Re: Rsync stops inmid of synchronisation

[LMH <lmh_users-groups at molconn dot com>]

One thing to check is the disk drives. I have had rsync stop when it 
reaches corrupted sectors, especially if those sectors corrupt part of 
the file system. I don't remember anything helpful in the log files, I 
just noticed that it wasn't finishing. Try running disk diagnostic 
software and make sure your hardware is good. What kind of hard drives 
do you have and what OS?

If that doesn't show up anything, I would start by synching just one 
folder. Create a test folder on both computers and add a few files. Make 
sure your permissions are correct. Make a change in one file and then 
run rsync. If it finishes and the logs look good, add more to the test 
folder and see if you can find where it brakes. You can test things like 
very large files, and folders with a large number of files. If you can't 
get it to fail, then the issue may be with the data on one of the computers.

The problem may also be with the rsync software, but I can't advise well 
on that end.

LMH



Richard Ivarson wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I've successfully used Cygwin and in particular it's RSYNC for many
> years, for example to sync a Windows XP computer named Sendi to another
> XP computer named Desti in a local network.
>
> Since a few months however rsync is causing me endless trouble. I
> regularly upgrade to new versions of Cygwin, so I'm up to date with all
> Cygwin programs.
> Now I don't know if my network is the problem (it works fine for all
> other purposes except rsync) or the rsync program (or its configuration).
>
> Maybe somebody knows how I could encircle the problem. Here's the details:
> - Sendi and Desti are connected via a Ethernet cable to a Router
> - On Desti rsync runs via "rsync --daemon"
> - On Sendi the rsync task is started with "rsync foldername/
> Desti::modulename/" (and module name is configured as described in
> Cygwin's or rsync's manual)
>
> When the rsync tasks start, at first everything runs fine. I see this by
> following to Desti's rsync log file and Sendi's verbose output, and at
> the files being synchronisised. Ie the two rsync programs exchange the
> files which are out of sync -- but unfortunately just up to a certain
> point.
> After a number of files have been transmitted -- and this number varies
> every time I re-start the task (sometimes it's some 1000 files,
> sometimes less) -- the two rsync programs stop to talk to each other.
> Sendi's not continuing to send file names anymore. But why? I've
> increased Sendi's rsync verbose level to maximum but it just stops to
> print the file names it wants to send to Desti.
>
> So I've started Wireshark to see the network traffic, and next to good
> RSYNC packages there are also some bad ones named "Malformed RSYNC
> packet" in Wireshark. For example Sendi's Wireshark log looks like this:
> [Malformed Packet: RSYNC]
> Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Malformed Packet (Exception occurred)
> Message: Malformed Packet (Exception occurred)
> Severity level: Error
> Group: Malformed
>
>
> Since I'm no network expert (I can just start Wireshark and watch the
> many log entries), does anybody of you Cygwin users know what's happening?
>
> To sum up the problem: rsync worked well on Sendi & Desti, when suddenly
> a started rsync task just partly works but then stops. And depending on
> how many times I re-start the task or the computers, I can get smaller
> or bigger parts of the whole sync task. Usually not the entire however,
> because it stops long before the end...
>
> Thanks for any hints.
>
> -Richard
>
>
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