Problem with Backup Virtual Servers to Webmin server

[mrivner]

I went ahead and also did a backup of the 141 g virtual server and it also failed in the same way the 12.6 g job failed. Once again, the main "tar.gz’ file was downloaded to the destination server but the “.dom” and the “.info” files were not.

Output from the source server:

Files on destination server:

Thanks.
Michael

[Ilia]

So, the large main backup file of 141GB was uploaded to the remote Webmin server, but not the small (.dom and .info) files?

[mrivner]

Exactly. This was the same for both large files. The large main backup file was uploaded to the remote Webmin server but not the small files (.dom and .info).

Thanks.
Michael

[Ilia]

Thanks for clearing this up, Michael! I think Jamie will take a close look at it later today.

Or, I’ll also take a look later this week because I’m busy now wrapping up some big UI changes.

[Stegan]

sorry for the dumb question here - what are the .dom and .info files - and where do they come from I do not use .tar backups I use .zip but even when I have made the mistake of performing a .tar (it is the default ) I do not seem to get them

[Ilia]

Those are metadata for Virtualmin backups, they tell Virtualmin what’s inside a backup without re-downloading or unpacking the entire backup file.

[mrivner]

Not trying to be a pain as I appreciate your help. Any update on fixing his problem.

Thanks.
Michael

[mrivner]

Can the backup be restored without the .dom and .info files, if it just contains the tar.gz file?

Also any update on the status of this problem?

Thanks.
Michael

[mrivner]

Since there is a new version of Webmin do I need to run this patch again?

@mrivner Try applying this patch by running the following command to see if it fixes the original issue with large backups for you:

webmin patch https://github.com/virtualmin/virtualmin-gpl/commit/7e9e7af3

Since with the updated version, the tar,gz file of my large virtual server is no longer loaded to the backup machine as it was earlier. Also do I need the .info and .dom files to restore a backup? A .zip file of my larger virtual servers also did not complete as well and the file was not found on m backup server.

[mrivner]

Since the last message, I created a private ticket for this problem. Thanks to Ilia and Jamie the problem is now solved.

Webmin Version 2.620 now corrects this problem. To install Webmin 2.620 if you do not have this or a later version use this command:

get https://github.com/webmin/webmin/releases/download/2.620/webmin_2.620_all.deb
apt-get install ./webmin_2.620_all.deb

Two additional patches should be added:

webmin patch Add better logging for RPC · webmin/webmin@2627ba2 · GitHub
webmin patch Fix to prevents NAT from dropping idle connections · webmin/webmin@4dacdc3 · GitHub

Following these changes Webserver backup worked for large files.

I want to thank Ilia and Jamie for working on this isue.

Thanks,
Michael