Backup not working

Submitted by methownet on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 11:59 Pro Licensee

Seems that the backup reports a partial backup. Only a handful of the Virtual servers are being FTP to an off site backup server. There is plenty of space on the destination server and a few Virtual servers are being FTP to is. I have it set to FTP the server after its backup. These have been working for sometime but only recently stopped FTPing.

Creating backup for virtual server bearcreekequestrian.com ..

Copying virtual server configuration ..
.. done

Backing up Cron jobs ..
.. none defined.

Saving mail aliases ..
.. done

Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done

Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup

Copying records in DNS domain ..
.. domain not found!

Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done

Copying Apache log files ..
.. done

Copying Webalizer configuration files ..
.. done

Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done

Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done

Creating backup for virtual server okanoganelectriccoop.com ..

Copying virtual server configuration ..
.. done

Backing up Cron jobs ..
.. none defined.

Saving mail aliases ..
.. done

Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done

Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup

Copying records in DNS domain ..
.. domain not found!

Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done

Copying Apache log files ..
.. done

Copying Webalizer configuration files ..
.. done

Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done

Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 14:21

So it looks like the real error is :

Copying records in DNS domain ..
.. domain not found!

If you go to Limits and Validation -> Validate Virtual Servers and validate those domains, does it report that their DNS zones are missing?

If so, do you actually host DNS for those domains, and is it working?

Submitted by methownet on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 14:34 Pro Licensee

I host the DNS on another server and it works fine. I noticed the error and removed that option. I also noticed that some do not have Email or FTP accounts that need to be backup but most do.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 16:37

In that case, you should properly disable the DNS feature for those domains by clicking on Edit Virtual Server and un-checking the DNS feature.

If you do that, does the backup still fail?

Submitted by methownet on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 14:39 Pro Licensee

That worked and has cleaned up most of my probelms I do have a few Virtual Servers that have a diffrent error on backup. Here is the output from the backup logs. Thanks Creating backup for virtual server retnique.com ..

Copying virtual server configuration ..
.. done

Backing up Cron jobs ..
.. none defined.

Saving mail aliases ..
.. done

Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done

Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup

Copying records in DNS domain ..
.. done

Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done

Copying Apache log files ..
.. done

Copying Webalizer configuration files ..
.. done

Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done

Backing up Webmin ACL files ..
.. tar failed : tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

Try tar --help' ortar --usage' for more information.

Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done

Submitted by JamieCameron on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 15:25

Looks like the Webmin user for that domain is missing some files. Does this happen for multiple domains, or just one?

The quick fix is to SSH in as root and run :

virtualmin disable-feature --domain retnique.com --webmin
virtualmin enable-feature --domain retnique.com --webmin

Submitted by methownet on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 15:35 Pro Licensee

You have solved all my issues thank you and please close the case.