rsync - Oct 2012 - Problem rsyncing 450GB file to my NAS: 'connection unexpectedly closed'

Hi list!

I'm trying to use rsync to do a regular remote backup of a 450GB sized 
container file located on my squeeze server onto a colocated QNap NAS 
device.

Both use rsync 3.0.7. While this setup works for most files, it fails on 
this large file (see log below).

I'm already trying to help rsync using "-P" to indicate that rsync
should reuse the current copy and not trying to create a copy on the 
/tmp parition of the NAS.

Any hints what might be the problem?

Thanks
- Ben


myhost:~# rsync -avvv  /srv/storage rsync at naspy::Backups -P
opening tcp connection to naspy port 873
sending daemon args: --server -vvvlogDtpre.iLsf --partial . Backups/
sending incremental file list
[sender] make_file(storage,*,0)
send_file_list done
[sender] 
make_file(storage/7N-ZDGtCZq01gFJQEd8eqPuiGbumCWtPoje-4KMVfzIFs1,*,2)
[sender] 
make_file(storage/PmjyreYXD0Istwvp-8D6PWA5zeZP1DdbboxuS3xGZphQe1,*,2)
[sender] make_file(storage/JKsb9I8-7dP6cFjao0omRCfj,*,2)
[sender] 
make_file(storage/O4tK1PXwyelx8Oju,1sC-xfRUYg5cnMrPxeo5FTpE-AEM-,*,2)
send_files starting
send_files(3, 
/srv/encfs-mirrors/storage/7N-ZDGtCZq01gFJQEd8eqPuiGbumCWtPoje-4KMVfzIFs1)
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (2545228 bytes received so far) 
[sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(601) 
[sender=3.0.7]
[sender] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=601): about to call exit(12)

Not sure, but some ideas:

-P means to retain partial files, and doesn't have anything to do with
/tmp; I wonder if you mean --inplace (not sure)?

It sounds like a daemon may be timing out; is there a timeout
specified in rsyncd.conf?  Is there a remote logfile with any useful
content?

Justin

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 07:29:58PM +0200, rsyncml.frucade at spamgourmet.com
wrote:
> Hi list!
> 
> I'm trying to use rsync to do a regular remote backup of a 450GB
> sized container file located on my squeeze server onto a colocated
> QNap NAS device.
> 
> Both use rsync 3.0.7. While this setup works for most files, it
> fails on this large file (see log below).
> 
> I'm already trying to help rsync using "-P" to indicate that
rsync
> should reuse the current copy and not trying to create a copy on the
> /tmp parition of the NAS.
> 
> Any hints what might be the problem?
> 
> Thanks
> - Ben
> 
> 
> myhost:~# rsync -avvv  /srv/storage rsync at naspy::Backups -P
> opening tcp connection to naspy port 873
> sending daemon args: --server -vvvlogDtpre.iLsf --partial . Backups/
> sending incremental file list
> [sender] make_file(storage,*,0)
> send_file_list done
> [sender]
> make_file(storage/7N-ZDGtCZq01gFJQEd8eqPuiGbumCWtPoje-4KMVfzIFs1,*,2)
> [sender]
> make_file(storage/PmjyreYXD0Istwvp-8D6PWA5zeZP1DdbboxuS3xGZphQe1,*,2)
> [sender] make_file(storage/JKsb9I8-7dP6cFjao0omRCfj,*,2)
> [sender]
> make_file(storage/O4tK1PXwyelx8Oju,1sC-xfRUYg5cnMrPxeo5FTpE-AEM-,*,2)
> send_files starting
> send_files(3,
/srv/encfs-mirrors/storage/7N-ZDGtCZq01gFJQEd8eqPuiGbumCWtPoje-4KMVfzIFs1)
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (2545228 bytes received so
> far) [sender]
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
> io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7]
> [sender] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=601): about to call
exit(12)