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Issue local backups don't get physically deleted

TomBoB

Regular Pleskian
Hi,

CentOS 7.2.1511, Plesk 12.5#48

A client used way more drive space than what would make sense.
Checked his subscription statistics: big local backup from 01-March-2016.
Removed the backup using the backup manager. So far so good.

As I like to double-check changes I do, go to /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/clientx/domains/clientdomain.com
and find all the files still exist.

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run a test: I create a new local backup of the domain > the files are created in /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/clientx/domains/clientdomain.com
delete the local backup that was just created, and the files in /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/clientx/domains/clientdomain.com disappear.
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Recall another client who had a made a local backup with my help a while back. Check in backup manager, yes, one backup is listed. With his permission, remove the backup. All good.
Go to /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/otherclient/domains/otherclientdomain.com and the files for the backup I just deleted via the Plesk UI are still there. Intererstingly backup files of an additional 3 (!) local backups also still exist - amounting to close to 5GB.

Has anyone else come across this scenario?
Could this be remnants of failed backups?

Checked https://kb.plesk.com/en/6082 to try and figure it out.https://kb.plesk.com/en/6082

Plesk Backup Manager for the domain shows no backups.
under /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/otherclient/.discovered
it shows one backup_certain_date.
under /var/lib/psa/dumps/clients/otherclient/domains/otherclientdomain.com/.discovered
it shows four backups_all_different_dates

Anyone any ideas ? :)
Tom
 
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