Resolved Removing failed backup errors, how to fix?

[D3nnis3n]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 24.04

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.68

Hello,
we unfortunately had to replace hardware of the system during backup time due to an emergency, and now have failed incremental backups for two domains as they were running when the system had to be taken offline immediately.

Removing those is not possible, it errors with:
Unable to delete files of the dump : pmm-ras failed (Error code = 1): Error: the argument for option '--dump-file-specification' should follow immediately after the equal sign

The backups go via FTP to a backup server, but no files were created there, so none can be deleted.
There were files related to that backup in /var/lib/psa/dump that we have fully removed, but the error line and failed backup still shows in the list.

What else needs to be done to get rid of it?

 

[Sebahat.hadzhi]

Hello, @D3nnis3n . How are you trying to remove those backups? If the backup files don't have a file extension could you please try adding .tar to it, e.g. /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup server --output-file="/var/lib/psa/dumps/plesk-backup_test.tar"?

 

[D3nnis3n]

The files do not exist, there is only a line shown in the panel - but there is no corresponding files on remote or /var/lib/psa/dump.

Clicking to close the message leads to the error noted.

 

[Sebahat.hadzhi]

Thank you for the confirmation. Can you please double-check if there is a stuck task in the database following the instructions from this article:

• https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/...backups-cannot-be-removed-from-Backup-Manager

 

[D3nnis3n]

That was indeed the case, after removing the three entries and the respective session files in /opt/psa/PMM/sessions/ the backup error display has vanished.

Thank you!