SOLVED DNS only server sending email about backups

[greatwitenorth]

I'm currently running a DNS only version of WHM (v68.0.10). Every night a get an email with the following message:

[2017-11-09 02:00:03 -0500] warn [backup] Backup Not Enabled (This can be adjusted in WHM => Backup => Backup Configuration)


I don't want to receive these emails since we are not currently backing up the dns server. But when I go into the WHM admin, there is no 'Backup Configuration' option. How can I disable these emails?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

This comes from the backup cron job. You can modify the backup cron job to silence it by using the following command:

crontab -e

This will open the root crontab with your server's default text editor, which you can use to modify the backup entry to silence the alert:

0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup >/dev/null 2>&1

Thank you.

 

[PenguinInternet]

This issue was never present previously with DNSOnly - this is a new change. We've had the same on all of our DNS servers and whilst I yesterday deleted the cron job, this has then automatically been added back in and has generated the errors again. This should be addressed from a cPanel perspective so the cron job is not present/created on a DNSOnly server.

 

[cPanelMichael]

This issue was never present previously with DNSOnly - this is a new change.

Hi,

This actually occurs on both cPanel DNS-Only installations and standard cPanel installations as of cPanel version 62. It looks like deleting the cron job does result in it returning after cPanel updates. Instead, you will need to edit the cron to silence it. EX:

0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup >/dev/null 2>&1

Thank you.

 

[PenguinInternet]

The notifications on a DNSOnly server have certainly only recently just started for us. I've edited our cronjobs too to silence them, however from a coding perspective it would be cleaner and preferable to not run the cron job at all given it has no function on DNSOnly

 

[cPanelMichael]

The notifications on a DNSOnly server have certainly only recently just started for us. I've edited our cronjobs too to silence them, however from a coding perspective it would be cleaner and preferable to not run the cron job at all given it has no function on DNSOnly

I've opened internal case CPANEL-16887 regarding the configuration of this cron job on cPanel DNS-Only. I'll monitor the case and update this thread with more information as it becomes available.

Thank you.

 

[MDHMatt]

I too have started receiving these emails since the last update. Never got them before that for dns servers

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

To update, this is fixed in cPanel verison 68.0.16:

Fixed case CPANEL-16887: Backups: avoid sending cron emails when disabled.

Thank you.