I've got SME servers in Perth & Mackay rsync'ing with a server in Sydney. After setting --timeout=300 most of my similar problems like yours went away.
Amanda Quoting Kevin Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All > > I use rsync to back up data between servers for one of my clients. I have > just installed a new site for themIn Leeville which is in country NSW. The > site is on a 2 way sat link and as such gets ping times of 1200ms > regularly. > When I try and run the Rsync script I get as far as receiving the file list > and then get the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ./hinterland.sh > receiving file list ... done > Read from remote host nrt-server.hinterland.dyndns.org: Connection reset by > peer > rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (33116 bytes received so far) > [receiver] > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(420) > rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (33116 bytes received so far) > [generator] > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(420) > > I am hazarding a guess that this is to do with the long Ping times. Can > anyone out there suggest a way to make the RSYNC more tolerant of the long > ping time? Or can you suggest another possible reason for the above errors? > I know the script is correct as I used it in house with my laptop to get an > initial copy of the data to bring back to the backup server. > > Many Thanks > > Kev > > ------------------------------------------------- > Kevin Fitzgerald > TCG TECHNOLOGIES > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
