Title: Backup Failures
Last modified: August 31, 2020

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# Backup Failures

 *  Resolved [gibbsy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gibbsy/)
 * (@gibbsy)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failures/)
 * I am having trouble getting it to create a backup, it keeps failing and giving
   me “The backup has not finished”
    This time these errors: Mon, August 31, 2020
   15:39 Warning: A zip error occurred. – check your log for more details. Warning:
   A zip error occurred. – check your log for more details. Warning: A zip error
   occurred. – check your log for more details. Warning: A zip error occurred. –
   check your log for more details. Warning: /home/ezysnipcomau/public_html/wp-content/
   updraft: The backup directory is not writable (or disk space is full) – the database
   backup is expected to shortly fail. Any ideas??? Cheers
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbackup-failures%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failures/#post-13337429)
 * Hi,
 * “Warning: /home/ezysnipcomau/public_html/wp-content/updraft: The backup directory
   is not writable (or disk space is full) – the database backup is expected to 
   shortly fail.”
    > Please make sure there is more than enough disk space on your
   server for the backups to be stored.
 * Regards,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [gibbsy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gibbsy/)
 * (@gibbsy)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failures/#post-13337509)
 * It was trying to back up on dropbox 2G
 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failures/#post-13342626)
 * Hi,
 * UpdraftPlus needs to create and zip the backups on your local server first before
   it sends to your remote storage.
 * Regards,
    Bryle

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 * Last reply from: [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-failures/#post-13342626)
 * Status: resolved