Hello Rsync Community,
I have been using rsync for several years to backup servers across an
array of different areas.
I have run into a new problem that I cannot find an answer for.
We just recently purchased a Lacie 5Big Network RAID: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1596257
for one organization.
We set up a test server to start backing up to this RAID via AFP. The
server is a Mac Intel XSERVE running Leopard 10.5.6.
We are rsync'ing an internal volume of staff users to the AFP share
via this command set nightly.
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#!/bin/sh
#set -xv; exec 1>~/Desktop/out 2>&1
if [ -d /Volumes/Backup ]
then
umount "/Volumes/Backup"
sleep 2
fi
if [ ! -d /Volumes/Backup ]
then
mkdir /Volumes/Backup
mount_afp afp://backup:bac...@stbackup.example.com/Backup /Volumes/
Backup
fi
mkdir -p /Volumes/Backup/Staff_Backup
date=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
rsync -rltP --exclude-from /main_backup_excludes.txt --link-dest=/
Volumes/Backup/Staff_Backup/current /Volumes/st1/Staff/ /Volumes/
Backup/Staff_Backup/back-$date
rm /Volumes/Backup/Staff_Backup/current
ln -s /Volumes/Backup/Staff_Backup/back-$date /Volumes/Backup/
Staff_Backup/current
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The script has run fine via SSH and other AFP shares in the past.
However, as of now with the 5Big it does not.
Every time we run the script (or any derivative of rsync on this
directory) and it reaches a file that begins with the word "apple" or
"Apple" it will hang
When watching the output it will just simply set there on that file
and not continue. We have left it setting for about 8 hours just to see.
Once we rename the file to something like "1apple" or "Appl" or
"Bpple" it will transfer and continue. We have not seen this problem
with any other AFP backups to other brands of AFP shares we have used.
For now we are excluding Apple* from the backups so that they will
continue. Everything seems to be working just fine (Other than a huge
chunk of missing Apple* files)
NOTE: It does not have this problem on Folders that are named "Apple".
Just Files
Here is the e-mail I received from Lacie when I asked about this issue:
Quote Lacie:
I apologize, as advised previously, if the issue is just with the
rsync software, I won't be able to determine what the issue it is
having. The drive itself is operating appropriately if you are not
having a problem manually transferring over the same files. I
apologize but I don't have anything I could advise doing to the 5Big,
since it works in a supported fashion, nor do I have anything for the
rsync software.
End Quote Lacie
Any advice or help on this crazy issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jameson Giebler
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