Title: Database not backing up Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Database not backing up * Resolved [Talisman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talisman/) * (@talisman) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/) * I have the database backup set to run once a week and to keep the last 4 backups. I noticed this morning that older copies were not being deleted and the newest copy was not being saved as 4 had already been reached. Even trying a manual backup (and having been told it was saved) did not overwrite the existing 4 copies– it simply wasn’t there. Only when I deleted the 4 copies manually did the backup now option work. I checked on some of my other sites and this is happening there too. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/#post-6662418) * Hi is this the first time this happens to you? Can you check the log files? * Thread Starter [Talisman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talisman/) * (@talisman) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/#post-6662566) * Sorry for the delay in getting back to you – I was out of town. * It’s the first time I’ve noticed it. For most of my sites I have the backup emailed to me but because of its size I usually download the latest backups to my local PC every two weeks for this one. But this time when I went to do so I noticed that nothing later than September was there even though it should be backing up every week. The logs don’t show anything unusual as far as I can tell. The cron job is certainly being triggered. * The unusual thing was that even when I initiated a manual backup and was told it was successful it did not appear in the server files. When I deleted all the existing copies and tried again the manual backup worked as it should and the backup was there. * I looked at a similarly set up site keeping four copies and I have two backups dated for May, one for July and one for September. But nothing since September even though it is a biweekly backup. However, because this site is smaller I was having the backup emailed and those are turning up but the same file that is emailed is not being saved to the server in the backup folder. * Hope that makes sense! * Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/#post-6662572) * What are the logs saying? Are there any error messages in the log files? Did you make any changes to your website prior to this issue? * Plugin Contributor [wpsolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsolutions/) * (@wpsolutions) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/#post-6662581) * Ok thanks for the heads up. I’ve made a tweak/improvement to this functionality and that will solve your issue. This fix will be available in the next release. * Thread Starter [Talisman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talisman/) * (@talisman) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/#post-6662590) * To mbrsolution: The logs show what I would expect them to show although I am curious as to why the “Daily cron handler got fired!” There is nothing I can see that is an error message and the backups show as being completed. They just wasn’t being saved. Other than content additions no changes were made. * To wpsolutions: Thank you. Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Database not backing up’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=2798307) * [All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/reviews/) ## Tags * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Talisman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talisman/) * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-not-backing-up-2/#post-6662590) * Status: resolved