Hello,
I recently upgraded PHP to version 5.6 via dotdeb on Debian 7. Since then I receive Emails regarding partially completed backups.
Depending to the logs all backup actions are done but 4 of 12 virtual servers are listed with errors only in the summary.
I searched the web and support sites but found nothing related.
Does anyone have an idea what is happening and how to solve?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Christian
Howdy,
If a backup doesn’t complete properly, it should generate an error regarding what exactly didn’t work properly.
You can see the full backup logs by going into Backup and Restore -> Backup Logs.
Can you share what the exact error is that you’re seeing? We can then assist in resolving that… thanks!
-Eric
Hi Eric,
it should, indeed,… but it does not 
Creating backup for virtual server dom1.xyz-1.de ..
Copying virtual server configuration ..
.. done
Saving mail aliases ..
.. done
Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done
Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup
Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database dom1_xyz_1_de ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 13 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-1.de …
Copying virtual server configuration …
… done
Backing up Cron jobs ..
.. done
Saving mail aliases ..
.. done
Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done
Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup
Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying SSL Apache virtual host configuration and certificate ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database xyz_1_de ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Backing up slave DNS zone configuration ..
.. domain not found!
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 13 minutes, 22 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-2 …
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 ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Backing up slave DNS zone configuration ..
.. domain not found!
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 13 minutes, 16 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-3.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 Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database xyz_3_com ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Backing up AWstats configuration file ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server dom2.xyz-1.de …
Copying virtual server configuration …
… done
Saving mail aliases ..
.. done
Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done
Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup
Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database dom2_xyz_1_de ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server dom3.xyz-1.de …
Copying virtual server configuration …
… done
Saving mail aliases ..
.. done
Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done
Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup
Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying SSL Apache virtual host configuration and certificate ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database dom3_xyz_1_de ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 21 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server mod.xyz-4.net …
Copying virtual server configuration …
… done
Saving mail aliases ..
.. done
Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done
Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup
Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database mod_xyz-4_net ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 57 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-5.de …
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 Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database xyz-5_de ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Backing up AWstats configuration file ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 1 minutes, 50 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-6.de …
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 Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database xyz-6_de ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 1 minutes, 48 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-7.de …
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 Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying SSL Apache virtual host configuration and certificate ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database xyz_7_de ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Backing up Webmin ACL files ..
.. done
Backing up slave DNS zone configuration ..
.. domain not found!
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 11 minutes, 49 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server autoconfig.xyz-1.de …
Copying virtual server configuration …
… done
Saving mail aliases ..
.. done
Saving mail and FTP users ..
.. done
Backing up mail and FTP user Cron jobs ..
.. none to backup
Copying Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Webalizer configuration files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Backing up AWstats configuration file ..
.. done
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 4 seconds
Creating backup for virtual server xyz-4.net …
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 Apache virtual host configuration ..
.. done
Copying Apache log files ..
.. done
Copying Logrotate configuration ..
.. done
Dumping MySQL database xyz-4_net ..
.. done
Copying Procmail and SpamAssassin configuration files ..
.. done
Backing up AWstats configuration file ..
.. done
Backing up slave DNS zone configuration ..
.. domain not found!
Creating TAR file of home directory ..
.. done
… completed in 5 minutes, 52 seconds
Saving Virtualmin configuration ..
.. done
Saving templates and plans ..
.. done
Saving email templates ..
.. done
Saving custom fields, links, categories and shells ..
.. done
Saving custom script installers ..
.. done
Saving scheduled backups ..
.. done
Saving FTP directory restrictions ..
.. done
Saving DKIM settings ..
.. not installed
Saving greylisting settings ..
.. not installed
Save mail rate limiting configuration ..
.. not installed
Saving mail server configuration ..
.. done
… done
8 servers backed up successfully, 4 had errors.
8 Virtualmin configuration settings backed up successfully.
Servers with errors: xyz-1.de xyz-2 xyz-7.de xyz-4.net
Deleting backups from local file /private-backup/virtualmin_backup_%a older than 5 days …
Deleting directory /private-backup/virtualmin_backup_Tue, which is 6 days old …
… deleted 3.50 GB.
Deleting file /private-backup/virtualmin_backup_cloud_Tue.tar.gz, which is 5 days old ..
.. deleted 6.28 MB.
… deleted 2 old backups, and skipped 11 that were not old enough
This is the complete log just replaced the domain names.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Christian
Howdy,
It doesn’t look like you’re seeing a PHP related error.
What I do see is several mentions of this error:
Backing up slave DNS zone configuration
.. domain not found!
Now, it looks as if you’ve configured it to continue the backup process, even when there’s an error. Because if that, your backups are actually good.
You should have all the data for your various domains included in the backup, minus the problem shared above.
Figuring out what’s causing that is the next step though.
Were you perhaps trying to setup a slave DNS configuration recently?
-Eric
Hi Eric,
oh my… you are right. I was so focused on searching “errors” … I missed that.
I changed bind settings and DNS Setup shortly before the php upgrade. I totally forgot about that.
I removed the servers slave dns features. I guess it’s working now as intended 
Thanks alot for opening my eyes!
Best regards
Christian
Aha, that’s fantastic, I’m glad that’s working for you now!
-Eric