nagiosxi backup_xi.sh reinitiated again and again

[zaji_nms]

hello yesterday we had an issue with our server blade due to which nagiosxi accidently moved to old snapshot which was on 27feb ( still investigating why ) but when it boots up it was behaving not normal. it was keep executing backup_xi.sh script automatically again and again due to which HDD space was getting full i managed to stop all backup_xi.sh after sometime it became normal
why it does like that ? how to minimize this error in feture ?
logs:---
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ
nagios 2750 0.0 0.0 106064 1428 ? S 13:38 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/backup_xi.sh -n nagiosxi.1526984732 -d /store/backups/nagiosxi
nagios 3188 3.0 0.0 116040 1368 ? S 13:38 0:03 tar czfp /store/backups/nagiosxi/nagiosxi.1526984732/nagios.tar.gz /usr/local/nagios
nagios 9613 0.0 0.0 106064 1424 ? S 13:40 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/backup_xi.sh -n nagiosxi.1526984791 -d /store/backups/nagiosxi
nagios 10418 2.4 0.0 116136 1352 ? S 13:40 0:00 tar czfp /store/backups/nagiosxi/nagiosxi.1526984791/nagios.tar.gz /usr/local/nagios
nagios 14367 0.0 0.0 106064 1424 ? S 13:37 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/backup_xi.sh -n nagiosxi.1526984672 -d /store/backups/nagiosxi
root 14821 0.0 0.0 103248 888 pts/0 S+ 13:40 0:00 grep backup
nagios 23466 0.0 0.0 106064 1428 ? S 13:39 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/backup_xi.sh -n nagiosxi.1526984746 -d /store/backups/nagiosxi
nagios 23891 3.0 0.0 116040 1360 ? S 13:39 0:02 tar czfp /store/backups/nagiosxi/nagiosxi.1526984746/nagios.tar.gz /usr/local/nagios
nagios 26629 0.0 0.0 106064 1428 ? S 13:36 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/backup_xi.sh -n nagiosxi.1526984668 -d /store/backups/nagiosxi

[tmcdonald]

Please provide the following information about your XI system:

• OS and version?
• Nagios XI version?
• Screenshot of Admin -> Scheduled Backups -> Local

[zaji_nms]

OS and version? centos 6 " 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 "
Nagios XI version? 5.2.3
Screenshot of Admin -> Scheduled Backups -> Local : i have modified it but it was ( locally every monday and ssh to remote site daily )

now everything looks ok but i would like to know the reason root cause and in feature if something happen what step do i need to follow ?

[npolovenko]

@zaji_nms, Possibly multiple instances of nagios were running at the same time:

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ps -ef | grep nagios.cfg

Or a stuck backup job.

Next time if you see something like this please run:

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service nagios stop	
killall -9 nagios	
service nagios start

Looking into the cmdsubsys log might also help:

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/usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log

[zaji_nms]

ok. if in case you get similar issue in ur lab or from any other customer do let us update with root cause. you may close this case now.

[scottwilkerson]

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