# Backup Grafana in Kubernetes system - pod KO after restart

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727>\
**Category:** Configuration\
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727 "2024-12-19T09:07:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![caskimo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@caskimo](https://community.grafana.com/u/caskimo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727/1 "2024-12-19T09:07:39Z")

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Hello  
following topic [How to backup Grafana in Kubernetes system](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system/133283)  
grafana pod is in error after I stop it for backup

- probe failed
- err: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused’)': /api/admin/provisioning/dashboards/reload”

Do you please have an idea why ?

notes:

- grafana helm 7.2.5 with openshift 4.12
- I stop pod by scaling down and scaling up deployment
- remediation:If I kill grafana pod, then it works OK

thank you for your help!  
Pascal

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**Author:** ![caskimo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@caskimo](https://community.grafana.com/u/caskimo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727/2 "2024-12-19T11:00:11Z")

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I have this log  
logger=sqlstore.transactions level=info msg=“Database locked, sleeping then retrying” error=“database is locked” code=“database is locked”

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**Author:** ![caskimo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@caskimo](https://community.grafana.com/u/caskimo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727/3 "2024-12-19T16:17:00Z")

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the sqlite db seems OK  
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**Author:** ![caskimo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@caskimo](https://community.grafana.com/u/caskimo)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 10:36am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727/4 "2024-12-20T10:36:26Z")

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I found the problem: it was a short timeout for a readiness probe

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**Author:** ![yosiasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/yosiasz/32/45847_2.png) [@yosiasz](https://community.grafana.com/u/yosiasz)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backup-grafana-in-kubernetes-system-pod-ko-after-restart/138727/5 "2024-12-20T14:54:44Z")

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Closed on December 20, 2024, 2:54pm UTC