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Werk #6443: Fixed possible "omd backup" error when files vanish during backup

Component Site management
Title Fixed possible "omd backup" error when files vanish during backup
Date Aug 10, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When Check_MK creates temporary files while writing configuration files or similar, a parallel running "omd backup" job may try to backup those temporary files. When these backup files are finished and moved to the destination path, the backup may terminate with an error like this:

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/omd/sites/[SITE]/var/check_mk/web/[USER]/.last_pw_change.mk.newPm8BK8'

This issue is now prevented by skipping those temporary files during backup.

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