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#12311 Upgrading to Akeeba Backup Professional 500md file size

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:23 CDT

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:32 CDT

user52564
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
Have I searched the tickets before posting? No
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: Joomla! 1.7.3
PHP version: 5.2.13
MySQL version: 5.0
Host: Rackspace cloud sites
Akeeba Backup version: 3.4.3 (2012-03-21)

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach a ZIP file containing your Akeeba Backup log file in order for us to help you with any backup or restoration issue. If the file is over 2Mb, please upload it on your server and post a link to it.

Description of my issue:


Afetr upgrading to Akeeba Backup Professional bthe back up files size has gone up to 500mb and i cant see hwy this might be??

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:37 CDT

nicholas
Most likely you are backing up an old backup. However, unless you ZIP and attach the backup log file as requested by our standard message which you have included in your post, I can't possibly know. Without the log file I have to speculate or outright guess what happens during backup and experience shows I am a very bad guesser :) So, please, go to Akeeba Backup, View Log, select Backend from the Origin drop down and then click on Download log file. It downloads a .txt file. Put it in a ZIP file (please do not use RAR, 7Z or any other format except ZIP) and attach the ZIP file here. Then I will understand what's going on and try to help you.

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!

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:56 CDT

user52564
Sorry but I posted twice by mistake and I did try to attached the file.

I have attached it again.


Thanks

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:58 CDT

user52564

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:59 CDT

user52564
So sorry for the mistakes It's been a very long day.


Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:18 CDT

nicholas
There seems to be a second site under the test directory, including a lot of backups. You should try excluding that from the backup set 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!

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:35 CDT

user52564
That file does not actually exist on the server any more and does not show Akeeba Backup: Files and Directories Exclusion list.

I have deleted or excluded any file or folder that I thought may be causing the increase in file size.

Thanks

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:42 CDT

nicholas
Well, that folder did exist when you took a backup. Can you try taking a new backup and see its size now?

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!

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:06 CDT

user52564
I have taken a new backup and uploaded file size is still the over 500mb. I have attached the new log file.


Thanks

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:23 CDT

nicholas
Despite your assurance to the contrary, the log file says that there is a directory called test which contains very large older backup files in it:
INFO |120516 11:50:18|Breaking step _before_ large file: /

/test/site-gold-insight.com-20120315-152633.zip - size: 73368646

You have to exclude or delete that directory.

Furthermore, I see that your database has two sets of tables, with different database table naming prefixes which is another reason of the bloated backup size.

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!

Thursday, 17 May 2012 07:44 CDT

user52564
I contacted the host support and there was a directory named "?" which was an output from a cron job which did not show in my ftp client. It was this directory that was causing the increased file size.

Thank you for quick response and help

Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:23 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome! I'm glad it's all fixed now :)

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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