Thanks Daniel. I will test with the Beta version this weekend.
Here is additional information about the problem with version 3.0.13:
All compression types fail to produce a good archive. The run times seem too short. Here is the TarGz log.
Cheers, Greg.
[INFO] BackWPup version 3.0.13; WordPress version 3.5.1; A project of Inpsyde GmbH developed by Daniel Hüsken
[INFO] This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
[INFO] Blog url: https://alive905.com.au/wordpress/
[INFO] BackWPup job: New Job; FILE
[INFO] BackWPup job started manually
[INFO] PHP ver.: 5.3.13; cgi-fcgi; Linux
[INFO] Maximum script execution time is 30 seconds
[INFO] MySQL ver.: 5.1.39-log
[INFO] curl ver.: 7.18.2; OpenSSL/0.9.8g
[INFO] Temp folder is: /home/ccrfm/alive905.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-e5139-temp/
[INFO] Logfile folder is: /home/ccrfm/alive905.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-d3cdf-logs/
[INFO] Backup type is: archive
[INFO] Backup file is: /home/ccrfm/alive905.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-fb561-backups/backwpup_2f6c94_2013-11-15_09-59-29.tar.gz
[15-Nov-2013 09:59:29] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[15-Nov-2013 09:59:30] 230 folders to back up.
[15-Nov-2013 09:59:30] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[15-Nov-2013 09:59:30] Compression method is TarGz
[15-Nov-2013 10:01:08] Backup archive created.
[15-Nov-2013 10:01:08] Archive size is 151.70 MB.
[15-Nov-2013 10:01:08] 4955 Files with 166.50 MB in Archive.
[15-Nov-2013 10:01:08] Job done in 99 seconds.