# backup does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [March 12, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-does-not-work/23716 "2013-03-12T16:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sysmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@sysmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sysmin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-does-not-work/23716/1 "2013-03-12T16:23:08Z")
I’ve tried the built in backup solution several times and it does nto seem to work. maybe im not doing it correctly? It seems like it should be simple enough. Modified Files Found: 161793 Total Size: 3.09 GB Files Not in a Package Found: 1895 Total Size: 376.04 MB Some errors occurred during backup. Press Details for more information. Archive creation failed Autoinstallation profile saved to file /root/backup/local/SELS\_Backup1.xml. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-does-not-work/23716/2 "2013-03-12T17:01:35Z")
> [@](#): > > On Tue 12 Mar 2013 02:24:01 PM CDT, sysmin wrote: > > I’ve tried the built in backup solution several times and it does nto > seem to work. maybe im not doing it correctly? It seems like it should > be simple enough. > > Modified Files Found: 161793 > Total Size: 3.09 GB > Files Not in a Package Found: 1895 > Total Size: 376.04 MB > Some errors occurred during backup. Press Details for more > information. > > Archive creation failed > Autoinstallation profile saved to file > /root/backup/local/SELS\_Backup1.xml. Hi Is the only error ‘Archive creation failed’? Can you look in the /var/log/YaST directory, is there a backup log. If so, have a look in there fro more information. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.28-2.20-desktop up 1 day 12:36, 3 users, load average: 0.03, 0.05, 0.05 CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile ---
**Author:** ![sysmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@sysmin](https://forums.suse.com/u/sysmin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/backup-does-not-work/23716/3 "2013-03-12T20:34:21Z")
## 2013-03-12 10:16:45 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Console.ycp:167 encoding UTF-8 2013-03-12 10:16:45 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] clients/language\_auto.ycp:76 language aut o finished 2013-03-12 10:16:45 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] clients/language\_auto.ycp:77 ------------ 2013-03-12 10:16:45 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [Interpreter] clients/language\_auto.ycp:77 Call ed YaST client returned. 2013-03-12 10:16:45 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:840 Clone result: true 2013-03-12 10:31:36 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcu ts):134 Shortcut conflict: ‘C’ used for YPushButton “Create Backup” at 0x1cbd198 2013-03-12 10:31:36 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcu ts):134 Shortcut conflict: ‘C’ used for YQWizardButton “Cancel” at 0x1de9878 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] backup/ui.ycp:3540 \*\*\* Storing profiles * * * 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1170 backup\_profiles: $[“syste m\_backup”:$[`all_rpms_content:true, `archive\_name:“/root/backup/local/SELS\_Backup1.tar”, `a rchive_type:`star, `autoprofile:true, `backup\_all\_ext2:false, `backup_none_ext2:true, `back up\_pt:true, `backup_selected_ext2:false, `cron\_settings:$[“cron\_changed”:false, “cronfile”: “”], `default_dir:["/media", "/tmp", "/var/lock", "/var/run", "/var/tmp", "/var/cache", "/s ys", "/windows", "/mnt", "/var/lib/ntp/proc"], `description:“”, `detected_ext2:nil, `detect 2013-03-12 10:16:45 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:840 Clone result: true 2013-03-12 10:31:36 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcu ts):134 Shortcut conflict: ‘C’ used for YPushButton “Create Backup” at 0x1cbd198 2013-03-12 10:31:36 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [ui-shortcuts] YShortcutManager.cc(checkShortcu ts):134 Shortcut conflict: ‘C’ used for YQWizardButton “Cancel” at 0x1de9878 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] backup/ui.ycp:3540 \*\*\* Storing profiles * * * 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1170 backup\_profiles: $[“syste m\_backup”:$[`all_rpms_content:true, `archive\_name:“/root/backup/local/SELS\_Backup1.tar”, `a rchive_type:`star, `autoprofile:true, `backup\_all\_ext2:false, `backup_none_ext2:true, `back up\_pt:true, `backup_selected_ext2:false, `cron\_settings:$[“cron\_changed”:false, “cronfile”: “”], `default_dir:["/media", "/tmp", "/var/lock", "/var/run", "/var/tmp", "/var/cache", "/s ys", "/windows", "/mnt", "/var/lib/ntp/proc"], `description:“”, `detected_ext2:nil, `detect ed\_fs:[“cifs”, “debugfs”, “devpts”, “ext3”, “fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon”, “fusectl”, “proc”, “ro otfs”, “securityfs”, “sysfs”, “tmpfs”], `dir_list:["/media", "/tmp", "/var/lock", "/var/run ", "/var/tmp", "/var/cache", "/sys", "/windows", "/mnt", "/var/lib/ntp/proc"], `display:fal se, `do_md5_test:true, `ext2\_backup:, `fs_exclude:["anon_inodefs", "bdev", "cgroup", "cif s", "cpuset", "debugfs", "devpts", "devtmpfs", "fuse", "fusectl", "hugetlbfs", "iso9660", " mqueue", "none", "ntfs", "pipefs", "proc", "pstore", "ramfs", "rootfs", "securityfs", "sock fs", "sysfs", "tmpfs"], `include\_dirs:[“/”], `mail_summary:true, `multi\_volume:false, `nfse xport:"", `nfsserver:“”, `perms:true, `regexp\_list:, `search:true, `system:true, `target_ type:`file, `tmp_dir:"/tmp", `unselected\_files:, `user_volume_size:"", `user\_volume\_unit: `B, `volume\_size:`fd144]] 2013-03-12 10:31:37 <1> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1181 name: system_backup 2013-03-12 10:31:37 <1> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1182 setting: 2013-03-12 10:31:37 <1> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1183 cron_settings: $["cron_ch anged":false, "cronfile":""] otfs", "securityfs", "sysfs", "tmpfs"], `dir\_list:[“/media”, “/tmp”, “/var/lock”, “/var/run “, “/var/tmp”, “/var/cache”, “/sys”, “/windows”, “/mnt”, “/var/lib/ntp/proc”], `display:fal se, `do\_md5\_test:true, `ext2_backup:[], `fs\_exclude:[“anon\_inodefs”, “bdev”, “cgroup”, “cif s”, “cpuset”, “debugfs”, “devpts”, “devtmpfs”, “fuse”, “fusectl”, “hugetlbfs”, “iso9660”, " mqueue”, “none”, “ntfs”, “pipefs”, “proc”, “pstore”, “ramfs”, “rootfs”, “securityfs”, “sock fs”, “sysfs”, “tmpfs”], `include_dirs:["/"], `mail\_summary:true, `multi_volume:false, `nfse xport:”“, `nfsserver:"", `perms:true, `regexp_list:[], `search:true, `system:true, `target\_ type:`file, `tmp\_dir:”/tmp", `unselected_files:[], `user\_volume\_size:“”, `user_volume_unit: `B, `volume_size:`fd144]] 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1181 name: system\_backup 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1182 setting: 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] Backup.ycp:1183 cron\_settings: $[“cron\_ch anged”:false, “cronfile”:“”] 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [YCP] clients/backup.ycp:208 \*\*\* Backup module finished \*\*\* 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [wfm] WFMSubAgent.cc(~WFMSubAgent):41 Deleting SubAgent: 0 scr 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [liby2] Y2ProgramComponent.cc(result):159 Sendi ng result: `result (nil) 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [wfm] WFMSubAgent.cc(~WFMSubAgent):41 Deleting SubAgent: -1 ag\_system 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):817 Finished Y aST2 component ‘y2base’ 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):822 Exiting wi th client return value ‘nil’ 2013-03-12 10:31:37 \<1\> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [Y2Perl] YPerl.cc(destroy):164 Shutting down em bedded Perl interpreter.