Updarft backup fails

Having the same issue, originally thought it was an issue connecting to Google Drive until I looked at the logs. It seems disabling and removing the plugin then doing a reinstall does not solve anything.

Hi,

Please upgrade to the latest – https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/updraftplus.1.1.10.zip – which may have fixed your error.

Also, please read the plugin FAQ before your next support request!

If you find UpdraftPlus useful, please consider a donation: https://david.dw-perspective.org.uk/donate – statistics to date: 13,000 downloads, $25 total donations.

David

Updated to the newest version 1.1.10 (which was not available yesterday) and still can not get the backup to work. Here is the log file:

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:56:56 +0000 PHP version: 5.3.14 WordPress version: 3.5 Updraft version: 1.1.10 Backup files: 1 (schedule: weekly) Backup DB: 1 (schedule: daily)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:56:56 +0000 Another backup job (12c2102a371e) of the same type () appears to now be running – terminating our run (apparent race condition)

I had posted the content of the log file for 12c2102a371e in the other thread which has been closed…

Try this:
https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/updraftplus.1.1.11.zip

It’s somewhat superfluous to inform me that it wasn’t available yesterday; having uploaded it 10 minutes ago I knew that. ??

Have a similar issue with a previous backup preventing a new backup run. Previous backup did not complete due to an ftp issue apparently.

ri, 04 Jan 2013 20:53:03 +0000 PHP version: 5.2.9 WordPress version: 3.5 Updraft version: 1.1.10 Backup files: 1 (schedule: manual) Backup DB: 1 (schedule: manual)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:53:03 +0000 Another backup job (19d701babb39) of the same type () appears to now be running – terminating our run (apparent race condition)

previous backup log log.19d701babb39.txt
….
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:40:48 +0000 Saving backup history
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:40:48 +0000 Beginning dispatch of backup to remote
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:40:48 +0000 Cloud backup: FTP
ends here

How can I clear the previous backup running flag?

Kevin

Hi kjcmalden,

Please upgrade to version 1.1.11 – https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/updraftplus.1.1.11.zip

David

sorted! thank you

You are welcome. If you find UpdraftPlus useful, please consider a donation: https://david.dw-perspective.org.uk/donate – statistics to date: 13,000 downloads, $25 total donations.

David

Updated to version x.x.11 and it runs the backup…but it appears to stalled, I see about 15 MB of backup files on the server in the Updraft folder, but nothing on my Google drive. Here is the log file associated with these backups:

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:15 +0000 PHP version: 5.3.14 WordPress version: 3.5 Updraft version: 1.1.11 Backup files: 1 (schedule: weekly) Backup DB: 1 (schedule: daily)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:15 +0000 Processed schedules. Tasks now: Backup files: 1 Backup DB: 1
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:15 +0000 In case we run out of time, scheduled a resumption at: 300 seconds from now
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:15 +0000 Beginning backup of directories
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:15 +0000 No backup of plugins: excluded by user’s options
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:15 +0000 Beginning backup of themes
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:19 +0000 Created themes zip – file size is 1248067 bytes
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:19 +0000 Beginning backup of uploads
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 Created uploads zip – file size is 3130627 bytes
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 Beginning backup of other directories found in the content directory
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 Looking for candidates to back up in: /home/content/17/7232417/html/ffextensiongurublog/wp-content
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 index.php: skipping: excluded by options
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 themes: skipping: this is the themes directory
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 plugins: skipping: this is the plugins directory
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 uploads: skipping: this is the uploads directory
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 upgrade: skipping: excluded by options
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 advanced-cache.php: adding to list
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 wp-cache-config.php: adding to list
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 cache: skipping: excluded by options
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 updraft: skipping: this is the updraft directory
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 Created other directories zip – file size is 2573 bytes
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 Beginning backup of database
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:20 +0000 Table wp_commentmeta: Total rows added: 1823
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:21 +0000 Table wp_comments: Total rows added: 3902
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:21 +0000 Table wp_links: Total rows added: 7
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:21 +0000 Table wp_options: Total rows added: 394
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:22 +0000 Table wp_postmeta: Total rows added: 5189
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:28:24 +0000 Table wp_posts: Total rows added: 3755
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:33:34 +0000 Resume backup (1): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:33:34 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=1, nonce=f2ff727221cb, begun at=1357334895
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:33:34 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:33:34 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:38:49 +0000 Resume backup (2): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:38:49 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=2, nonce=f2ff727221cb, begun at=1357334895
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:38:49 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:38:49 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:43:49 +0000 Resume backup (3): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:43:49 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=3, nonce=f2ff727221cb, begun at=1357334895
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:43:49 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:43:49 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:48:58 +0000 Resume backup (4): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:48:58 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=4, nonce=f2ff727221cb, begun at=1357334895
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:48:58 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:48:58 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:54:14 +0000 Resume backup (5): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:54:14 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=5, nonce=f2ff727221cb, begun at=1357334895
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:54:14 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:54:14 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:59:18 +0000 Resume backup (6): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:59:18 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=6, nonce=f2ff727221cb, begun at=1357334895
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:59:18 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:59:18 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished

FWIW my DB is about 56 MB, I don’t know it this causing an issue or not…

Looks like the PHP script stops running before it finishes writing out the database file. What’s your server’s maximum execution time for PHP scripts? Whatever it is, it isn’t enough, and that’s not a bug in UpdraftPlus – whatever plugin you deploy to back up your database will hit the same problem and there’s nothing that I as a plugin author can do about it.

That explains a lot. The default value was 30, I have bumped it up to 1200 now (which I have confirmed via phpinfo.php file I uploaded). Still seems to run into some type of problem about not finding “record in database with this timestamp” and it is still trying to finish the other unsuccessful backup jobs. Looking at the log file of a successful backup of my other WP site, it seems like it doesn’t make it out of the wp_post table of the DB.

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:11 +0000 PHP version: 5.3.14 WordPress version: 3.5 Updraft version: 1.1.11 Backup files: 1 (schedule: weekly) Backup DB: 1 (schedule: daily)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:11 +0000 Processed schedules. Tasks now: Backup files: 1 Backup DB: 1
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:11 +0000 In case we run out of time, scheduled a resumption at: 300 seconds from now
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:11 +0000 Beginning backup of directories
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:11 +0000 No backup of plugins: excluded by user’s options
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:11 +0000 Beginning backup of themes
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:12 +0000 Created themes zip – file size is 1248067 bytes
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:12 +0000 Beginning backup of uploads
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 Created uploads zip – file size is 3130627 bytes
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 Beginning backup of other directories found in the content directory
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 Looking for candidates to back up in: /home/content/17/7232417/html/ffextensiongurublog/wp-content
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 index.php: skipping: excluded by options
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 themes: skipping: this is the themes directory
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 plugins: skipping: this is the plugins directory
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 uploads: skipping: this is the uploads directory
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 upgrade: skipping: excluded by options
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 advanced-cache.php: adding to list
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 wp-cache-config.php: adding to list
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 cache: skipping: excluded by options
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 updraft: skipping: this is the updraft directory
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 Created other directories zip – file size is 2573 bytes
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 Beginning backup of database
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:13 +0000 Table wp_commentmeta: Total rows added: 1823
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:14 +0000 Table wp_comments: Total rows added: 3902
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:14 +0000 Table wp_links: Total rows added: 7
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:14 +0000 Table wp_options: Total rows added: 400
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:14 +0000 Table wp_postmeta: Total rows added: 5189
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:09:16 +0000 Table wp_posts: Total rows added: 3755
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:12 +0000 Resume backup (4): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:12 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=4, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:12 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:12 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:55 +0000 Resume backup (2): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:55 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=2, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:55 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:10:55 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:14:13 +0000 Resume backup (1): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:14:13 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=1, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:14:13 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:14:13 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:16 +0000 Resume backup (5): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:16 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=5, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:16 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:16 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:58 +0000 Resume backup (3): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:58 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=3, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:58 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:15:58 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:19:37 +0000 Resume backup (2): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:19:37 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=2, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:19:37 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:19:37 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:20:20 +0000 Resume backup (6): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:20:20 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=6, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:20:20 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:20:20 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:21:06 +0000 Resume backup (4): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:21:06 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=4, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:21:06 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:21:06 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:24:50 +0000 Resume backup (3): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:24:50 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=3, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:24:50 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:24:50 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:25:31 +0000 Resume backup (7): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:25:31 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=7, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:25:31 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:25:31 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:26:11 +0000 Resume backup (5): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:26:11 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=5, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:26:11 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:26:11 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 Resume backup (4): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=4, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 Resume backup (8): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=8, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:30:33 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:31:18 +0000 Resume backup (6): begin run (will check for any remaining jobs)
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:31:18 +0000 Resuming backup: resumption=6, nonce=d2d4d8c823ba, begun at=1357344551
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:31:18 +0000 Error: Could not find a record in the database of a backup with this timestamp
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:31:18 +0000 There were no files that needed uploading; backup job is finished

Thanks for all your help thus far.

Hi,

The “Could not find a record” parts can be ignored – that is expected, backup jobs do not become resumable until a later stage than yours is reaching. If you look at the timings on your log, you can see that the abortion is not happening because of a timeout, unless your timeout is very short, which is possible – PHP’s max_execution_time is not the only timeout that can be applied; your webserver may be applying one by another mechanism. Two things you can do: 1) Check with your hosting provider and 2) Find your PHP error log and see if anything is in there. The UpdraftPlus log is only showing an untimely abortion, but you’d need to see the PHP error log to find out why, or otherwise learn that your hosting provider is for some reason only allowing your scripts to execute for a maximum of 5 seconds.

P.S. Your other alternative is to fund me to make UpdraftPlus backup runs resumable at an earlier stage; but as said in the FAQ, I don’t consider it a bug if your hosting provider resource-starves you so that would be a premium feature request rather than a bug fix.

I should mention that the other site is on the same provider and server for that matter and the script runs fine. However, that site is very small compared to this one. But I noticed reviewing the logs on that one the script does it work in 4-seconds. Seems on main site it runs for about 8-seconds and gets most of the way through the DB and dies.

I will need to send a support ticket to my hosting provider to find out why the error logs are not working correctly. I can see log files being generated but they are empty. I will also ask about other timeouts. The ticket has been sent, but I don’t expect a reply for at least 24-hours.

In regards to the funding option can you please provide more info.