# Error: can't start/continue 'SmartUpdate': backup is running

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/error-cant-start-continue-smartupdate-backup-is-running/21443>\
**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.x\
**Tags:** mysql, percona, closed-no-reply\
**Created:** [April 17, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-cant-start-continue-smartupdate-backup-is-running/21443 "2023-04-17T16:21:45Z")\
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I’m getting this error:  
can’t start/continue ‘SmartUpdate’: backup is running

I don’t have PITR enabled, or backups enabled… there’s no backup/PITR pods.  
Helm config:

```auto
backup:
  enabled: false
  image: ''
  imagePullSecrets: []
  pitr:
    enabled: false
    resources:
      limits: {}
      requests: {}
    storageName: s3-us-west
    timeBetweenUploads: 60
  schedule:
    - keep: 5
      name: daily-backup
      schedule: 0 0 * * *
      storageName: s3-us-west
    - keep: 3
      name: sat-night-backup
      schedule: 0 0 * * 6
      storageName: s3-us-west
  storages:
    fs-pvc:
      type: filesystem
      volume:
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          accessModes:
            - ReadWriteOnce
          resources:
            requests:
              storage: 100Gi
    s3-us-west:
      s3:
        bucket: percona
        credentialsSecret: my-cluster-name-backup-s3
        endpointUrl: http://192.168.100.103:30719
        region: us-west-2
      type: s3
      verifyTLS: false

```

Full log:

```auto

2023-04-17T16:16:38.054Z ERROR Reconciler error {"controller": "perconaxtradbclusterbackup-controller", "object": {"name":"cron-pxc-db-s3-us-west-20233190037-372f8","namespace":"percona"}, "namespace": "percona", "name": "cron-pxc-db-s3-us-west-20233190037-372f8", "reconcileID": "c6b9a340-7182-4f97-b42b-51eb57922cce", "error": "a backup image should be set in the PXC config", "errorVerbose": "a backup image should be set in the PXC config\ngithub.com/percona/percona-xtradb-cluster-operator/pkg/controller/pxcbackup.(*ReconcilePerconaXtraDBClusterBackup).Reconcile\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-xtradb-cluster-operator/pkg/controller/pxcbackup/controller.go:185\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:121\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:320\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:273\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:234\nruntime.goexit\n\t/usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1594"}
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler
/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:326
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem
/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:273
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2
/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.13.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:234
{"level":"info","ts":1681748199.0475025,"logger":"perconaxtradbcluster","caller":"pxc/upgrade.go:267","msg":"statefulSet was changed, run smart update","cluster":"pxc-db","namespace":"percona"}
{"level":"info","ts":1681748199.0477996,"logger":"perconaxtradbcluster","caller":"pxc/upgrade.go:275","msg":"can't start/continue 'SmartUpdate': backup is running","cluster":"pxc-db","namespace":"percona"}

```