Backup fails

[bluegen]

Hello,
Doing backup of centos 5.4, Plesk 8.6 server, scheduled backup is stored on FTP..
Scheduled backup done thru Clients -> Backup -> Schedule Backup
These errors do not show up when doing backup manually on local server.
Backup ran fine until today, properly storing file on FTP server .

Receiving emails with this content, every 20 minutes:

Following error is occured during scheduled backup process:

Error in UploadToRepositoryState.doActivityRunner()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/psa/admin/share/agent_runner/agent_runner.py", line 98, in doActivityRunner
newState = self.doActivity()
File "/usr/local/psa/admin/share/agent_runner/agent_runner.py", line 428, in doActivity
shutil.copyfileobj(localfh, remotefh)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 25, in copyfileobj
fdst.write(buf)
File "/usr/local/psa/admin/lib/python/ftputil/ftp_file.py", line 196, in write
self._fo.write(data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/socket.py", line 256, in write
self.flush()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/socket.py", line 243, in flush
self._sock.sendall(buffer)
error: (32, 'Broken pipe')


I have followed this article (regarding backup signature): http://kb.odin.com/en/2279

It did not solve the problem, I am still receiving error emails.

For the moment I have stopped scheduled task from cron:
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/backupmng >/dev/null 2>&1 (which runs every 20 minutes, so emails are sent after executing this task).
I am not sure that I understand exactly what is this line from cron doing..
I have my backup scheduled thru GUI once per night, but this runs every 20 minutes..What is exactly backing up?

/var/lib/psa/dumps has correct ownership (psaadm : psaadm)
Any idea about what is happening and how to fix it?

Thanks a lot,

BG

 

[IgorG]

Try to reinstall Plesk Backup manager package (psa-backup-manager). Maybe it will help.

 

[bluegen]

Thanks for taking a look Igor..How do I reinstall psa-backup-manager?

 

[IgorG]

Just remove it with something like

# rpm -e psa-backup-manager

and then install it back with

# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/autoinstaller

 

[bluegen]

Thanks IgorG, i will try that..
One question though:
What is this command backing up EXACTLY: /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/backupmng ?
I know it is a common cron job for Plesk, but I am not sure what is backing up every 15 minutes..

Thank you
Bluegen

 

[IgorG]

Look at this KB article http://kb.odin.com/en/6194
It can be useful.