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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Don't see any that mention cron job
Have I searched the forum before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: 1.7.0
PHP version: PHP 5.2
MySQL version: MySQL 5.0
Host: www.spiritofchristanglican.org
Akeeba Backup version: 3.3.1

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach your Akeeba Backup log file in order for us to help you with any backup or restoration issue.

Before I get started with the problem - I just wanted to say that Akeeba is a great product!

Description of my issue: Running Akeeba on multiple sites, just recently started using Cron jobs. The cron job is working just fine on all the Joomla 1.5 sites but not on the Joomla 1.7.0 sites (3 total). Back up works just fine from back end.

I get an e-mail from the server that the job has started:

Starting a new backup with the following parameters:
Profile ID 1
Description "Command-line backup"

Current memory usage: 121.99 Kb

Unsetting time limit restrictions.

but not the completion message.

Log from failed back up

[110731 00:00:06] *** Batching successive steps (nesting level 1)
[110731 00:00:08] ====== Starting Step number 1 ======
[110731 00:00:08] Kettenrad :: BREAKING STEP BEFORE SWITCHING DOMAIN
[110731 00:00:08] AECoreDomainInit :: New instance
[110731 00:00:08] ----- Finished operation 1 ------
[110731 00:00:08] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[110731 00:00:08] Akeeba Backup 3.3.1 (2011-07-22)
[110731 00:00:08] Got backup?
[110731 00:00:08] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[110731 00:00:08] --- System Information ---
[110731 00:00:08] PHP Version :5.2.17
[110731 00:00:08] OS Version :Linux
[110731 00:00:08] DB Version :5.0.91-community-log
[110731 00:00:08] Web Server :n/a
[110731 00:00:08] PHP Interface :cli
[110731 00:00:08]

Nick, you are talking about 1.7 I have 1.6 issues should I try the latest developers release in 1.6?

Nicholas - Worked great - one interesting bug - I got a message saying

We are emailing you to inform you that there is an updated version of Akeeba Backup which can be installed on your site, Spirit of Christ Anglican Church. The details of the new version are:
Version: 3.3.1
Release date: 2011-07-22
Stability: Stable

And the back up page on the site says an upgrade is available. I guess it doesn't recognize the Developer's release as being higher than the highest stable release if you have stable as the setting for notification. I usually only install the stable releases but my 1.7 sites aren't very production yet.

Thanks so much for your quick response & a great product!

Pat