rsync - Nov 2011 - question about why rsync log doesn't include remot ip or remote host

Hello all,

This is my first post to this mailing list. I have been using rsync for a bit
and have it mostly working the way I want.

I have a backup server that I run all scripts from. It rsyncs data from four
different Linux servers via cron. A sample of a script is here:

rsync -avz --log-format="%t %b %f %l %M" --delete --stats -e "ssh
-i /root/rsync/authors-rsync-key" backup at mydomain.com:/disk2/www
/backup/seic37 2>&1 >> /var/log/rsync/rsync.log

This works fine and I get the log file entry that shows this:

2011/11/22 13:20:51 2089 acad0304/alllibdirstaff.MYI 2048 2011/08/31-12:46:20

I would like to include the IP and/or hostname of the machine being backed up,
but when I use %a (remote IP) or %h (remote host) in the -log-format=, it just
writes the literal %a or %h in those fields. Could this be because I am running
scripts from the machine that is on the receiving end.

Inspire me. Thanks.


Christopher Adams
Library Systems Coordinator
Oregon State Library
chris.a.adams at state.or.us
503-378-5031
503-932-1004 (IT support)

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Those variables only apply to connections to an rsyncd service.  Since
you are using ssh for the networking rsync doesn't really have that
information.

Also, since you are pulling backups rather than pushing them if you
switched to rsyncd instead of ssh it the %a and %h it would log would
be that of your backup server not the machine you are connecting to.

On 11/22/11 18:40, Chris Adams wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> 
> This is my first post to this mailing list. I have been using rsync
> for a bit and have it mostly working the way I want.
> 
> 
> 
> I have a backup server that I run all scripts from. It rsyncs data
> from four different Linux servers via cron. A sample of a script is
> here:
> 
> 
> 
> rsync -avz --log-format="%t %b %f %l %M" --delete --stats -e
"ssh
> -i /root/rsync/authors-rsync-key" backup at mydomain.com:/disk2/www 
> /backup/seic37 2>&1 >> /var/log/rsync/rsync.log
> 
> 
> 
> This works fine and I get the log file entry that shows this:
> 
> 
> 
> 2011/11/22 13:20:51 2089 acad0304/alllibdirstaff.MYI 2048 
> 2011/08/31-12:46:20
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to include the IP and/or hostname of the machine
> being backed up, but when I use %a (remote IP) or %h (remote host)
> in the ?log-format=, it just writes the literal %a or %h in those
> fields. Could this be because I am running scripts from the machine
> that is on the receiving end.
> 
> 
> 
> Inspire me. Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Christopher Adams
> 
> Library Systems Coordinator
> 
> Oregon State Library
> 
> chris.a.adams at state.or.us
> 
> 503-378-5031
> 
> 503-932-1004 (IT support)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Chris Adams <chris.a.adams at
state.or.us>wrote:
>  I would like to include the IP and/or hostname of the machine being
> backed up
>
Since you are initiating the transfer of a remote machine, you can put
whatever you like into your log string option as literal characters or an
$ENVVAR (which is substituted into literal characters by your shell).

..wayne..
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