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# sk100444 - "upgrade_export" / "migrate export" command fails with "Execution finished with errors" error on Security Management Server

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk100444 |
| Date Created | 2014-04-28 |
| Last Modified | 2017-05-03 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * "*upgrade_export* " / "*migrate export* " command fails with "`Execution finished with errors`" error on Security Management Server.

* The migrate log file contains the following messages:

  ```
  
  [Date Time] [CanonicalizePath] Canonicalizing path '/var/log/'
  [Date Time] [CanonicalizePath] Resulting path: '/var/log/'
  [Date Time] ..< -- CanonicalizePath
  [Date Time] [TgzCreator::exec] Going to run command: 'gtar -c --exclude out.tar -f out.tar .'
  [Date Time] [TgzCreator::exec] ERR: Execution failed
  [Date Time] .< -- TgzCreator::exec
  [Date Time] < -- ConditionalExecutor::exec
  [Date Time] [ActivitiesManager::exec] ERR: Activity 'ConditionalExecutor' failed
  [Date Time] [ActivitiesManager::exec] WRN: Activities execution finished with errors
  [Date Time] [ActivitiesManager::exec] WRN: Activities 'ConditionalExecutor' have failed
  [Date Time] [ActivitiesManager::exec] Designated exit code is 1
  ```

## Cause

The *gzip* command does not process the relevant path correctly.

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