# Failed backup attemps **URL:** \ **Category:** Systems\ **Tags:** influxdb, backup\ **Created:** [August 16, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/failed-backup-attemps/2062 "2017-08-16T19:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@mpaul](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mpaul)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/failed-backup-attemps/2062/1 "2017-08-16T19:37:01Z")
I am getting failed attempts to backup databases in influxdb ver 1.3.2 I am getting : $ influxd backup -database telegraf -retention autogen /tmp/backup 2017/08/16 14:24:07 backing up rp=autogen since 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC 2017/08/16 14:24:07 backing up metastore to /tmp/backup/meta.00 2017/08/16 14:24:07 backing up db=telegraf rp=autogen shard=1156 to /tmp/backup/telegraf.autogen.01156.00 since 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC 2017/08/16 14:24:07 Download shard 1156 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (0)… 2017/08/16 14:24:08 Download shard 1156 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (1)… 2017/08/16 14:24:09 Download shard 1156 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (2)… what does this error mean. I can backup fine on another 1.3.1 version $ influxd backup -database telegraf -retention autogen /tmp/backup 2017/08/16 14:34:20 backing up rp=autogen since 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC 2017/08/16 14:34:20 backing up metastore to /tmp/backup/meta.00 2017/08/16 14:34:20 backing up db=telegraf rp=autogen shard=961 to /tmp/backup/telegraf.autogen.00961.00 since 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ```auto Is there any known backup issue in influxdb ver 1.3.2 ? Please help confirm and any plan to fix the issue if it exists ! ``` ---
**Author:** ![jdolinaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jdolinaj](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jdolinaj)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/failed-backup-attemps/2062/2 "2017-08-21T18:14:00Z")
Same here with 1.3.3 version. $ influxd backup -database hash /tmp/backup/ 2017/08/21 20:12:50 backing up db=hash since 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC 2017/08/21 20:12:50 backing up metastore to /tmp/backup/meta.01 2017/08/21 20:12:50 backing up db=hash rp=autogen shard=5 to /tmp/backup/hash.autogen.00005.00 since 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC 2017/08/21 20:12:50 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (0)… 2017/08/21 20:12:51 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (1)… 2017/08/21 20:12:52 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (2)… 2017/08/21 20:12:53 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (3)… 2017/08/21 20:12:54 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (4)… 2017/08/21 20:12:55 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (5)… 2017/08/21 20:12:56 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (6)… 2017/08/21 20:12:57 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (7)… 2017/08/21 20:12:58 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (8)… 2017/08/21 20:12:59 Download shard 5 failed copy backup to file: err=, n=0. Retrying (9)… 2017/08/21 20:13:00 backup failed: copy backup to file: err=, n=0 backup: copy backup to file: err=, n=0 Any resolution? Thx, Jan ---
**Author:** ![mpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@mpaul](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mpaul)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/failed-backup-attemps/2062/3 "2017-08-28T20:56:32Z")
I just upgraded to 1.3.4 and the backups now work fine! We are the QA tester :)😂 ---
**Author:** ![HardikSondagar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/hardiksondagar/32/686_2.png) [@HardikSondagar](https://community.influxdata.com/u/HardikSondagar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/failed-backup-attemps/2062/4 "2018-10-02T04:04:33Z")
I’m facing this issue in 1.6.0 ---
**Author:** ![tomldev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@tomldev](https://community.influxdata.com/u/tomldev)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/failed-backup-attemps/2062/5 "2023-01-16T15:21:35Z")
Facing this issue in 1.8.0