How to increase “Updraft’s temporary directory” ?

“Web-server disk space in use by UpdraftPlus” – This is how much space on your server the backups are taking up. There is no maximum size, generally this is as much as you/your hosting will allow.

Hello!

What my hoster does need to change to increase that space?

Thanks

Nothing, there is not actually a limit, as long as you have enough room on your hosting this can get as big as you want. There is no maximum limit

Thats why I’m asking. I have a lot of free space on my server, but still I can’t make zip files over 100mb and “Free space on disk containing Updraft’s temporary directory:” says I have 98MB.

I like to know where do I need to make room for that.

Thanks

Hi,

Are you having issues with backing up your site? If yes, can you provide us a copy of the backup log please? We might be looking at the wrong cause of the issue.

Thanks,
Bryle

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by bcrodua.

Hello! The plugin is working, I have no real problems. Just wanto to have bigger zip files. I configured the plugin to split archives every 400MB but it gives me 100MB files. That why my first question.

Here is the first lines of the log.

0000.000 (0) Opened log file at time: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:13:28 +0000 on https://www.domain.com
0000.001 (0) UpdraftPlus WordPress backup plugin (https://updraftplus.com): 2.23.3.1 WP: 6.2.2 PHP: 7.4.33 (fpm-fcgi, Linux server.com 5.4.0-150-generic #167-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 15 17:35:05 UTC 2023 x86_64) MySQL: 8.0.33 (max packet size=268435456) WPLANG: es_ES Server: Apache safe_mode: 0 max_execution_time: 900 memory_limit: -1 (used: 32.2M | 4M) multisite: N openssl: OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020 mcrypt: N LANG: ZipArchive::addFile: Y
0000.042 (0) Free space on disk containing Updraft's temporary directory: 97419.1 MB
0000.044 (0) Tasks: Backup files: 1 (schedule: manual) Backup DB: 1 (schedule: manual)
0000.047 (0) Requesting semaphore lock (fd) (apparently not via scheduler)
0000.049 (0) Set semaphore last lock (fd) time to 2023-06-08 14:13:28
0000.050 (0) Semaphore lock (fd) complete
0000.053 (0) Backup run: resumption=0, nonce=8600a0c6d4f5, file_nonce=8600a0c6d4f5 begun at=1686233608 (0s ago), job type=backup
0000.055 (0) Scheduling a resumption (1) after 600 seconds (1686234208) in case this run gets aborted
0000.056 (0) Checking if we have a zip executable available
0000.057 (0) Testing: /usr/bin/zip
0000.059 (0) Output: zip warning: binziptest/test.zip not found or empty
0000.059 (0) Output: adding: binziptest/subdir1/ (in=0) (out=0) (stored 0%)
0000.060 (0) Output: adding: binziptest/subdir1/subdir2/ (in=0) (out=0) (stored 0%)
0000.060 (0) Output: adding: binziptest/subdir1/subdir2/test.html (in=131) (out=107) (deflated 18%)
0000.061 (0) Output: total bytes=131, compressed=107 -> 18% savings
0000.066 (0) Output: adding: binziptest/subdir1/subdir2/test2.html (in=138) (out=113) (deflated 18%)
0000.067 (0) Output: total bytes=269, compressed=220 -> 18% savings
0000.068 (0) Working binary zip found: /usr/bin/zip
0000.070 (0) Zip engine: found/will use a binary zip: /usr/bin/zip
0000.070 (0) Creation of backups of directories: beginning
0000.073 (0) Beginning creation of dump of plugins (split every: 100 MB)

As you can see in this line there is some limitation.

0000.042 (0) Free space on disk containing Updraft’s temporary directory: 97419.1 MB

I have total access to the server, I like to increase that so I can make bigger zip files.

Thanks!

Can you go to Settings>> show expert settings and change the value to 100. Please remember to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Save”

Hello

100MB files are already being created despite having set 400MB. What would be the point of changing the value to 100MB? I created this whole thread because I would like to be able to have files larger than 100MB. Maybe I’m not explaining myself well.

Thanks

If you want the files at 400 MB, change the value to 400 MB instead of 400 MB

Can you take a screenshot of what you have set in Settings >> show expert settings >> split archives every

Can you also post your latest full backup log using a tool such as pastebin.com