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Werk #18901: Reenable rrdcached daemon pausing during online backups

Component Site management
Title Reenable rrdcached daemon pausing during online backups
Date Apr 9, 2026
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.5.0b5
Not yet released
Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.4.0p26 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

During online backups, the backup process is supposed to pause the rrdcached daemon while copying RRD files. Due to an incorrect socket path introduced in 2.3.0b1, this pausing was not working, and the backup script logged an error accordingly.

This has been fixed by correcting the socket path.

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