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#10938 AJAX loading error

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:48 CST

EmediaAssoc
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? YES
Have I searched the tickets before posting? YES
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? YES - https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/abbackup.html
Joomla! version: v1.525
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.1.57-community
Host: hostgator.com (dedicated)
Akeeba Backup version: 3.3.13

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Description of my issue:

I'm having an issue with the backup routine throwing this error:

Error Message

The backup operation has been halted because an error was detected.
The last error message was:

AJAX Loading Error
HTTP Status: 500 (Internal Server Error)
Internal status: error
XHR ReadyState: 4
Raw server response:

From that page, I click on the Troubleshooting wizard to begin to diagnose the error. That takes me to this page:

https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/abbackup.html

On this page, I'm instructed to log into the admin area and enter the following URL to determine if it could be a plugin:

http://www.yoursite.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_akeeba&view=browser&format=raw&processfolder=1&folder=%5BSITEROOT%5D OR
http://www.cmijuicynews.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_akeeba&view=browser&format=raw&processfolder=1&folder=%5BSITEROOT%5D

I do this and get the following error:

500 - An error has occurred.
View not found [name, type, prefix]: browser,raw,akeebaView

At first, I thought "ah ha! now, i'm onto something". However, I was curious as to what a successful message looked like, and I entered that command into 2 other websites with working Akeeba backup solutions, and I get the same error. So, I'm thinking my syntax on that command may be wrong. I need to get Step 1 to resolve so I can proceed down this rabbit hole, so to speak.

Also, I've looked at a couple of other threads on this, and the thing that stands out is that there are a number of solutions regarding permissions, and they are addressed using the LINUX vernacular. Unfortunately(?), this site is in an Microsoft environment (dedicated) running IIS and the permissions nomenclature is different. I'm wondering if there's something in there that could be the problem?

The zip file contains 3 files: the Akeeba log file, the php info, and the php settings, just in case.

Thanks,

Gene Crawford
Emedia

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You are right about the instruction in the troubleshooter about the URL. This information is no longer current. I am now using a different trick inside Akeeba Backup's code to work around those plugins and the URL mentioned there is no longer valid. I will fix that information.

Regarding your issue, I reckon you have a very big ZIP file in your site's root, called cmicorporate.com.zip, which seems to be throwing off the backup. You should consider deleting it or, at least, exclude it from the backup using the "Files and Directories Exclusion" feature of Akeeba Backup.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

EmediaAssoc
Problem solved. I can't believe I missed that. I discovered a whole bunch of other housekeeping that needs to be done as well. Thanks. I use your AWESOME product a lot, and was kind of stunned when it didn't work. :-) It ALWAYS works!

Thanks so much,

Gene Crawford
Emedia

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome :) I'm glad I could help!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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