Title: Backup issue, space estimation problem
Last modified: October 18, 2018

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# Backup issue, space estimation problem

 *  Resolved [Oded Talmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
 * (@odedta)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/)
 * nevermind
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [Oded Talmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/).

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 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/#post-10792286)
 * [@odedta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
    Cool 😀 Btw, If you find
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   free support 😀 [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwpup/reviews/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwpup/reviews/)
 *  Thread Starter [Oded Talmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
 * (@odedta)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/#post-10792391)
 * Hey!
 * Actually the job was stuck so I was waiting for the log, here it is:
 *     ```
       [18-Oct-2018 10:09:37] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
       [18-Oct-2018 10:09:37] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
       [18-Oct-2018 12:30:50] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [18-Oct-2018 12:30:50] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [18-Oct-2018 12:30:51] 2. Trying to create backup archive …
       [18-Oct-2018 12:40:37] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [18-Oct-2018 12:40:37] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [18-Oct-2018 12:40:38] 3. Trying to create backup archive …
       [18-Oct-2018 12:51:51] WARNING: Job restarts due to inactivity for more than 5 minutes.
       [18-Oct-2018 12:51:51] ERROR: Step aborted: too many attempts!
       [18-Oct-2018 12:51:51] One old log deleted
       [18-Oct-2018 12:51:51] ERROR: Job has ended with errors in 9744 seconds. You must resolve the errors for correct execution.
       ```
   
 * For some reason the backups don’t work.
 * Thanks
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/#post-10793950)
 * [@odedta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
 * please to go to BackWPUp -> Settings -> Job tab -> Reduce server load and choose
   medium and then try again 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Oded Talmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
 * (@odedta)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/#post-10795846)
 * I did, here is the log:
 *     ```
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:34] Database backup done!
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:35] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:35] Added "wp-config.php" to backup file list
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:35] 1121 folders to backup.
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:36] 1. Trying to create a WordPress export to XML file …
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:38] Check WP Export file …
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:38] WP Export file is a valid WXR file.
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:38] Added XML export "CV-Tech.wordpress.2018-10-19.xml" with 3.09 MB to backup file list.
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:39] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:39] Added plugin list file "CV-Tech.pluginlist.2018-10-19.txt" with 3.01 KB to backup file list.
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:39] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:39] Added manifest.json file with 6.46 KB to backup file list.
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:39] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
       [19-Oct-2018 08:01:39] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
       [19-Oct-2018 08:57:05] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [19-Oct-2018 08:57:05] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [19-Oct-2018 08:57:06] 2. Trying to create backup archive …
       [19-Oct-2018 09:20:34] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [19-Oct-2018 09:20:34] WARNING: Signal "SIGTERM" (Termination signal) is sent to script!
       [19-Oct-2018 09:20:35] 3. Trying to create backup archive …
       [19-Oct-2018 09:28:04] WARNING: Job restarts due to inactivity for more than 5 minutes.
       [19-Oct-2018 09:28:04] ERROR: Step aborted: too many attempts!
       [19-Oct-2018 09:28:04] One old log deleted
       [19-Oct-2018 09:28:04] ERROR: Job has ended with errors in 5195 seconds. You must resolve the errors for correct execution.
       ```
   
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/#post-10803658)
 * [@odedta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
    Hmm, please try the following:
   Go to BackWPUp -> ​Jobs -> choose your job -> in General tab choose another archive
   backup format like Gzip, Tar or Bz2 Is that helps? Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [Oded Talmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odedta/)
 * (@odedta)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-issue-space-estimation-problem/#post-10803777)
 * `[22-Oct-2018 17:23:23] Job done in 998 seconds.`
    Yay! thanks 😉

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