Backwpup directory cannot be created or read

Backwpup directory cannot be created or read

Backwpup directory cannot be created or read
Sometimes, while restoring a backup, you may encounter problems with file permissions. You may get information such as: Impossible to read the directory or Permission denied.
How to solve the BackWPup Issue Impossible to read the directory or Permission denied.
When this occurs, the simplest way to solve the issue is to set the directory or the parent directory permissions to 775.
Also, there are circumstances when changing the permissions isn』t enough. This is because owner:group for the directory is set incorrectly. Therefore WordPress isn』t able to change or read the directory content.
In that case you must change the owner:group of the directory by using the correct ones.
If you don』t know what the correct settings are, you can ask your host for more informations.

How much memory does BackWPup need?

How much memory does BackWPup need?

How much memory does BackWPup need?
BackWPup has no specific requirements with regards to RAM, but as the whole WordPress installation』s storage requirement depends from many other factors, one cannot generally say how much RAM is sufficient.
The following factors may have, amongst others, an influence on the storage requirement:

Plugins
Themes
Cron jobs
Many users on the same page
And a lot more

How big should the RAM for BackWPup be?
BackWPup carries out extensive operations with crons, and when performing cron jobs while many users visit the website and while the server needs to deal with many other tasks, it is possible that 512 MB RAM reach its limits.

View the log of a backup job

View the log of a backup job

View the log of a backup job
For every backup job that is running, BackWPup creates a log file, where every step of the job is documented. Advanced users can take a look and identify problems themselves. If you need help from our support, the log files are necessary to identify the problem and provide you a solution to it.
Please have a look at our article Sending in log files for the support, if you need help from our support.
At BackWPup → Logs you can find a list of the recent backup job log files. The number and type of the logs can be set under BackWPup → Settings, under the tab Logs (see Settings for log files).
BackWPup → Settings, under the tab Logs
The table shows you:

Time – when did the backup job run.
Job – name of the backup job.
Status – O.K., if the job was successful, ERROR and/or WARNING, if problems occurred.
Type – what has been saved.
Size – size of the backup file.
Runtime – how long did the backup job need to run.

If you hover the mouse over a job name, a list of links will appear to view, delete or download the log file.