Title: Backup Failed Last modified: April 12, 2022 --- # Backup Failed * Resolved [robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * (@robphat) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/) * Here’s the error message: * ``` [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:35] Looking for PHP CLI executable file. [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:40] PHP CLI Filename: php [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:40] PHP CLI Version: 8.0.16 (cli) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:40] PHP CLI Memory limit: 512M/512M [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:40] PHP CLI Execution limit: 0/0 [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:40] We properly detected PHP CLI executable file. [WARN] [2022-04-12 23:23:42] Something went wrong in PHP CLI process, backup will be continued with legacy methods. [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:42] Initializing backup... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:42] Backup & Migration version: 1.2.0 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:42] Site which will be backed up: ***site_url*** [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:42] PHP Version: 8.0.16 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:42] WP Version: 5.9.3 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] MySQL Version: 5.6.51 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] MySQL Max Length: 268435456 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Web server: Apache [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Max execution time (in seconds): 259200 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Max rows per query (this site): 300 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Checking if backup dir is writable... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Initializing custom error handler [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Yup it is writable... [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:43] Scanning files... [WARN] [2022-04-12 23:23:46] Removing file from backup (due to exclude rules): ***ABSPATH***/wp-content/debug.log [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Checking free space, reserving... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Requires at least 1490064362 bytes. [1.39 GB] [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Disk free space function is not disabled - using it... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Checking this path/partition: ***ABSPATH***/wp-content/***backup_path***/backups [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] There is 612,222.36 MB free. [597.87 GB] [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Great! We have enough space. [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Confirmed, there is more than enough space, checked: 1490064362 bytes [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Scanning done - found 17107 files... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Backup initialized... [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Initializing archiving system... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Archive system initialized... [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Preparing map of files... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Files prepared. [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Starting compression process... [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Smart memory calculation... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] There is 1024 MBs of memory to use [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] WordPress memory limit: 1024 MBs [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Setting the safe limit to 230 MB [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Making database backup (using V2 engine, requires at least v1.1.0 to restore) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Iterating database... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Memory usage after initialization: 28.66 MB [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Scan found 51 tables (24300 rows), estimated total size: 732.47 MB. [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Memory usage after getting table names: 29.13 MB [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Getting table recipes... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Table recipes have been exported. [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Memory usage after loading recipes: 29.59 MB [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:50] Saving recipes... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Recipes saved. [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Memory usage after recipe off-load: 29.57 MB [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Exporting table data... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Getting data of table: wp_blogmeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Table: wp_blogmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00430 ms [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Getting data of table: wp_commentmeta (0.03 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Table: wp_commentmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00379 ms [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Getting data of table: wp_comments (0.36 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Table: wp_comments cloned, operation took: 0.53979 ms [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Getting data of table: wp_links (0.00 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Table: wp_links cloned, operation took: 0.00381 ms [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:51] Getting data of table: wp_micro_revisions (10.24 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:58] Table: wp_micro_revisions cloned, operation took: 7.17989 ms [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:23:58] Getting data of table: wp_options (5.90 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:05] Table: wp_options cloned, operation took: 6.95117 ms [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:05] Getting data of table: wp_postmeta (701.82 MB) [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] Backup via PHP CLI initialized successfully. [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] Initializing backup... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] Backup & Migration version: 1.2.0 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] Site which will be backed up: ***site_url*** [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] PHP Version: 8.0.16 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] WP Version: 5.9.3 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:14] MySQL Version: 5.6.51 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] MySQL Max Length: 268435456 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Web server: Not available [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Max execution time (in seconds): 259200 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Max rows per query (this site): 300 [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Checking if backup dir is writable... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Initializing custom error handler [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Yup it is writable... [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:24:17] Scanning files... [WARN] [2022-04-12 23:24:40] Removing file from backup (due to exclude rules): ***ABSPATH***/wp-content/debug.log [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Checking free space, reserving... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Requires at least 1490064362 bytes. [1.39 GB] [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Disk free space function is not disabled - using it... [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Checking this path/partition: ***ABSPATH***/wp-content/***backup_path***/backups [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] There is 612,157.64 MB free. [597.81 GB] [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Great! We have enough space. [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Confirmed, there is more than enough space, checked: 1490064362 bytes [INFO] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Scanning done - found 17107 files... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Backup initialized... [STEP] [2022-04-12 23:24:44] Initializing archiving system... [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] File downloaded on (server time): 2022-04-12 23:28:42 [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (seconds): 307 seconds ago [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (date): 2022-04-12 23:23:35 ``` Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15553279) * Hi [@robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * I think something went wrong with your PHP CLI. * Please follow these steps: 1. Go to “Other options” section 2. Change backup method: [https://prnt.sc/1s1ofpa](https://prnt.sc/1s1ofpa) 3. Disable PHP CLI checking: [https://prnt.sc/1sljr31](https://prnt.sc/1sljr31) 4. Modify query output: [https://prnt.sc/1trxucl](https://prnt.sc/1trxucl) (set this value to 100) 5. Save “Other options” section 6. Force stop both processes: [https://prnt.sc/1trv1tm](https://prnt.sc/1trv1tm) * It will disable PHP CLI and change backup method. Last step will solve issues with double start. * Let me know if that works for you 🙂 Thank you! * Thread Starter [robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * (@robphat) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15553297) * iClyde, thanks or the super fast reply. I did what you instructed, but that didn’t work. The backup still failed. This site is hosted at Go Daddy (who I really don’t like, but its the client’s account). So do you have any other suggestions to get this plugin to work? * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15553300) * Hi [@robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * Did you get the same output? * Thread Starter [robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * (@robphat) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15553327) * Looks like same error. Here’s the text: * ``` [WARN] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] PHP CLI is disabled manually, plugin will omit all PHP CLI steps. [WARN] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] PHP CLI will not run due to user settings in plugin other options. [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Initializing backup... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Backup & Migration version: 1.2.0 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Site which will be backed up: ***site_url*** [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] PHP Version: 8.0.16 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] WP Version: 5.9.3 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] MySQL Version: 5.6.51 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] MySQL Max Length: 268435456 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Web server: Apache [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Max execution time (in seconds): 259200 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Max rows per query (this site): 100 [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Checking if backup dir is writable... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Initializing custom error handler [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Yup it is writable... [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:09] Scanning files... [WARN] [2022-04-13 00:31:10] Removing file from backup (due to exclude rules): ***ABSPATH***/wp-content/debug.log [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Checking free space, reserving... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Requires at least 284152935 bytes. [270.99 MB] [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Disk free space function is not disabled - using it... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Checking this path/partition: ***ABSPATH***/wp-content/***backup_path***/backups [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] There is 612,138.87 MB free. [597.79 GB] [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Great! We have enough space. [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Confirmed, there is more than enough space, checked: 284152935 bytes [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Scanning done - found 13209 files... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Backup initialized... [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Initializing archiving system... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Archive system initialized... [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Preparing map of files... [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Files prepared. [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Starting compression process... [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Smart memory calculation... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] There is 1024 MBs of memory to use [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] WordPress memory limit: 1024 MBs [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Setting the safe limit to 230 MB [STEP] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Making database backup (using V2 engine, requires at least v1.1.0 to restore) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Iterating database... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Memory usage after initialization: 27.78 MB [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Scan found 51 tables (24297 rows), estimated total size: 732.52 MB. [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Memory usage after getting table names: 28.26 MB [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Getting table recipes... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Table recipes have been exported. [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Memory usage after loading recipes: 28.72 MB [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Saving recipes... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Recipes saved. [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Memory usage after recipe off-load: 28.69 MB [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Exporting table data... [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Getting data of table: wp_blogmeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Table: wp_blogmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00361 ms [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Getting data of table: wp_commentmeta (0.03 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Table: wp_commentmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00350 ms [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:11] Getting data of table: wp_comments (0.36 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:12] Table: wp_comments cloned, operation took: 0.13637 ms [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:12] Getting data of table: wp_links (0.00 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:12] Table: wp_links cloned, operation took: 0.00356 ms [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:12] Getting data of table: wp_micro_revisions (10.29 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:14] Table: wp_micro_revisions cloned, operation took: 2.30260 ms [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:14] Getting data of table: wp_options (5.90 MB) [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:17] Table: wp_options cloned, operation took: 3.50910 ms [INFO] [2022-04-13 00:31:17] Getting data of table: wp_postmeta (701.82 MB) [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] File downloaded on (server time): 2022-04-13 00:36:20 [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (seconds): 311 seconds ago [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (date): 2022-04-13 00:31:09 ``` * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15553331) * Hi [@robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * Actually not, it’s very different. Your previous issue is resolved, now the backup started properly. * Now different issue is visible, your postmeta table is 700 MB large. It’s a lot even for a large WordPress site. * I believe you have a lot of revisions, that were not removed over year or more. * Please, try to: 1. Install “Advanced DB Cleanup” plugin 2. Run full Clean-up with few clicks 3. In second tab you can also optimize all tables but it’s optional step 4. Once you do that, back to our plugin settings and enter other options 5. Let’s try to modify query output again – Modify query output: [https://prnt.sc/1trxucl](https://prnt.sc/1trxucl)( set this value to 450) 6. Save other options section 7. Force stop both processes: [https://prnt.sc/1trv1tm](https://prnt.sc/1trv1tm) – You should perform step 7 every time after backup/restore failure. * Let me know if that pushes the backup forward 🙂 Thank you! * Thread Starter [robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * (@robphat) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15553454) * Yes! That worked. The backup completed. However, it did not restore to the new domain. The error says the backup does not exist under provided url. How do I fix it? Here is the text: * ``` [STEP] [2022-04-13 03:17:32] Initializing restore process [STEP] [2022-04-13 03:17:33] Looking for PHP CLI executable file. [INFO] [2022-04-13 03:17:38] PHP CLI Filename: php [INFO] [2022-04-13 03:17:38] PHP CLI Version: 8.0.16 (cli) [INFO] [2022-04-13 03:17:38] PHP CLI Memory limit: 512M/512M [INFO] [2022-04-13 03:17:38] PHP CLI Execution limit: 0/0 [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 03:17:38] We properly detected PHP CLI executable file. [INFO] [2022-04-13 03:17:40] Creating lock file [STEP] [2022-04-13 03:17:41] Initializing download process [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 03:17:41] Downloading initialized [STEP] [2022-04-13 03:17:41] Downloading remote file... [INFO] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] Unlocking migration [SUCCESS] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] Download completed (took: 104.9725549221s) [STEP] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] Looking for backup manifest [ERROR] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] Backup does not exist under provided URL. [ERROR] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] Please confirm that you can download the backup file via provided URL. [ERROR] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] ...or the manifest file does not exist in the backup. [ERROR] [2022-04-13 03:19:26] Missing manifest means that the backup is probably invalid. [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] File downloaded on (server time): 2022-04-13 03:19:27 [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (seconds): 2 seconds ago [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (date): 2022-04-13 03:19:25 ``` * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15557777) * Hi [@robphat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robphat/) * I think Super-Quick Migration module couldn’t complete the download. It may be caused due to timeout of source server. * By source server I mean the website where you created your backup. * You can try to enable alternate download: 1. Go to your source server 2. Open“ Other options” section 3. Enable alternate download method: [https://prnt.sc/1slr41w](https://prnt.sc/1slr41w) 4. Save that section * 5. Now, go to the website where you want to restore your backup 6. Go to “Other options” section 7. Disable PHP CLI checking: [https://prnt.sc/1sljr31](https://prnt.sc/1sljr31) 8. Save that section 9. Force both processes to stop: [https://prnt.sc/1trv1tm](https://prnt.sc/1trv1tm) * Once you do that, you can try to run the restoration via URL once again. If that won’t work, you may need to download the file and upload it manually. * To upload your backup, you can use FTP, cPanel or our upload area below backups list. * Let me know if that solves your issue 🙂 Thank you! * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15577208) * As we didn’t hear any reply in last days. I can assume that you resolved the issue. * Feel free to open new topic if I am wrong! Thank you 🙂 Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Backup Failed’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/backup-backup/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=2995566) * [Backup Migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-backup/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup-backup/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-backup/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-backup/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-backup/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backup-backup/reviews/) * 8 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failed-67/#post-15577208) * Status: resolved