backup does not work

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.

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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2013-03-12 10:31:37 <1> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [liby2] Y2ProgramComponent.cc(result):159 Sendi
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2013-03-12 10:31:37 <1> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [wfm] WFMSubAgent.cc(~WFMSubAgent):41 Deleting
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2013-03-12 10:31:37 <1> S2KANALYTICS(17910) [Y2Perl] YPerl.cc(destroy):164 Shutting down em
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