Where are backup logs stored?

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#1 Tue, 07/10/2012 - 17:41

sfatula

Where are backup logs stored?

Specifically, for an in-process virtualmin scheduled backup. Something was going wrong with the after backup script, and, I wanted to see what was in the log file without killing the backup, but, couldn't find the log file on disk.

So, where would it be while a backup is running? It's not on the backup logs screen yet since it's in process.

#2 Tue, 07/10/2012 - 21:08

andreychek

Howdy,

I unfortunately don't know the answer to that... but you could always manually run one of the scheduled backups by going into Backup and Restore -> Scheduled Backups, and click "Backup" next to your desired backup, and then click "Backup Now".

That will begin a backup in real-time, so that you can see all the logs as it runs.

-Eric

#3 Wed, 07/11/2012 - 15:01

sfatula

Well, unfortunately, it's to debug an issue DURING a backup, which only happens sometimes, so, important to see what it is doing at that time. Simply manually running it is not useful.

#4 Wed, 07/11/2012 - 22:51

andreychek

Howdy,

Well, it sounds like it would be useful sometimes :-)

However, digging into it, it looks like the backup logs are stored here in this directory:

/etc/webmin/virtual-server/backuplogs/

So you could look for the file in that directory which was most recently modified to see the backup log output.

I hope that helps!

-Eric

#5 Mon, 10/31/2016 - 05:00

xaa

hi, these logs can be safely manually deleted ?

example of webmin/virtual-server/backuplogs : 1473048564-14308-1 1473048564-14308-1.out

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