Plesk backup and FTP repository issues

[Xavier12]

Hey guys,

I am having issues with the plesk backup manager. I set up my personal FTP personal repository in tools & settings, then backup manager. My ftp is secure with a specific port. here are my options:

FTP server hostname or IP: myipaddress":"port without quotes
Directory for backup files storage: complete also used /complete
Both correct username and password

Use passive mode checked
Use FTPS checked
Use password protection checked

Here is my scenario:

Personal FTP repository backups are set up with:

Create a multivolume backup
Volume size: 2047
Store backup in: Personal FTP Respository
max number of backups: 1

For some reason when I manually backed up the server with server repository, my storage went from 14gb to 6gb.. I have zero backups in both server repository and personal FTP repository because I deleted them. Now its stuck at 6gb, which seems that the backup is stored somewhere in the system and is not deleted.

Where can I find this backup? I am using CentOS.

Please advise, thanks.

 

[abdi]

Have you already checked:

/var/lib/psa/dumps

 

[Xavier12]

Hi Abdi,

Thanks for the response. Yes, I have already checked that file location and it didn't solve once I deleted files.

 

[Xavier12]

Any support on this?

 

[Xavier12]

I guess I had to solve this issue myself.. Solution: Delete temporary files in the folder /usr/local/psa/PMM/tmp

 

[Xavier12]

Ok....Why is Plesk creating a duplicate copy of the server backup in the root TMP folder? When I manually create a local backup it takes 8gb, then when downloading the backup in the browser, a 9gb dump file appears in the TMP folder.. Does this mean I need to have 20gb+ just to download a 8gb backup?