Rsync Configuration

This is my working configuration, you are using push setup (source initiated), I'm using pull (destination initiated).

** Destination server DOrsync.ncf **
sys:rsync/rsync -rzav ip_address_of_source::resource_to_copy --volume=destination_vol_name: /backup_directory/backup_subdir

** Source Server etc/rsync.conf **
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
max connections = 0
syslog facility = local5
pid file = SYS:/rsync/rsyncd.pid
log file = SYS:/rsync/rsyncd.log
motd file = SYS:/rsync/rsyncd.motd

[resource_to_copy]
        path = source_volume_name:/source_dir
        comment = backup desc
        read only = no
      use chroot = no
      timeout = 3600
      transfer logging = yes


This one copies the data from
ip_address_of_source\source_volume_name:/source_dir
TO
dest_server\destination_vol_name:/backup_directory/backup_subdir

Novell Cool Solutions has a number of RSync-related articles. A fellow by the name of Gary Childers (who is not me) wrote many of them - see --> http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/author/1223.html

Thanks for the sample configuration but I am still missing something.   I used the following rsync.conf file


***Source Server***
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
max connections = 0
syslog facility = local5
pid file = SYS:/rsync/rsyncd.pid
log file = SYS:/rsync/rsyncd.log
motd file = SYS:/rsync/rsyncd.motd
[Server1]
   path=vol1:/rsynctest
   comment=No comment
   read only=no
   use chroot=no
   strict modes = no
   transfer logging=yes
   timeout=3600
   use lfs=yes

I used the following command on the destination server.  Server2

*** Destination Server ***
sys:rsync/rsync -rzav 30.30.32.40::vol1/rsynctest --volume=vol1: /rsynctest

When I check the logger screen on the destination server i see the following error message

@ERROR: Unknown module '/vol1/rsynctest', please check your configuration
(1) read_timeout: Error peer socket closed fd=108
rsync error: in socket IO (code 10) at io.c(356)  

It does not matter if I use /vol1/rsynctest , vol1/rsynctest, /rsynctest or rsynctest. I get the same error message with the '/vol1/rsynctest' substituted with whatever I used.  

Greg

Try this line instead,

sys:rsync/rsync -rzav 30.30.32.40::vol1 --volume=vol1: /rsynctest

Sorry, this is what I ment.

sys:rsync/rsync -rzav 30.30.32.40::server1 --volume=vol1: /rsynctest

I deleted \\Server2\vol1\rsynctest\server1 since I only want to sync \\server2\vol1\rsynctest and \\server1\vol1\rsynctest. I then used the command below to start rsync.

sys:/rsync/rsync -rzav 30.30.32.40::Server1 --volume=vol1: /rsynctest

When I look in the logger screen I see the following error message

receiving file list ... link_stat "server1" <in server1> failed: No such file or directory

Did you ran:

rsync -v --progress --port=873 --daemon

On the other server?

I have two NCF files

** rsyncstr.ncf**
rsync -v --progress --port=873 --daemon

** rsyncstp.ncf **
rsycdn Rsync ip_address:873

Another issue, I think rsync is case sensitive, make sure which one you are using Server1 or server1.

The way rsync works, when going between a remote server to an rsync server, which is what this is, is the double-colon notation is part of either a source-path or a destination-path, as defined in the rsync server's conf file.  You say you want to sync from server1 to server2, running the rsync command on server2, and the rsync server is server1, if I understand correctly.  

If you're saying "rsync -arz -v /rsynctest server2::server1/vol1 --volume=vol1: ..." what you're saying is copy from local folder /rsynctest to  host name server2, path "server1/vol1" where the path "server1/vol1" would be what's defined as [server1/vol1] in the rsync.conf file.  The NetWare-specific option "--volume=vol1:" also seems to be out of place.

What you want to do is run the following on server2 (assuming that server2 will resolve "server1" to the server's address):

rsync -arzv --volume=vol1: rsynctest/ server1::server2 --progress

with server1's rsync.conf having this:

...
[server2]
path=vol1:/rsynctest
...

Note: I added the "v" to the rest of the options 'cause they're all options, no need to separate the "verbose" from the rest.  I used the --volume argument to indicate the source volume on the remote server (server2) and the source path (separated from the source volume with a space) with a trailing / indicating "copy the contents of this directory."  With rsync, if you don't have a trailing slash, it will copy the directory name to the target, too.  Also, indicating port 873 is redundant as it's the default port - you only have to specify it if you change it from default.

So, why it was creating the full remote server's path on server1 was because 1) you didn't use a trailing slash after the source path and 2) you added /vol1 to the target "server::rpath" parameter, which resulted in adding vol1 to the path already defined in the rsync.conf entry.

Thanks for the help so far.  I used the configuration above and correctly synchronized RsyncTest.  

However I am still missing something.  When I try and use it on the production servers with the below configuration nothing is copied.

I have two servers NY1 and NM1.  I want to synchronize from \\NY1\eng to \\NM1\vol1\eng.  

On NM1  I have the following rsyncd.conf
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
max connections = 0
syslog facility = local5
pid file = sys:/rsync/rsync.pid
log file = sys:/rsync/rsync.log
motd file = sys:/rsync/rsyncd.motd
[NY1]
   path=vol1:/Eng
   comment=No comment
   read only=no
   use chroot=no
   strict modes=no
   transfer logging=yes
   timeout=3600
   use lfs=yes

I start rsync on the NM1 server with sys:rsync/rsyncstr

on the NY1 server i run
sys:rsync/rsync -arz -v NM1::NY1 --volume=Eng:  --port=873 --progress

when I enter this command I can see it counting files then scrolling through them on the console screen on NY1.  On NM1 when I look at the rsync screen i see

(1) rsyncd version 2.6.0 starting, listening on 30.30.32.30:873
(2) wrote 1904895 bytes    read 63 bytes    total size 22476572791

In the log file on NM1 I see the following
 2006/06/27 21:13:21 [1] rsyncd version 2.6.0 starting, listening on 30.30.32.30: 873
 2006/06/27 21:13:21 [2] rsync on NY1 from NY1 (31.30.31.34)
 2006/06/27 21:13:21 [2] wrote 1904895 bytes    read 63 bytes    total size 22476572791

However when I look at the folders noting has been copied over.

You have the command backwards.  You always have source first, target second.

It should be:
sys:rsync/rsync -arzv --volume=Eng: / NM1::NY1 --progress

What was the "real" answer - that last comment couldn't have been it..

Thanks for you patience on this.  

The answers were your post on 6/23 which got me pointed in the right direction and the first one from 6/28 which pointed out that I had mixed up the source and destination servers.