Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
Could be that your database password (in DB_PASSWORD) contains a special character that's not translating well when the backup drops out to the command-line and passes the password parameter to do the database export. Anything in there like a $ or # or back-tick or quote/apostrophe or * or & might be problematic, depending on your server operating system.
Thanks DrByte!

That was exactly it. I removed the special characters from the database password and now it works . . . Success: The database has been saved.