Question
Where are the cPanel Backup logs?
Answer
The backup logs are located in /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup/:
[root ~]# ls -lah /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup
total 180K
drwx------ 2 root root 248 Jun 4 02:00 .
drwx--x--x 7 root root 4.0K Jun 4 02:00 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 25 02:01 1621926004.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 26 02:01 1622012405.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 27 02:01 1622098802.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 28 02:01 1622185203.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 29 02:01 1622271603.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 30 02:01 1622358002.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K May 31 02:01 1622444402.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K Jun 1 02:01 1622530802.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K Jun 2 02:01 1622617202.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K Jun 3 02:01 1622703607.log
-rw------- 1 root root 16K Jun 4 02:01 1622790005.log
[root ~]#
The backup transporter logs are located in /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup_transporter:
[root ~]# ls -lah /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup_transporter
total 88K
drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K Jun 3 02:01 .
drwx--x--x 7 root root 4.0K Jun 4 02:00 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 4.9K May 16 02:05 cpbackup_transporter.1621062374.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.8K May 18 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1621235157.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.9K May 20 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1621407968.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.9K May 22 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1621580772.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.9K May 24 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1621753575.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.8K May 26 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1621926384.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.9K May 28 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1622099187.log
-rw------- 1 root root 5.1K May 30 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1622271989.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.8K Jun 1 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1622444786.log
-rw------- 1 root root 4.8K Jun 3 02:06 cpbackup_transporter.1622617592.log
[root ~]#
Reference: https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/cpanel-product/the-cpanel-log-files/#directories.