BackUp Gets Hung Up

Hi @fireflywebs
Please give me screenshots of your job Files tab.
Thank you!

Error from yesterday ….copied to a text file.

https://waterwolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BackWPupZipError.jpg

Note
The run above didn’t complete which was yesterday, October 24th – See https://waterwolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BackUpFolder.jpg

Oddly, first time ever, the run for Oct 25th, did complete… but what is??
2019-10-25_12-10-27_CS6XBQLP01.zip.F2FtdE

Log for today’s run…Oct 25th

[INFO] BackWPup 3.6.10; A project of Inpsyde GmbH
[INFO] WordPress 5.2.4 on https://waterwolf.org/
[INFO] Log Level: Normal
[INFO] BackWPup job: BackUpWithDB2
[INFO] Logfile is: backwpup_log_fb28bf_2019-10-25_12-10-27.html
[INFO] Backup file is: 2019-10-25_12-10-27_CS6XBQLP01.zip
[25-Oct-2019 12:10:27] 1. Try to backup database …
[25-Oct-2019 12:10:31] Connected to database aspence_wp151 on 10.200.117.3
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:15] Added database dump “aspence_wp151.sql” with 40.70 MB to backup file list
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:15] Database backup done!
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:16] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:23] Added “wp-config.php” to backup file list
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:23] 762 folders to backup.
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] Added plugin list file “WaterWolf.pluginlist.2019-10-25.txt” with 2.45 KB to backup file list.
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] Added manifest.json file with 2.98 KB to backup file list.
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.

I’m having exactly the same problem.

Further Info
So the run that ‘showed’ complete today, didn’t actually complete. I received the error email which is:

[INFO] BackWPup 3.6.10; A project of Inpsyde GmbH
[INFO] WordPress 5.2.4 on https://waterwolf.org/
[INFO] Log Level: Normal
[INFO] BackWPup job: BackUpWithDB2
[INFO] Logfile is: backwpup_log_fb28bf_2019-10-25_12-10-27.html
[INFO] Backup file is: 2019-10-25_12-10-27_CS6XBQLP01.zip
[25-Oct-2019 12:10:27] 1. Try to backup database …
[25-Oct-2019 12:10:31] Connected to database aspence_wp151 on 10.200.117.3
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:15] Added database dump “aspence_wp151.sql” with 40.70 MB to backup file list
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:15] Database backup done!
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:16] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:23] Added “wp-config.php” to backup file list
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:23] 762 folders to backup.
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] Added plugin list file “WaterWolf.pluginlist.2019-10-25.txt” with 2.45 KB to backup file list.
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] Added manifest.json file with 2.98 KB to backup file list.
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[25-Oct-2019 12:11:24] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
[25-Oct-2019 13:04:10] WARNING: Signal “SIGTERM” (Termination signal) is sent to script!
[25-Oct-2019 13:04:10] WARNING: Signal “SIGTERM” (Termination signal) is sent to script!
[25-Oct-2019 13:04:12] 2. Trying to create backup archive …
[25-Oct-2019 13:22:18] WARNING: Job restarts due to inactivity for more than 5 minutes.
[25-Oct-2019 13:22:18] 3. Trying to create backup archive …
[25-Oct-2019 13:27:32] WARNING: Signal “SIGTERM” (Termination signal) is sent to script!
[25-Oct-2019 13:27:32] WARNING: Signal “SIGTERM” (Termination signal) is sent to script!
[25-Oct-2019 13:27:34] ERROR: Step aborted: too many attempts!
[25-Oct-2019 13:27:34] ERROR: Job has ended with errors in 4627 seconds. You must resolve the errors for correct execution.

@fireflywebs
Please go to BackWPUp -> ?Jobs -> choose your job -> Archive Format -> change to another format like Tar.
Is that help?

Yes. Thank you ??

NO. In my case it did not help.

UPdate. It eventually finished. But took forever. see below. The file in the folder is shown as (see media file)
https://waterwolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tarFile.jpg

[INFO] BackWPup 3.6.10; A project of Inpsyde GmbH
[INFO] WordPress 5.2.4 on https://waterwolf.org/
[INFO] Log Level: Normal
[INFO] BackWPup job: BackUpWithDB2
[INFO] Logfile is: backwpup_log_6cced3_2019-10-28_20-04-41.html
[INFO] Backup file is: 2019-10-28_20-04-41_KC6XBQPF01.tar
[28-Oct-2019 20:04:41] 1. Try to backup database …
[28-Oct-2019 20:04:41] Connected to database aspence_wp151 on 10.200.117.3
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:27] Added database dump “aspence_wp151.sql” with 40.66 MB to backup file list
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:27] Database backup done!
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:29] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:37] Added “wp-config.php” to backup file list
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:37] 762 folders to backup.
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:38] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:38] Added plugin list file “WaterWolf.pluginlist.2019-10-28.txt” with 2.45 KB to backup file list.
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:38] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:38] Added manifest.json file with 2.98 KB to backup file list.
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:38] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[28-Oct-2019 20:05:38] Compressing files as Tar. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
[28-Oct-2019 20:21:34] Backup archive created.
[28-Oct-2019 20:21:34] Archive size is 461.39 MB.
[28-Oct-2019 20:21:34] 4460 Files with 458.07 MB in Archive.
[28-Oct-2019 20:21:35] Job done in 1014 seconds.

Update again. I excluded a really large file and now it is running in zip.
Still took quite a while to complete. Why would that be?

@fireflywebs
500mb archive in 1014 seconds I think it okay, also the backup speed is depends on server performance too.

@fireflywebs

I think the issue can be marked as resolved now ??
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