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# sk111117 - The 'upgrade_export' / 'migrate export' command fails with "[TgzCreator::exec] ERR: Execution failed" 

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk111117 |
| Date Created | 2016-05-03 |
| Last Modified | 2023-05-07 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- The `upgrade_export / migrate export` command fails with the following messages:

```

[runShellCommand] Executing command: '"/opt/CPsuite-R77/fw1/bin/upgrade_tools/././/gtar" -c --exclude out.tar -f out.tar .'
[runShellCommand] Execution result: 1, exit code: 2
[[TgzCreator::exec] ERR: Execution failed
.<-- TgzCreator::exec
 <-- ConditionalExecutor::exec
[ActivitiesManager::exec] ERR: Activity 'ConditionalExecutor' failed
[ActivitiesManager::exec] WRN: Activities execution finished with errors
[ActivitiesManager::exec] WRN: Activities 'ConditionalExecutor' have failed
[ActivitiesManager::exec] Designated exit code is 1
```

## Cause

Insufficient disk space in */var/log.*

To export the database, the Management Server requires the free disk space that is 3 times the size of the exported database.

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