Resolved Tons of old backup files [Delete and how?]

[LionKing]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu Linux

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.048

So in var/lib/psa/dumbs there is a ton of backup files which fills a huge amount of GB and just taking up server disk space.


More examples here directly in Linux:


Is there a way to delete them in directly Plesk or shold we delete them manually in Linux? (I assume that Plesk is generating this data)

Thanks in advance!

 

[Peter Debik]

Do you see any local backups in your "admin" user account Backup Manager?

 

[LionKing]

Thanks @Peter Debik for your kind reply.

I've tested and deleted the backups made in the "backup manager":

However there is still loads of files in the "dumps" directory and sub folders:

/var/lib/psa/dumps/.discovered


Now sure how they are generated, and how clean this up.
Logically (At least in my mind/way of thinking), these files should be deleted too when you manually delete backups in the "Backup Manager", right?

Or am I completely incorrect in my assumption?

Is there a script available by the way that you can run to clean up server disk space with?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Peter Debik]

The mysql.daily* files are automated daily database dumps that are done for security reasons.
The *preupgrade* files are files created before the database scheme is upgraded. If your system works fine, you can delete those.
Both of these file types occupy very little disk space, and normally you will not need to care about them.

The cryptically named files should also only occupy a tiny bit of disk space. Can you verify that?

 

[LionKing]

The cryptically named files should also only occupy a tiny bit of disk space. Can you verify that?

It seems to be accurate. Thank you @Peter Debik for your kind assistance.
Kind regards