{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814/events","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814","id":117271566,"number":4814,"title":"[0.9.4.2]influxd panic in backup operation","user":{"login":"ZhangZhenhua","id":2062376,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2062376?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua","html_url":"https://github.com/ZhangZhenhua","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ZhangZhenhua/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-11-17T02:53:57Z","updated_at":"2015-11-17T03:20:53Z","closed_at":null,"body":"influxd will throw out run time error in backup operation. And it's reproducible every time in my env. Here are my steps:\r\n1. Following https://influxdb.com/docs/v0.9/administration/backup_and_restore.html, I first add below section to influxd configuration file to enable snapshot feature.\r\n```\r\n[snapshot]\r\n   enabled = true \r\n```\r\n2. run below command and it will panic. Had to restart the service.\r\n```\r\nroot@influxdb001:~# /opt/influxdb/influxd backup /mnt/influxdb_bkp/influxdb.frist_bkp\r\n2015/11/16 20:43:08 influxdb backup\r\n2015/11/16 20:43:08 backup complete\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\nHere is my basic env:\r\nos: ubuntu 14.04.03\r\ninfluxdb: 0.9.4.2\r\n\r\nPlease check the attached log file when it occurs.\r\n[influxd.backup.panic.log.txt](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/files/36171/influxd.backup.panic.log.txt)\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/comments/157255846","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814#issuecomment-157255846","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdb/influxdb/issues/4814","id":157255846,"user":{"login":"otoolep","id":536312,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/536312?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep","html_url":"https://github.com/otoolep","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/otoolep/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-17T03:20:53Z","updated_at":"2015-11-17T03:20:53Z","body":"I suggest you try 0.9.5-rc3. We fixed a few panics related to backup.\r\n\r\nhttps://influxdb.com/download/index.html#"}}