Backup failed: no space left on device

turbo2ltr

• August 31, 2015 10:00

Seems obvious what the issue is, but here's my df.
host2 root [/] # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md2 94G 24G 66G 26% / /dev/md0 488M 58M 405M 13% /boot /dev/md1 7.8G 19M 7.4G 1% /tmp tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev/shm /dev/sdc1 46G 22G 22G 51% /backup /dev/sdc2 871G 12G 816G 2% /home2
/backup and /home2 are on a separate drive than everything else. There is already a monthly copy in backup, it's 15gb so the daily should be about the same. It did not gzip any of the 5 accounts on the server.
host2 root [/backup/2015-08-31/accounts] # ll total 8.0K drwx--x--x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 31 02:00 . drwx--x--x 4 root root 4.0K Aug 31 02:00 .. -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 31 02:00 corp.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 31 02:00 dev3.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 31 02:00 prod.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 31 02:00 stage.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 0 Aug 31 02:00 cli.tar.gz
Any idea why? To give you an idea on how big the zips are:
host2 root [/backup/monthly/2015-08-01/accounts] # ll total 13G drwx--x--x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 1 02:25 . drwx--x--x 4 root root 4.0K Aug 1 02:00 .. -rw------- 1 root root 4.4M Aug 1 02:25 corp.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 1.6G Aug 1 02:25 dev3.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 7.3G Aug 1 02:11 prod.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 3.2G Aug 1 02:18 stage.tar.gz -rw------- 1 root root 3.3G Aug 1 02:21 cli.tar.gz

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 03, 2015 19:29

  Hello :) You can review the backup logs in the following directory: /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup Which account did the backup generation fail at? Thank you.

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  RayJay

  • October 06, 2015 14:52

  hi, that code doesn't work for me, I am trying to restore a backup but when i try to restore the backup, i get an error advising that i only have about 2gb space left and i need around 10gb to restore the backup. I have configured my backups in cpanel to backup every week and keep 3 months of backups. I have been given, by my hosting providers support, a list of my backup directory and can see I have some old backups from the 08/09/2015 which are taking up a lot or room and if i delete them they should free up the required space. And I would then like to restore the backup I have from the 29/09/2015. Does anyone know how i can access my backup directory so i can delete the old backups, from my Cpanel? I am using WHM, btw.

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 06, 2015 15:33

  Does anyone know how i can access my backup directory so i can delete the old backups, from my Cpanel?

  
  Hello :) You can only delete backup archives with "root" access via SSH or SFTP. Do you have root access to the server? Thank you.

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  RayJay

  • October 06, 2015 17:45

  Hello :) You can only delete backup archives with "root" access via SSH or SFTP. Do you have root access to the server? Thank you.

  
  Hi micheal, thanks for this... Yes I do have root access. but I do not know how to use SSH or sftp. I have searched online for tutorials but cannot find a good one?

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 06, 2015 19:54

  This document may help:

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  keat63

  • October 12, 2015 10:51

  CSF do a nice utility called 'ConfigServer Explorer', which may allow removal of the files directly within WHM. I find 'PUTTY' a good SSH utility, but this is only really any good if you understand command line inputs.

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