I am seeing similar symptoms. --------------------------
Compaq 350 mhz CPU Top shows memory at: Mem: 154840K av, 25904K used, 128936K free, 0K shrd, 2532K buff Swap: 264592K av, 0K used, 264592K free 12004K cached Network is 10mb hub connection. Running: rsync version 2.5.4 protocol version 26 On a redhat 7.3 system, patched up to the current level. Updated Kernel 2.4.18-18.7.x #1 Wed Nov 13 19:30:43 EST -------------------------- Backing up Windows shares via samba mounts to a local dedicated ide disk (60mb). This solution works wonderfully, BTW. With one exception... Backing up a large volume of images that range in size from 18 mb to +100mb each. Approximately 45 GB total. Files are distributed in sub-directories, some large, but not overly excessive. Source machine is Windows 2000 server. Disk partition with approx 45 mb. The rsync proceeds nicely using: rsync -rtv /mnt/ntserver/sharename /mountedbackupdisk/ It produces expected results. However, when the command is run again, it finds two or three dozen files it thinks need to be refreshed. I stop the rsync, and check the file sizes, perms, and chksums. All are a match. If I allow it to refresh the files, and run the command again. It finds fewer to refresh. Subsequent runs will eventually cause the refreshes to stop. Odd behaviour. If I run: rsync -rtvvv /mnt/ntserver/sharename /mountedbackupdisk/ The /mnt/ntserver/sharename is a samba mounted win2000 filesystem. The output stops after about 1100 lines with: make_file(4,1mb/BMTT013.tif) The process is still there, but the load drops and there are no packets going in/out of the ethernet interface. I think rsync has hung. Note that this occurs only when I specify additional "-vvv". -------------------- I saw somewhat similar results when backing up the 4 office workstations, which run win98 and winxp. Re-running the command would find files that needed to be backed up. I thought these might be files that changed while backup was running, but running the command at night, I would see the same. Again, eventually, it would report no changes to be updated. -------------------- I have used rsync for years to backup Linux boxes to disk. It works wonderfully! I want the same reliability and efficiency when backing up windows too. If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. If I can provide more details or do some testing, I have quite a few boxes at my disposal. Thanks! -- -------------------- Timothy Burt General Manager Arbor Group LLC Los Angeles, Calif. USA -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
