Hello,
I use scheduled backups on my server and upload them to Google Drive via rclone after they are created. Sometimes, the server runs out of space, causing the backup to fail. (Yes, this is my fault.) However, this failed backup remains in the list in Virtualmin, and I cannot remove it because the delete button does not appear.
same way you delete anything - go into terminal and use linux command.
I guess the log entry is not of great matter - unless you just do not have much space - in which case you are likely to have a problem with other logs (.access, .error etc) - most logs fill up over time, then get zipped (compressed) then are eventually deleted - and most folk like to be able to trace back through them to discover why/what/who/when.
Still, it would be great if I could delete failed backup logs just as easily as I can delete successful ones, without all this hassle. Thanks for your responses, gentlemen. I’ll find a way.
Guys, I didn’t present this as a big issue or problem. I simply check this list to see if my daily backups are being taken, and when there’s an issue, I focus on the red ‘Failed’ entries. Once I fix the problem and take a new backup, I just want to remove those ‘Failed’ entries… That’s all, just a simple obsession.
If you know how to remove this ‘Failed’ row, please help me with that. I believe I am capable of deciding how much I care about something.
If properly set up, logs age out. Easily? Probably not gonna happen. I’m pretty sure the developers consider it a bad idea to make it easy for random people to start deleting logs. Getting folks who come here to even check the logs is hard enough. Now imagine they start deleting all those pesky red flags before they even ask a question here.
File manager and command line are probably the only options that will ever be available.
along with learning some basic linux commands and where to find the log in the first place. (of course that assumes you have permission to be so destructive!)
