Matt, Typically with Oracle databases, you will have datafiles residing on different mount points starting from the root such as:
/p02/oradata/OSID/redo01.log /p03/oradata/OSID/redo02.log /p04/oradata/OSID/redo03.log /p01/oradata/OSID/system01.dbf /p04/oradata/OSID/undotbs01.dbf /p03/oradata/OSID/sysaux01.dbf /p03/oradata/OSID/users01.dbf /p03/oradata/OSID/example01.dbf /p03/oradata/OSID/data01.dbf /p02/oradata/OSID/index01.dbf /p01/oradata/OSID/control01.ctl /p02/oradata/OSID/control02.ctl /p03/oradata/OSID/control03.ctl /s01/oracle/product/10.2.0/dbs/initOSID.ora Requiring a command line something like this: rsync -a srchost:/ / --files-from=dbf-list and dbf-list would contain this: p02/oradata/OSID/redo01.log p03/oradata/OSID/redo02.log p04/oradata/OSID/redo03.log p01/oradata/OSID/system01.dbf p04/oradata/OSID/undotbs01.dbf p03/oradata/OSID/sysaux01.dbf p03/oradata/OSID/users01.dbf p03/oradata/OSID/example01.dbf p03/oradata/OSID/data01.dbf p02/oradata/OSID/index01.dbf p01/oradata/OSID/control01.ctl p02/oradata/OSID/control02.ctl p03/oradata/OSID/control03.ctl s01/oracle/product/10.2.0/dbs/initOSID.ora Do you see any problems with this? -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ///**** lsk-> Linus in my case the destination server path name and source path name that includes SID is different so how you would build the rsync syntax using --files-from with this. rsync -zv --no-whole-file --stats /d01/app/sourSID/testfile2.dbf tarser:/t01/app/destSID/testfile2.dbf rsync -zv --no-whole-file --stats /d02/app/sourSID/testfile3.dbf tarser:/t02/app/destSID/testfile3.dbf rsync -zv --no-whole-file --stats /d03/app/sourSID/testfile4.dbf tarser:/t03/app/destSID/testfile4.dbf rsync -zv --no-whole-file --stats /d04/app/sourSID/testfile5.dbf tarser:/t04/app/destSID/testfile5.dbf Thanks, lsk. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/rsync-of-file-list-t920650.html#a3190257 Sent from the Samba - rsync forum at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
