Title: repeating the same task Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # repeating the same task * Resolved [janneh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janneh/) * (@janneh) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-the-same-task/) * It seems as if the programme is restarting just to do the same thing over and over again while trying to backup to amazon S3(stopped the backup after 1 hour) Below you can see the last part of the log. the site address is [http://www.theaddressmagazine.com](http://www.theaddressmagazine.com) JOHN 3309.349 (11) Opened log file at time: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:52:07 +0000 on [http://www.theaddressmagazine.com](http://www.theaddressmagazine.com) 3309.351( 11) UpdraftPlus WordPress backup plugin ([http://updraftplus.com](http://updraftplus.com)): 1.9.0 WP: 3.7.3 PHP: 5.3.5 (Windows NT OSH-SATURN 5.2 build 3790 (Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Service Pack 2) i586) MySQL: 5.1.42-community-log Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 safe_mode: 0 max_execution_time: 900 memory_limit: 268435456( used: 26.3M | 26.5M) multisite: N mcrypt: Y ZipArchive::addFile: Y 3309.353 ( 11) Free space on disk containing Updraft’s temporary directory: 114999 Mb 3309.355( 11) Backup run: resumption=11, nonce=3e86f06e1822, begun at=1397908617 (3310s ago), job type=backup, previous check-in=67.3s 3309.356 (11) Scheduling a resumption( 12) after 300 seconds (1397912227) in case this run gets aborted 3309.367 (11) Creation of backups of directories: had begun; will resume 3309.380 (11) Beginning creation of dump of plugins (split every: 800 Mb) 3309.381 (11) backup_2014-04- 19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822-plugins.zip: this file has already been created (age: 3264 s) 3309.387 (11) Beginning creation of dump of themes( split every: 800 Mb) 3309.388 (11) backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- themes.zip: this file has already been created (age: 3260 s) 3309.393 (11) Exclusion option setting (uploads): backup*,*backups,backwpup*,wp-clone 3309.394 (11) Looking for candidates to back up in: D:\Domains\theaddressmagazine.com\wwwroot/wp-content/ uploads 3309.395 (11) finding files: 2009: adding to list (1) 3309.396 (11) finding files: 2010: adding to list (2) 3309.397 (11) finding files: 2011: adding to list (3) 3309.398 (11) finding files: 2012: adding to list (4) 3309.399 (11) finding files: 2013: adding to list (5) 3309.400 (11) finding files: 2014: adding to list (6) 3309.401 (11) finding files: backwpup-4322d9-logs: skipping: excluded by options (glob) 3309.401 (11) finding files: backwpup-4322d9-temp: skipping: excluded by options (glob) 3309.402 (11) finding files: ewpt_cache: adding to list (7) 3309.403 (11) finding files: graphics: adding to list (8) 3309.404 ( 11) finding files: homepage: adding to list (9) 3309.405 (11) finding files: newsletters: adding to list (10) 3309.406 (11) finding files: slider: adding to list (11) 3309.406 (11) finding files: wpcf7_captcha: adding to list (12) 3309.407 (11) finding files: wpcf7_captcha-old: adding to list (13) 3309.408 ( 11) Beginning creation of dump of uploads (split every: 800 Mb) 3309.410 (11) Deleting old temporary file: backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- uploads.zip.tmp.a11148 3309.442 (11) File exists (D:\Domains\theaddressmagazine. com\wwwroot/wp-content/updraft/backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- uploads.zip.tmp), but was apparently not modified within the last 30 seconds, so we assume that any previous run has now terminated (time_mod=1397911693, time_now =1397911927, diff=234) 3309.472 (11) backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- uploads.zip.tmp: Zip file already exists, with 4084 files 3356.252 (11) Total entities for the zip file: 75 directories, 129420 files, 440.6 Mb 3356.279 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822-uploads.zip.tmp: 100 files added (on-disk size: 93690.7 Kb) 3356.285 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04- 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backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- uploads.zip.tmp: 4500 files added (on-disk size: 93690.7 Kb) 3356.995 (11) Adding batch to zip file (UpdraftPlus_ZipArchive): over 500 files added on this batch( 14.8 Mb, 129420 files batched, 501 (501) added so far); re-opening (prior size: 93690.7 Kb) 3367.548 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- uploads.zip.tmp: 4600 files added (on-disk size: 108816.5 Kb) 3367.643 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822-uploads.zip.tmp: 4700 files added (on-disk size: 108816.5 Kb) 3367.739 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04-19- 1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822-uploads.zip.tmp: 4800 files added (on- disk size: 108816.5 Kb) 3367.837 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822- uploads.zip.tmp: 4900 files added (on-disk size: 108816.5 Kb) 3367.954 (11) Zip: backup_2014-04-19-1456_The_Address_Magazine_3e86f06e1822-uploads.zip.tmp: 5000 files added (on-disk size: 108816.5 Kb) 3367.969 (11) Adding batch to zip file( UpdraftPlus_ZipArchive): over 500 files added on this batch (14.1 Mb, 129420 files batched, 501 (1002) added so far); re-opening (prior size: 108816.5 Kb) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/) Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/) * (@davidanderson) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-the-same-task/#post-4827198) * Hi, * I think your web hosting setup doesn’t allow enough time to manipulate the zip files once they get larger. Go into your expert settings, and change the ‘split’ size down to 70Mb. Then start a fresh backup. * David * [Sperry77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sperry77/) * (@sperry77) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-the-same-task/#post-4827403) * I am having the same problem. It appears my plugins won’t backup (although it appears all other things have). * I don’t understand your solution offered. What is split size and where do I change it? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘repeating the same task’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/updraftplus/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1686200) * [UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/updraftplus/reviews/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Sperry77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sperry77/) * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-the-same-task/#post-4827403) * Status: resolved