dates with backup availability for the above websites/DBs I have...
  13. Will-NYESDigital

    Issue Backup issues occurring due to subscription problems

    Hi there PRODUCT, VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM, ARCHITECTURE Plesk Obsidian, Version 18.0.25 Update #2, CentOS Linux 7.7.1908 (Core) PROBLEM DESCRIPTION When I am viewing my daily backups in the backup manager, I witness that the backup has ran successfully but always displays an error. STEPS TO...
  14. M

    Question True git integration /version control for plesk?

    I have read a lot about git integration in plesk and it sounded great,e.g. here: What's New in Plesk or here Git Support But actually as far as I found out, it is only possible to pull and deploy changes from a remote repository to your website. It is very disapointing that it is not possible...
  15. hansitheking

    Question How to bulk set FTP remote storage and securing backups for Customers?

    Hello I like to offer my customers the posibility to Backup to my remote FTP Server. I can set it for every Customer (explained here) and can also enable the security (explained here). But this is a lot of work for 500 Customers. Is there a way to set both settings via CLI for all customers?
  16. E

    Issue Deleted a subscription. Where to find databases in rsync

    I foolishly deleted a subscription and database which I desperately need to retrieve (somehow). Luckily I do have a weekly backup of the server's file system which I can browse. I am unclear though as to the best place to find a downloadable .sql file as the server structure is large. I can...
  17. A

    Question Deleting old site backups

    Hi all, just wondering if it is possible to simply delete out of date backup files in my FTP storage outside of the Backup Manager without messing up the scheduling in Plesk. There are loads of older backups that haven't been deleted/cleaned up automatically by Plesk and going through each...
  18. B

    Resolved Backups Duplicated? Space issues.

    Hi, I am trying to understand Plesk backups better. I am running Version 17.5.3 Update #39 and I resell hosting. I have about 50 sites containing 600+ emails accounts at the moment. I have the Backup Manager set to do a complete backup every 30 days and incremental after that. Of course, this...
  19. akira9000

    Resolved Deleting backups over ssh - I'm doing something wrong

    Hi, On Plesk Onyx 17.5.x ( can't check last digit as can't login ) In the browser I'm getting ERROR: Plesk\Exception\Database: DB query failed: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1021 Disk full (/var/tmp/#sql_481_0); waiting for someone to free some space..., query was: DESCRIBE `sessions`...
  20. B

    Issue Plesk backups are not automatically removed

    Hello Everyone, I have problem with the Plesk Backups which are not automatically removed when you set Keep backup files for 2 days. The issue occurs on our both environments prod and on acceptance. The backups are keeping on default location /var/lib/psa/dumps/. The issue occurs when we have...
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