It ran last night a bit better, I think. I've put the logfile here: http://pastebin.com/TR97efmJ
I haven't yet swapped the zip off the binary - that will be my next step...
That run last night produced the following zombied processes:
[~]# ps -ef | grep USERNAME
USERNAME 21273 5400 0 02:40 ? 00:00:00 crond
USERNAME 21276 21273 0 02:40 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/local/bin/php /home/USERNAME/public_html/runbackup.php >/dev/null 2>&1
USERNAME 21277 21276 0 02:40 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/php /home/USERNAME/public_html/runbackup.php
USERNAME 21301 21277 0 02:40 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/zip -v -@ /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/updraft/backup_2014-03-12-2340_SITE_NAME_REPLACED_440d3520ef60-plugins.zip.tmp
USERNAME 21558 20398 0 02:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-cron.php
USERNAME 21563 21558 0 02:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/zip -v -@ /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/updraft/backup_2014-03-12-2340_SITE_NAME_REPLACED_440d3520ef60-plugins.zip.tmp
kingster 22439 21534 0 08:42 pts/0 00:00:00 grep USERNAME
USERNAME 22534 21622 0 03:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-cron.php
USERNAME 22540 22534 0 03:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/zip -v -@ /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/updraft/backup_2014-03-12-2340_SITE_NAME_REPLACED_440d3520ef60-plugins.zip.tmp
USERNAME 31639 31359 0 03:15 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-cron.php
USERNAME 31645 31639 0 03:15 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/zip -v -@ /home/USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/updraft/backup_2014-03-12-2340_SITE_NAME_REPLACED_440d3520ef60-plugins.zip.tmp
Actually prevented the cron job from "completing". :-(