Partially completed backup

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Hello Iliya,

many thanks for tracking down the issue - as it seems we are on the right path and it is the PDNS plugin :slight_smile:

So I installed the latest version…:

Summary 
:~# wget https://download.virtualmin.com/webmin-virtualmin-powerdns_1.13.1-1_all.deb
--2026-08-03 09:07:47--  https://download.virtualmin.com/webmin-virtualmin-powerdns_1.13.1-1_all.deb
Resolving download.virtualmin.com (download.virtualmin.com)... 13.226.94.58, 13.226.94.122, 13.226.94.106, ...
Connecting to download.virtualmin.com (download.virtualmin.com)|13.226.94.58|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 33088 (32K) [application/vnd.debian.binary-package]
Saving to: ‘webmin-virtualmin-powerdns_1.13.1-1_all.deb’

webmin-virtualmin-p 100%[===================>]  32.31K  --.-KB/s    in 0.002s  

2026-08-03 09:07:47 (17.1 MB/s) - ‘webmin-virtualmin-powerdns_1.13.1-1_all.deb’ saved [33088/33088]

:~# dpkg -i webmin-virtualmin-powerdns_1.13.1-1_all.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package webmin-virtualmin-powerdns.
(Reading database ... 167428 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack webmin-virtualmin-powerdns_1.13.1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking webmin-virtualmin-powerdns (1.13.1-1) ...
Setting up webmin-virtualmin-powerdns (1.13.1-1) ...
:~# apt update && apt upgrade
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease         
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease     
Hit:4 https://download.virtualmin.com virtualmin InRelease                     
Hit:5 http://repo.powerdns.com/debian trixie-auth-50 InRelease                 
Hit:6 http://repo.powerdns.com/debian trixie-dnsdist-20 InRelease
All packages are up to date.    
Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
:~#

System Settings → Features and Plugins shows:
PowerDNS Domain Plugin 1.13.1 41 domains

System Settings → Re-Check Configuration, ends w."
.. your system is ready for use by Virtualmin

Yet, no servers were backed up (not even partially like before). See todays backup log:

FULL log 
`Testing backup destination local file /dump ..
.. done

Creating backup for virtual server ******.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 SSL Apache virtual host configuration and certificate ..
    .. done

    Copying Logrotate configuration ..
    .. done

    Backing up AWStats configuration file ..
    .. done

    Creating TAR file of home directory ..
    .. done

.. completed in 14 seconds

Creating backup for virtual server ******.net ..
    Copying virtual server configuration ..
    .. done

    Copying Apache aliases ..
    .. done

virtualmin-powerdns::feature_backup failed : Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /usr/share/webmin/virtualmin-powerdns/virtualmin-powerdns-lib.pl line 68.`

I am happy to help w. debugging this and am available on telegram too if need may be :+1:t2:

Cheers,
Hans