During backup: "Argument list too long"

[Thomas Becker]

Hello,
during backup job I get this error:
Failed to pack files backup_xxx in /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/xxx/domains/xxx [ 40482674688 bytes free of 58247122944 bytes total on mount point 0]
sh: /bin/tar: Argument list too long

I expect that there are too many files. Any solution for that?
The disk space is not the problem, because there are only some GB of vhost data.

Plesk 11.5.30 MU#14
CentOS 6

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Thomas

 

[abdi]

How To Find and Overcome Shell Command Line Length Limitations

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/argument-list-too-long-error-solution/

 

[Thomas Becker]

Hello abdi,
thanks for your quick answer!
As I'm using the Plesk Backup function, it is up to Parallels to change the backup behavior, right?

getconf ARG_MAX
2097152

IMHO this should be fine and if not it is better to change the way you pass the arguments, right?

Regards
Thomas

 

[abdi]

True, perhaps you can report it here (so they are aware of this problem):

http://plesk.uservoice.com/

 

[Nikolay.]

True, perhaps you can report it here (so they are aware of this problem):

http://plesk.uservoice.com/

Um... This is not a bug tracker, but a system for feature requests. Just report a problem here using the common template (including steps to reproduce, actual result, expected result, etc.).

 

[Thomas Becker]

Hello,
seems to be fixed by microupdate. Backup is working since some days.
Thanks for your answers.

EDIT:
Not fixed yet. Still getting "Argument list too long".