Scheduled backup stopped working

Scheduled backup stopped working

Ben English -
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I am using Moodle 1.5.3+ and have had the scheduled backup working perfectly. I uploaded a number of large files in my "Informatoin Technology Certificate II" course which seems to have caused my scheduled backup to hang for a few days now. (see below)

Last execution log

CourseTime takenStatusNext
St. Philip's Information & Communication Technology 30 Nov, 13:00 - 30 Nov, 13:00OK7 Dec, 19:10
Yr10 IST - Game Maker 30 Nov, 13:00 - 30 Nov, 13:02OK7 Dec, 19:10
yr12 Software Design and Development 30 Nov, 13:02 - 30 Nov, 13:02OK7 Dec, 19:10
Yr8 Technology - Game Maker 30 Nov, 13:02 - 30 Nov, 13:05OK7 Dec, 19:10
Information Technology Certificate II 30 Nov, 13:05 - 30 Nov, 07:40Unfinished7 Dec, 19:10
Computers & Information Technology 30 Nov, 07:40 - 30 Nov, 07:41OK7 Dec, 19:10
IST Web Development 30 Nov, 07:41 - 30 Nov, 07:41OK7 Dec, 19:10
Yr10 Game Maker 2006 30 Nov, 07:41 - 30 Nov, 07:41OK7 Dec, 19:10

A snippet of the cron.php file output is as follows:
Running backups if required...
        Checking backup status...
        RUNNING Scheduled backup seems to be running. Execution delayed
Backup tasks finished.

I went to manually backup the courses and they all worked excep the"IT cert II" course, which hanged and only half completed the backup. I then changed the variables page to allow the external zip and unzip programs to operate. This fixed the problem, and the course backed up perfectly (232.6Mb); however I am still unable to complete a scheduled backup. It seems as if moodle is waiting for the "IT cert II" course to be backed up before it will start a new scheduled backup.

Is there any way to reset the scheduled backups?
or another solution to this problem?
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Ben English(e)ri erantzunda

Re: Scheduled backup stopped working

Céline Bissler -

I've the same problem since 1.5.3+ but no scheduled backups works : (in french)

  • Cours: 52
  • Ok: 0
  • Erreur: 52
  • Pas terminé: 0

Manually the backup for each course works ! any ideas?

Céline Bissler(e)ri erantzunda

Re: Scheduled backup stopped working

Céline Bissler -
for mor details :
12:54:43Start backup course Embryologie craniofaciale
12:54:43    Phase 1: Checking and counting:
12:54:43        checking parameters
12:54:43        calculating backup name
12:54:43        calculating modules data
12:54:43            assignment
12:54:43            chat
12:54:43            choice
12:54:43            forum
12:54:43            glossary
12:54:43            hotpot
12:54:43            journal
12:54:43            label
12:54:43            lesson
12:54:43            quiz
12:54:43            resource
12:54:43            scorm
12:54:43            survey
12:54:43            wiki
12:54:43            workshop
12:54:43        calculating users
12:54:43        calculating user files
12:54:43        calculating course files
12:54:43    Phase 2: Executing and copying:
12:54:43        checking temp structures
12:54:43End backup course Embryologie craniofaciale - ERROR!!
It stops during "Executing and copying" and manually no problem. I still searching
Céline Bissler(e)ri erantzunda

Re: Scheduled backup stopped working

Céline Bissler -
Found !!!

before moodle 1.5.3 I used "wget" in cron for backing up and now I'm using the "php" command. It's a problem of disk's writting right.
So the problem wasn't due to the new version of moodle.
Apologize for my silly question and for my english speaking.cool
Ben English(e)ri erantzunda

Re: Scheduled backup stopped working

Ben English -
I just noticed the date for the last backup is Tuesday, 28 November 2028, 12:06 PM from investigating the logs. This will probably mean that I will not be able to do a scheduled backup until november 2028. Is there a way to fix this date problem?  Thanks
Ben English(e)ri erantzunda

Re: Scheduled backup stopped working

Ben English -
Fixed my own problem:
ended up editing the database. Went to the mdl_backup_config table and changed the value backup_sche_running from 1 to 0.

Rescheduled the backup and it ran first go.