I have been able to successfully run the script from a web browser. But when running as a cron job in Plesk I get the errors below. Any idea on how to fix this?

Many thanks.

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Executing MySQL Backup Script v1.4
Processing Databases..
sh: /mysqldump: No such file or directory
DUMP FAILED

DUMP FAILED

sh: /nice: No such file or directory
COMPRESSION FAILED

COMPRESSION FAILED

Archiving files..
sh: /cd: No such file or directory
FAILED
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I have the script runing ok from cron BUT-
Tar file created on first attempt was 25M. (strange as my DB is only small).
Tar file created on second attempt just kept growing larger until it consumed all space on the server like it was the blob. Yup all 160Gb of it!!!!

It is almost as if the Db backup just continues to repeat in endless loop? Strange tho that it wouldn’t have continued on the first attempt.

I have flicked through all posts below however no one seems to have had this prob in the past. Is it a PHP version issue?

Any help appreciated, I really want this to work out between us.

p.s. I am using PHP 5.3 on Fedora 11

Appreciate your help
Nagaraj

Warning: mkdir(/db_backups): Permission denied in /home/.sites/16/site186/web/backup_dbs.php on line 155

Notice: Undefined index: f_log in /home/.sites/16/site186/web/backup_dbs.php on line 85
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups

Notice: Undefined index: f_err in /home/.sites/16/site186/web/backup_dbs.php on line 85
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups

help me pls ?

Thanks

1) Installed 7-zip and added it to my path statement (c:\program files\7-zip)
2) Modified the line “exec( “zip -mj $BACKUP_TEMP/$db.sql.zip $BACKUP_TEMP/$db.sql 2>&1″ , $output, $res );” to “exec( “7z.exe a $BACKUP_TEMP/$db.sql.zip $BACKUP_TEMP/$db.sql 2>&1″ , $output, $res );”
3) Modified the line “exec(“zip -j -0 $BACKUP_DEST/$BACKUP_NAME * 2>&1″, $output, $res);” to “exec(“7z a $BACKUP_DEST/$BACKUP_NAME * 2>&1″, $output, $res);”

It now uses 7-zip for compression and all is well. Now, I don’t know what level of compression it’s using here and for my needs I don’t really care. You may want to look into 7-zip command line options if you want to tweak the compression and save more space, but I’m just backing up a small wiki so I’m not that concerned.

I was getting the mkdir() error, but the script works once I created the directories manually.

I’m running PHP 5.3.0.

I tried your script but for some reason I keep getting errors! To start with I receive:

Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in New Folder/backup_dbs.php on line 156

Notice: Undefined index: f_log in New Folder/backup_dbs.php on line 86
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups

Notice: Undefined index: f_err in New Folder/backup_dbs.php on line 86
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups

When initially trying to run the script.

Whoever asked for PHP5 support, I’m on PHP5 and it works fine. If you want OPP, well, that’s kinda silly and would be a waste of dev time.

My server would freeze on the frontend for about 30 seconds. I worked out this is because mysqldump, by default, locks the tables. Since I had very large tables this meant anyone on my website had to wait for pages to load, and this was causing pretty massive server load.

Go down to //dump db

Change the first exec() to:

exec( “$MYSQL_PATH/mysqldump $db_auth –skip-opt –quick –disable-keys –set-charset –create-options $db 2>&1 >$BACKUP_TEMP/$db.sql”, $output, $res);

No more lag It’s the –skip-opt that does it.

Thank you in advance!

i’ll try this scripts

Thanks for the suggestion. I send you regards from Germany.

Im a php novice and it took me hours (more than I care to count) to get the script working. I see some folks are also struggling. One key is found in comment #74 on/about page 5. Neglecting part B of Sean’s comment is a show-stopper and neglecting part A is almost as troubling (for example at/about lines 255,301,362,379,381). Also comment 97 is good and because Im hosted by godaddy, comment 136 was invaluable. Also I struggled with the mkdir error and found it best to make these directories manually; also comment out rmdir at end of the script — what’s the harm in letting it be? Im on unix, php5, mysql5 and happily report that this script is a gem, backing up my data daily.

For my own benefit I must wonder why comment 74 is so little discussed when it seems so vital. Maybe its just me. Can someone shed a light?

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<b>Warning</b>:  mkdir() [<a href='function.mkdir'>function.mkdir</a>]: Permission denied in <b>/home/disney5/public_html/forums/includes/cron/backup_dbs.php</b> on line <b>156</b><br />
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<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  f_log in <b>/home/disney5/public_html/forums/includes/cron/backup_dbs.php</b> on line <b>86</b><br />
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups
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<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  f_err in <b>/home/disney5/public_html/forums/includes/cron/backup_dbs.php</b> on line <b>86</b><br />
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups