{"id":2968,"date":"2016-12-29T12:13:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T12:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T10:24:38","slug":"setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have hosted your website on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting\/vps-hosting\/\">VPS<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting\/dedicated-servers\/\">dedicated server<\/a>, you might like to get an update if the current backup disk-space limit exceeds.<\/p>\n<h3>Email alert script<\/h3>\n<p>So here is a step by step process to create a disk-space monitoring script that can send you an email if the backup limit exceeds.<\/p>\n<p>You must be already having root access to your server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step: 1.<\/strong> Login to your server with SSH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step: 2.<\/strong> Run the following commands to create a\u00a0script:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"theme:1c-kod lang:default decode:true \" style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">touch \/etc\/cron.daily\/backupDiskCheck.cron\nchmod 755 \/etc\/cron.daily\/backupDiskCheck.cron<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Step: 3.<\/strong> Now by using a text editor like nano create the following script:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"theme:1c-kod lang:default decode:true\">nano \/etc\/cron.daily\/backupDiskCheck.cron<\/pre>\n<p>Change the <em>user@example.com<\/em> address and the <em>10<\/em> threshold below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"theme:1c-kod lang:default decode:true\">#!\/bin\/bash\nADMIN=\"user@example.com\"\nTHRESHOLD=10\ndf -h | awk '\/\\\/$\/ {print $3,$NF}' | while read output;\ndo\n\u00a0 usedDisk=$(echo $output | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's#G##')\n\u00a0 partition=$(echo $output | awk '{print $2}')\n\u00a0 if [ $usedDisk -ge $THRESHOLD ] &amp;&amp; [ $partition = \"\/\" ]\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 then\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 echo \"$(date +%d\/\\%h\/%Y\" \"%T): Your server $(hostname) is OVER the \\\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $(echo $THRESHOLD)G automatic backup limit, you're using $(echo $usedDisk)G on \\\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the $partition partition.\" | mail -s\"Alert: Over Automatic Backup limit\" $ADMIN\n\u00a0 fi\ndone<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Step: 4.<\/strong> If you were following along and using nano to edit this file, you can now press Ctrl-O to bring up the write file dialog, and then press Enter to save the changes.<\/p>\n<p>Now once a day your server will check to see if the disk-space usage is over the current level of automatic backups or not.<\/p>\n<p>If the limit exceeds, you will receive an email at the email address you entered in the script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have hosted your website on a VPS or a dedicated server, you might like to get an update if the current backup disk-space limit exceeds. Email alert script So here is a step by step process to create a disk-space monitoring script that can send you an email if the backup limit exceeds. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","placeholder-for-hentry","category-howtos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds | backup limit exceeds alert<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how you can set up an email alert when the backup limit on your servers exceeds. Click here to find a step by step process.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds | backup limit exceeds alert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how you can set up an email alert when the backup limit on your servers exceeds. Click here to find a step by step process.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-29T12:13:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-21T10:24:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pravin Ganore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pravin Ganore\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pravin Ganore\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/9f6aad74f4af57132ba60117b4ab3ea6\"},\"headline\":\"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-29T12:13:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-21T10:24:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"How-Tos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\",\"name\":\"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds | backup limit exceeds alert\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-29T12:13:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-21T10:24:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/9f6aad74f4af57132ba60117b4ab3ea6\"},\"description\":\"Learn how you can set up an email alert when the backup limit on your servers exceeds. Click here to find a step by step process.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/\",\"name\":\"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/9f6aad74f4af57132ba60117b4ab3ea6\",\"name\":\"Pravin Ganore\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/911c7c72d64a0d0e0b6c8f1be7e7421c413395f2f2403d0adb26ae16b4130572?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/911c7c72d64a0d0e0b6c8f1be7e7421c413395f2f2403d0adb26ae16b4130572?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pravin Ganore\"},\"description\":\"Pravin is Journalist Specializing in Blogging, Social Networking and Community Management. As a constant learner, he is always aiming towards new ideas and greater knowledge. When he is not doing research, reading, or writing for blogs, you can find him hanging around social media sites.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/author\/pravin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds | backup limit exceeds alert","description":"Learn how you can set up an email alert when the backup limit on your servers exceeds. Click here to find a step by step process.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds | backup limit exceeds alert","og_description":"Learn how you can set up an email alert when the backup limit on your servers exceeds. Click here to find a step by step process.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/","og_site_name":"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb","article_published_time":"2016-12-29T12:13:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-21T10:24:38+00:00","author":"Pravin Ganore","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pravin Ganore","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/"},"author":{"name":"Pravin Ganore","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/9f6aad74f4af57132ba60117b4ab3ea6"},"headline":"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds","datePublished":"2016-12-29T12:13:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-21T10:24:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/"},"wordCount":186,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["How-Tos"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/","url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/","name":"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds | backup limit exceeds alert","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-12-29T12:13:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-21T10:24:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/9f6aad74f4af57132ba60117b4ab3ea6"},"description":"Learn how you can set up an email alert when the backup limit on your servers exceeds. Click here to find a step by step process.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/setting-email-alert-backup-limit-exceeds\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Setting email alert when backup limit exceeds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/","name":"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/9f6aad74f4af57132ba60117b4ab3ea6","name":"Pravin Ganore","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/911c7c72d64a0d0e0b6c8f1be7e7421c413395f2f2403d0adb26ae16b4130572?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/911c7c72d64a0d0e0b6c8f1be7e7421c413395f2f2403d0adb26ae16b4130572?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Pravin Ganore"},"description":"Pravin is Journalist Specializing in Blogging, Social Networking and Community Management. As a constant learner, he is always aiming towards new ideas and greater knowledge. When he is not doing research, reading, or writing for blogs, you can find him hanging around social media sites.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.milesweb.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/author\/pravin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16450,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions\/16450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}