Hello, this plug in's backup scheduling does not working. Nothing is being backed up on schedule although the manual backup works fine. What could cause the scheduling not to work? Thanks.
Having a similar problem, but slightly different. The plugin was working perfectly fine up until the end of January apparently. I noticed all of sudden (several months later) that I had not been receiving the backup emails any longer. I checked back and saw that it was indeed January! So I checked the Tools section and it's all set up to backup daily and send via email, so I tried it manually once. It backed up but never sent it to my email account. It's just not functioning for me any longer. Please help.
By the way, did anyone else on this forum get replied to?
It's 3 months since the last post and not even a reply. is anyone out there? Does anyone care? Is there any support? I have the same situation. The plugin seems to be working and backing up, and then tells me that the backup was sent to my email address, but it wasn't. By the way, I have donated.
I have had exactly the same problem, as described by Valerie above. This worked like clockwork. I got a backup by email every day. Then all of a sudden it stopped. It may have been in January, I really don't know without checking back, but that would appear to be about right. It has been on my to-do list to get this sorted for months. Today have tried again to get it working, and it doesn't. It does seem to be a common issue ... but why doesn't anyone respond? Or more importantly, why isn't this issue being fixed?
Have you checked to see if there are a whole bunch of *.sql files in the wp-content/backup-* folder? It seems that - if you're on shared hosting with a small memory limit - the compressing/mailing stage fails, and leaves the uncompressed files lying around.
I use the plugin in at least 10 sites and I have the same problem only in one and, as scruss wrote, it happens 'cause it's the only one site with many many pictures and infos, so the plugin store the (big) B.U. file in the wp-content/backup folder.
Not too much terrible, but sometime I'm out of home and I can't use ftp programs like Cyberduck ('cause Filezilla give an error).
Can be resolved, please?
Sorry for my bad english.
I noticed that I have a ton of files in the wp-content/backup* folder.
But in January 2011, something changed:
I used to have sql.gz files processed until January 5th. As of January 12th, the plugin processed .sql files. I have 52 of them for 2011 and not a single one hit my inbox. Then again, I suspect that's to be expected; the gzipped files were 10MB and the .sql files are close to 100MB.
I just did a manual backup. The .sql file was created but again was not sent to me. I have no mail logs indicating that an email was even attempted. Maybe the files are too large to even be attempted.
It would be AWESOME if Austin could chime in on the issue here.
was having the same issue with scheduled and manual backup not working and maybe I found something.
Until last mid december I was receiving weekly the backup, wich is about when WP 3.3 was released.
After reading the comments here and around, it seems as suggested by scruss that this is related to SQL file size.
When using the default WP-DB-Backup setting, the current SQL backup generated for my site is about 9mb. (have no idea what it was before WP3.3)
After checking my web host info I found a line with a PHP post_max_size limit to 8mb, I have no clue if this is related as I'm not really into that stuff, but here is the thing : when I exclude "spam comments" and "post revisions" from WP-DB-Backup settings, the SQL generated drops to less than 3mb, and all is working again (manual d/l, manual email and scheduled email).
Mine stopped emailing the backups to me as well. The last one I received in my email inbox was on February 2. I have very few pictures on my website. There's not a lot to back up.
Too bad there are no replies whatsoever of Austin... Could you please just say if this is a real problem, if you are going to fix it, maybe give a timeframe?
If you are not going to fix it, no problem either, just tell us, please? Now we are just dangling, maybe expecting too much of you...
I've had exactly the same problem as the rest of you with regards to the schedule backup not sending out emails, but you'll be pleased to hear I have managed to sort it out on my websites.
What I've found is that the folder stored in your cPanel where the back ups are stored (wp-content/backup-xxxxxx) was full with .sql files dating back years. I deleted every single file within the back up folder and then completed a manual backup with send to email selected. Seems to be working okay now email was recieved within seconds of the back up completing.
Why it behaves like this in the first place I have no idea but I'm happy I managed to get it working again.
Hello, this plug in's backup scheduling does not working. Nothing is being backed up on schedule although the manual backup works fine. What could cause the scheduling not to work? Thanks.
Same problem for me. Please help!
Having the same problem...Scheduling will be a life saver...
SAME PROBLEM!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Having a similar problem, but slightly different. The plugin was working perfectly fine up until the end of January apparently. I noticed all of sudden (several months later) that I had not been receiving the backup emails any longer. I checked back and saw that it was indeed January! So I checked the Tools section and it's all set up to backup daily and send via email, so I tried it manually once. It backed up but never sent it to my email account. It's just not functioning for me any longer. Please help.
By the way, did anyone else on this forum get replied to?
It's 3 months since the last post and not even a reply. is anyone out there? Does anyone care? Is there any support? I have the same situation. The plugin seems to be working and backing up, and then tells me that the backup was sent to my email address, but it wasn't. By the way, I have donated.
I have had exactly the same problem, as described by Valerie above. This worked like clockwork. I got a backup by email every day. Then all of a sudden it stopped. It may have been in January, I really don't know without checking back, but that would appear to be about right. It has been on my to-do list to get this sorted for months. Today have tried again to get it working, and it doesn't. It does seem to be a common issue ... but why doesn't anyone respond? Or more importantly, why isn't this issue being fixed?
Have you checked to see if there are a whole bunch of *.sql files in the wp-content/backup-* folder? It seems that - if you're on shared hosting with a small memory limit - the compressing/mailing stage fails, and leaves the uncompressed files lying around.
I use the plugin in at least 10 sites and I have the same problem only in one and, as scruss wrote, it happens 'cause it's the only one site with many many pictures and infos, so the plugin store the (big) B.U. file in the wp-content/backup folder.
Not too much terrible, but sometime I'm out of home and I can't use ftp programs like Cyberduck ('cause Filezilla give an error).
Can be resolved, please?
Sorry for my bad english.
I am having the same problem with WP-DB Backup:
A manual backup to email works fine. But it will not backup automatically.
Any help would be appreciated.
It was working just fine, until I upgraded to the latest version of WP (3.3). Now it stopped working. Manual download doesn't work either.
I noticed that I have a ton of files in the wp-content/backup* folder.
But in January 2011, something changed:
I used to have sql.gz files processed until January 5th. As of January 12th, the plugin processed .sql files. I have 52 of them for 2011 and not a single one hit my inbox. Then again, I suspect that's to be expected; the gzipped files were 10MB and the .sql files are close to 100MB.
I just did a manual backup. The .sql file was created but again was not sent to me. I have no mail logs indicating that an email was even attempted. Maybe the files are too large to even be attempted.
It would be AWESOME if Austin could chime in on the issue here.
Hello all,
was having the same issue with scheduled and manual backup not working and maybe I found something.
Until last mid december I was receiving weekly the backup, wich is about when WP 3.3 was released.
After reading the comments here and around, it seems as suggested by scruss that this is related to SQL file size.
When using the default WP-DB-Backup setting, the current SQL backup generated for my site is about 9mb. (have no idea what it was before WP3.3)
After checking my web host info I found a line with a PHP post_max_size limit to 8mb, I have no clue if this is related as I'm not really into that stuff, but here is the thing : when I exclude "spam comments" and "post revisions" from WP-DB-Backup settings, the SQL generated drops to less than 3mb, and all is working again (manual d/l, manual email and scheduled email).
Worth having a try.
Mine stopped emailing the backups to me as well. The last one I received in my email inbox was on February 2. I have very few pictures on my website. There's not a lot to back up.
Too bad there are no replies whatsoever of Austin... Could you please just say if this is a real problem, if you are going to fix it, maybe give a timeframe?
If you are not going to fix it, no problem either, just tell us, please? Now we are just dangling, maybe expecting too much of you...
Please?
I am having the same problem. Not receiving the scheduled backups via email.
Hi Guys
I've had exactly the same problem as the rest of you with regards to the schedule backup not sending out emails, but you'll be pleased to hear I have managed to sort it out on my websites.
What I've found is that the folder stored in your cPanel where the back ups are stored (wp-content/backup-xxxxxx) was full with .sql files dating back years. I deleted every single file within the back up folder and then completed a manual backup with send to email selected. Seems to be working okay now email was recieved within seconds of the back up completing.
Why it behaves like this in the first place I have no idea but I'm happy I managed to get it working again.
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