In addition to the cron problems that others have pointed out there are rsync problems...
#1 rsync's -c is almost always a bad idea and is extremely slow #2 if rsync isn't networking then -z is a waste of time On 7/12/19 4:56 AM, Hannes Hutmacher via rsync wrote: > Hi all! :-) > > I have a small rsync script to sync my data to a usb-disk. It works > fine, when I start it in console. I get 3 rsync processes (look in top) > and the backup takes ~25 min. But, when I add the script in cron to > start it at 1am at night it takes 7 - 9 hours and I see up to > 180 processes. When I look in top I see a hight load of 60 - 80 and 40 - > 60 waits. Why? Can someone explain why it takes so long when it starts > with cron? > > This is my rsync command: rsync -azc --delete "$QUELLORDNER" "$ZIELORDNER" > This is the entry in cron (crontab -e): * 2 * * * > /root/backupscript/backup.sh > Data to sync: 18 Gb, 185.000 files. > > When I look in the log files I see errors like this: > > rsync: > rename "/media/usb/sicherung/var/lib/fail2ban/.fail2ban.sqlite3.JCzY1c" > -> "var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3": No such file or directory (2) > > rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previousrsync error: > > some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at > > main.c(1196) [sender=3.1.2] > > directory (2) > > > > Can you help me to solve this problem? > > > > regards, > > Hannes Hutmacher > > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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