[Plugin: BackWPup] BackWPUp not saving settings

@titush, have you got a testing site? I agree with you, it would not be wise to do some testing on a busy website. I have a testing site just for actions like these. When I come across a problem I use my testing site.

Kind regards

I am also having this same problem. Is this designed to work with WP Super Cache running?

What’s odd is that the first day that I set this up, I was able to put in and authenticate my AWS settings and then I ran the job and it would no longer save after that point.

Today I tried using a local directory and it just won’t save.

It also won’t save my preferences for what to back up.

When I delete the jobs, my new job as all the tables selected and looks like it will work, but then I click Save and it loses many of the table selections and won’t remember my “Full Path to folder for Backup Files:”

Similar problem. Plugin won’t to save my hostname (FTP backup) but save username and password. So I can’t done backup on my own server.

Plugin 2.1.17
WP 3.4.2

Any advice please?

@stalker-poznan than i must have a look at your site, because i don’t have the problem.

My website is here

This is how it’s looks

Even if I write hostname and click ‘save changes’, plugin didn’t remember hostname and I have an error during backup to ftp.

1. try to sending backup file to a FTP Server…
2013/01/02 10:25.22: [WARNING] ftp_ssl_connect() [function.ftp-ssl-connect]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
2013/01/02 10:25.22: [ERROR] Can not connect by SSL-FTP to Server: http:21
2013/01/02 10:25.22: 2. try to sending backup file to a FTP Server…
2013/01/02 10:25.22: [WARNING] ftp_ssl_connect() [function.ftp-ssl-connect]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
2013/01/02 10:25.22: [ERROR] Can not connect by SSL-FTP to Server: http:21
2013/01/02 10:25.22: 3. try to sending backup file to a FTP Server…
2013/01/02 10:25.22: [WARNING] ftp_ssl_connect() [function.ftp-ssl-connect]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
2013/01/02 10:25.22: [ERROR] Can not connect by SSL-FTP to Server: http:21

the http is not allowed in hostname. The hostname is only the domain name or IP. With Browser did u use ? Or did you have installed a security Plugin ?

Thanks Daniel! Works fine. Host name = domain. Thats all.

[I’m using the newest Chrome. No security plugin.]

+1 same problem as everyone else. Trying to add a job for s3, but saving the job losses the settings.

I just installed BackWPup and am getting this same problem of settings not being saved.
WP 3.4.2
BackWPup 2.1.17
The install looks fine. I can create a job and it runs. But the settings I make are not being saved so the job fails.

I created a new job.
In the section:
Backup Folder
In the field:
Full Path to folder for Backup Files:
I enter:
/home/sugarmtn/public_html/
I press Save Changes in the Job Type section but the changes are not saved.

When the job runs I get the error:
No destination defineid for backup!!! Please correct job settings
and then an error:
Zip archive create error: PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE (-4) : File ‘/home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/captcha/temp/1X1UHWSMHns4nkzp.php’ does not exist

and then a warning:
filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/backwpup_1_2013-01-13_11-00-20.zip

When I FTP to my server and check the backup file is not there.

Here is a log output:
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright ? 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: BackWPup job: 1. New; DB+FILE
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 0 11 * * *; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 @ 11:00
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: BackWPup job started by cron
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi-fcgi; Linux
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [INFO]: Backup file is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/backwpup_1_2013-01-13_11-00-20.zip
2013/01/13 11:00.20: [ERROR] No destination defineid for backup!!! Please correct job settings
2013/01/13 11:00.20: 1. try for database dump…
2013/01/13 11:00.20: Dump database table “wp_avhfdas_ipcache”
2013/01/13 11:00.20: Dump database table “wp_bad_behavior”
2013/01/13 11:00.20: Memory increased from 64M to 138M
2013/01/13 11:00.20: Dump database table “wp_commentmeta”
2013/01/13 11:00.22: Dump database table “wp_comments”
2013/01/13 11:00.23: Dump database table “wp_links”
2013/01/13 11:00.23: Dump database table “wp_man_dofollow”
2013/01/13 11:00.23: Dump database table “wp_man_dofollow2”
2013/01/13 11:00.23: Dump database table “wp_options”
2013/01/13 11:00.23: Dump database table “wp_postmeta”
2013/01/13 11:00.23: Dump database table “wp_posts”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_subscribe2”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_term_relationships”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_term_taxonomy”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_terms”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_usermeta”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_users”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Dump database table “wp_yarpp_related_cache”
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Database dump done!
2013/01/13 11:00.25: Add database dump “sugarmtn_wpsmfb108wvj.sql” with 43.68 MB to backup file list
2013/01/13 11:00.25: 1. try for make list of files to backup….
2013/01/13 11:01.05: 15536 files with 1 GB to backup
2013/01/13 11:01.06: 1. try to create backup zip (PclZip) archive…
2013/01/13 11:03.46: [ERROR] Zip archive create error: PCLZIP_ERR_MISSING_FILE (-4) : File ‘/home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/captcha/temp/1X1UHWSMHns4nkzp.php’ does not exist
2013/01/13 11:03.46: [WARNING] filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/backwpup_1_2013-01-13_11-00-20.zip
2013/01/13 11:03.46: Job done in 206 sec.

/home/sugarmtn/public_html/
remove it. it is not a good idea.

The path is only to save BAckups localy on the server. Pelase use one like

/home/sugarmtn/public_html/Backups

I have changed my path as suggested and am not getting that error any more and the settings are saving. I am now getting an out of memory error. I will start a fresh ticket for that. Thank you. -Walter

Same problem… Anything I enter is gone after I save… I read this thread and cannot seem to find an answer…. is there an answer?

All settings ar gone or one setting ?

Some setting ale checked and auto crrectet by the plugin.