Problem

The backup script used on an appliance either from the command line or the Webmin interface (port 10000) doesn't report errors to the user. This might be in the case where there is not enough space on the system to complete the backup which leave a partial backup.

One the Oracle Linux Appliance a command line backup is taken from running the command.

/usr/local/bin/system-backup.sh

In Webmin a system backup is taken from the selection of "Filesystem Backup" and the "Scheduled Backup" which appears as /opt/backups/sysbackup

Resolution

For the Oracle Linux Appliance the issue has been fixed by upgrading to the latest backup package. The fix version is 7.3.1-3.

The online Appliance can upgrade with

yum install appliance-system-backup

otherwise the update can be manually applied by downloading the package from

http://kingsofsoa.vordel.com/vordel/appliance-syst...

rpm -Uvh appliance-system-backup-7.3.1-3.x86_64.rpm