Unable to create the remote backup at Google Drive:

Symptoms

• Big Server Backup finishes with:

  Unable to create the remote backup: Transport error: Extension transport: ext://google-drive-backup/server/: Google Drive returns an error. Please try repeating the operation later. The error details:

• With Plesk and pmmcli-rc in debug mode, the following is shown in /var/log/plesk/PMM/backup-TIMESTAMP/backup.log file

  [2022-05-10 22:53:19.902|14269] INFO: TransportError Transport error: Extension transport: ext://google-drive-backup/server/: The file My Drive/Server-01/Full_Backup is not found [common/plesk-utils/PMM/repository-transport/repository_transport_external.cpp:TransportError]
  void plesk::RepositoryTransportExternal::HandleHelperExitCode(plesk::tLogExecCmd&)
  [2022-05-10 22:53:19.902|14269] INFO: RepositoryError Repository error: file backup_2205100136.tar not exists [common/plesk-utils/PMM/repository-transport/repository.cpp:RepositoryError]
  virtual void plesk::tRepository::DeletePackedBackup(const string&)
  [2022-05-10 22:53:19.903|14269] INFO: pmm-ras finished. Exit code: 151

Cause

Full Backup upload takes long time to complete, so Google Drive Timeout triggers and removes the file

Resolution

Enable Multivolume backup in Scheduled Backup Settings under Tools & Settings > Backup Manager > Schedule.

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