Backup not happening

@cgail914

There seems to be a problem with the transient as I’ve seen it happen to other people as well so I’m investigating the issue. Could you tell me what caching plugins (if any) you’re using?

Uploading large files should be no problem even on low memory because the file is split and uploaded in small parts. What does the backup log say?

@mokseo

What you are experiencing has nothing to do with the transient bug and is in fact working properly. The backup process times out because it reaches the time limit you set but after timing out it will resume automatically as long as you have someone visiting your site (to trigger wp-cron).

On the Backup Settings page if you click on Screen (top right) and then select Log File you will see the contents of the log file for that backup which tells you a bit more about what’s happening.

@hel.io
I’m not using any caching plugins. WP 3.4.1 only. As said without the transient code everything seems to run fine as well so..

As far as the upload, it seems to stop unexpectedly. I’ve added some traces in the do-while loop but can’t figure out why it stops. I have now bumped the chunk size to 1Meg and was able to upload twice a full file of 250Meg. I will let it soak for a while with the daily backup and restart the troubleshooting if need be. My next step would be to put some traces in the GDocs functions.

Thanks for the feedback though.
Take care

After talking with some of you guys in private about the transient issue it seems the cause of the plugin not working is that only one connection to the database is allowed in your specific setups.

When someone visits your site while the backup process is running the MySQL connection gets stolen from it so that the visitor can access your site. When this happens Backup obviously fails and there is no way for it to let you know about it because it can’t write to the database.

This usually happens on shared hosting environments.

@cgail914, can you confirm that you also have this limitation?

backup’s not happening i thought…then i found the new backup-xxx directory. it seems to do it locally, but not to google drive. Used to work before 2.1.2 i want to say, but after the backup-directory name changed it hasn’t worked to google.

also, see the note display below…next backup is before current time. is it blocking backup?

I like the plug-in.
thanks.

Status

Current date and time:
August 22, 2012 5:40 am
Most recent backup:
never
Next scheduled backup:
August 21, 2012 7:25 pm

Hi there,
Following your input (talking to host and removing cloudflare) – I still get the last backup – never.
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Current date and time:
August 25, 2012 5:33 am
Most recent backup:
never
Next scheduled backup:
August 25, 2012 12:00 am
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and manual backup gives a blank screen.

however,I see two backup files in my gdrive and a backup file at the server. So I presume backup is happening. ??

I am having a similar problem as most have posted before. I have a scheduled back up, but constantly read under status, Most recent backup:never. When I hit back up now to do a manual back up it s opens this page https://www.giraffasusfoundation.com/?backup=mFRVeKnwBCyk

I have set the Google Drive folder to a specific folder using the instructions you listed, pasting in the section after the /#folders/, yet nothing shows up in that folder. I have authorization in place, so I am not sure what is happening, or not happening.

Here is the log of my most recent attempt at creating a back up.

2012-09-12 03:07:45 NOTICE Environment: Backup 2.2; WordPress 3.4.2; PHP 5.2.17; SAPI cgi-fcgi; OS Linux; ZIP false; CURL 7.18.2; Time limit 600s; Memory limit 256M
2012-09-12 03:07:45 NOTICE Attempting to dump database.
2012-09-12 03:07:46 NOTICE The database dump was completed successfully in 0.897 seconds.
2012-09-12 03:07:46 NOTICE Attempting to create archive ‘Giraffasus-Foundation-ma76cs.zip’.
2012-09-12 03:08:45 NOTICE Successfully archived 4,375 files in 59.544 seconds. Archive file size is 66.52 MB.
2012-09-12 03:08:46 NOTICE Attempting to upload archive to Google Drive.
2012-09-12 03:08:47 NOTICE Uploading file with title ‘Giraffasus Foundation (ma76cs)’.
So… not sure. Any help would be great.

Just installed this plugin.
Authorization to use Google Drive has been granted.

Nothing happens when I hit Back up now. Only new tab with white screen.
There is no log file to display.

Any suggestions? Would really like to get this plugin to work, so hopefully someone has an solution by now?

Kind regards,
Jeroen

Hi
I had the same problem. Finally I tried a solution mentioned above to work around the problem.
HERE IS SIMPLE A FIX !!!

Use Plugin Editor to exclude (//) the ‘exit’ command in the following lines of code in the backup.php plugin file.

if ( get_transient( ‘backup_lock’ ) )
exit; // Exit if another backup process is running.

i.e. change to;

if ( get_transient( ‘backup_lock’ ) )
// exit; // Exit if another backup process is running.

So for those that did enjoy using this plugin I hope it helps and I hope they update with a newer version as it is a great tool.

I was experiencing the problem of clicking the Back Up Now button but nothing appeared to happen. A new tab would be open and I’d end up at the home page of the site and no backup was performed. But I have several other wordpress sites that don’t have this problem. I use the backup plugin on the other sites without any problem.

Finally I remembered another plugin named 404 Redirected is automatically trying to redirect the backup request url. After unchecking the Create automatic redirects option in the Automatic Redirects section of the Options the Backup Up Now worked wonderfully.

Thanks for a great plugin.

Microwork
Member
Posted 2 months ago #

Hi
I had the same problem. Finally I tried a solution mentioned above to work around the problem.
HERE IS SIMPLE A FIX !!!

Use Plugin Editor to exclude (//) the ‘exit’ command in the following lines of code in the backup.php plugin file.

if ( get_transient( ‘backup_lock’ ) )
exit; // Exit if another backup process is running.

i.e. change to;

if ( get_transient( ‘backup_lock’ ) )
// exit; // Exit if another backup process is running.

So for those that did enjoy using this plugin I hope it helps and I hope they update with a newer version as it is a great tool.

That worked perfect

massive THANK YOU for the fix ??