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#13431 Command Line Backup Always Fails

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Latest post by habdaddy on Wednesday, 05 September 2012 07:22 CDT

habdaddy
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
Joomla! version: 2.5.6
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.5
Host: Siteground
Akeeba Backup version: 3.6.1 Pro

Description of my issue:
I can run the Akeeba Backup in the backend and it runs great. I have setup a CRON job to automate the backup and it always seems to fail. I notice that when I login in the backend and go to Akeeba Backup, there is always a message "Failed to delete xxxxx" where xxx is the name of a backup file.

I have attached the logs. This is the first time I have had trouble with your product and run it on several sites and this is the first time I have seen this issue.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hello Scot,

According to the CLI backup log, the backup is successful and has run to its completion(*). The error message you refer to is nowhere to be found.

(*) There is a catch. You are using version 3.6.1 which had a bug in the CLI script, causing a fatal error to occur right after the entire backup process has run on some hosts. Please upgrade to version 3.6.3 which fixes this issue. Moreover there is a condition where the backup runs to its completion but is reported fail due to the database connection closing prematurely. This will be fixed in version 3.6.4, to be released next week.

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!

habdaddy
Will do. Aren't you supposed to be on vacation? lol

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Whenever I turn on my laptop to upload pictures of my vacation I end up inadvertently checking my email :)

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!

habdaddy
Yea, I know the feeling.

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