Updraft Keeping More Backups Than is Set

  • Resolved xorcise

    (@xorcise)


    4 years, 1 month ago

    I am using UpdraftPlus on one of my sites, and when I checked my Google Drive today there were more copies of the backups than I was expecting. I went to the plugin Settings, and verified that I had set both the File and Database backups to run daily and retain the last 3 backups. In the Existing Backups section on the first tab though, 13 backups are shown.

    I have seen this on other sites also too, where I set them to retain the last 3 backups, but older backups are not being deleted. At one stage, I got a notification email from Dropbox that I was running out of space and had to manually go in and delete months worth of unneeded backups.

    When I delete old backups using the Delete option in the Existing Backups panel of the plugin, both the local and remote copies are deleted, so communication with the Google Drive is working successfully.

    What would cause the plugin not to delete local and/or remote copies of backups when it reaches the limit set in Settings?

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by xorcise.
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  • Plugin Contributor bcrodua

    (@bcrodua)

    Hi,

    Please could you send us full copy of the backup log?
    This can be found in the UpdraftPlus Existing Backups tab.The contents will be too long to post here directly, but you can use an online service such as Dropbox or Pastebin, and post the link here.

    Best Wishes,
    Bryle

    Thread Starter xorcise

    (@xorcise)

    Hi

    I have uploaded a log from one of my sites to:
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/okff2w7xj9x6kz8/log.a3c161d10e21.txt?dl=0.
    On this site, backups (File & DB) are set to run weekly and retain the last 4. There are 10 in the Existing Backups window: Oct 23, 17, 09 & 02, Jun 12, May 13, May 02, Apr 30 & Apr 29. Would these possibly be manual backups?

    This is the log from the website which has 10 backups when only 5 is set: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9p0wz102ldpcuix/log.2b3ea984234c.txt?dl=0. The backups dates are Oct 23, 17, 09 & 02, Sep 25, 18, 11, 04, 03 & 02. I think I must have changed from Daily to Weekly backups. Interestingly the View Log button is only available for the most recent 6 backups, and not for Sep 11, 04, 03 or 02. This log is from the oldest log available, Sep 18

    Plugin Contributor bcrodua

    (@bcrodua)

    Hi,

    The log shows “0199.998 (0) These backup set(s) were imported from a remote location, so will not be counted or pruned. Skipping: 1591946760, 1589356380, 1588404300, 1588401480, 1588233180, 1588172220”

    I believe you are using the same backup folder for both sites? It is not ideal to keep backups from different sites on the same folder as it will result to backups showing on both ends or to all sites connected to the same backup folder. To keep backups organized, I recommend using the Dropbox sub-folder add-on.

    Best Wishes,
    Bryle

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