(Please help) RSYNC noob - N7700 x2

[phildog33]

Hi guys,

Im a new convert from Nsync over to Rsync, but I cant figure out how to get it to run, and scheduling, like nsync has. Please help if you can read below.

I have two N7700's and ran into problems with NSYNC because I have a folder of photographs, that accumulate to 3TBs and growing. I was told to try RSYNC and this would solve the 2TB file limitation, that happens when nsync zips its folder and sends over.. Rsync on the other hand is file by file, as I understand

so...

I installed the modules, RSYNC, SYSUSER and SSH on both N7700, target and source
I enabled all 3 modules on both, under module mgmt
I changed the password for SYS like they asked me to

Then, I SSH'd into SOURCE n7700 and go deep into the raid/data...rsync/config file and drag to desktop

I edited it with Mac's Text Editor... with allowing the IP address of my Target N7700 to access it.
The config file is below and i dropped it back into the Source N7700 via SSH

Then I SSHed into the target N7700 and poked around but I have no idea how to RUN the rync module, and how to do schedule backups like NSYNC had.

Am I correct that the Target has to run the Rsync module, not the source. In other words, NSYNC works by pushing files from Source to Target.. But Rsync works by sucking the files from Source to Target, all run from the Target server -- N7700 #2.

Its getting kind of complicated and im not a Linux expert.
Please help

Here is my config file below.
P.S. Once I move N7700#2 to an offsite location, under a different network, will I have trouble with the IP address change? I normally just use the IP of the router which is not static with Time Warner, but only changes once or twice throughout the year, and then the ort # opened and forwarded from the router.

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## /raid/data/module/RSYNC/system/etc/rsyncd.conf - RSYNCD config file
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gid = users
read only = true
transfer logging = false
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
hosts allow = 192.168.0.181

[ARCHIVE]
comment = ARCHIVE Files
path = /raid/data/ARCHIVE
read only = no
list = yes
uid = sys
gid = nogroup

[DOCS]
comment = DOCS Files
path = /raid/data/DOCS
read only = no
list = yes
uid = sys
gid = nogroup

[MUSIC]
comment = MUSIC Files
path = /raid/data/MUSIC
read only = no
list = yes
uid = sys
gid = nogroup

[PHOTOGRAPHY]
comment = PHOTOGRAPHY Files
path = /raid/data/PHOTOGRAPHY
read only = no
list = yes
uid = sys
gid = nogroup

[SOFTWARE]
comment = SOFTWARE Files
path = /raid/data/SOFTWARE
read only = no
list = yes
uid = sys
gid = nogroup

[VIDEO]
comment = VIDEO Files
path = /raid/data/VIDEO
read only = no
list = yes
uid = sys
gid = nogroup

[philhu]

I posted a script to run rsync as an application, and I put the batch job into CRONTAB so the system runs it at night, 3am.

I have never actually setup RSYNC usings it's config file, I just run it on demand.

Please look at my script I posted, it does the trick for me at night.

I do know that the actual rsync executable I run in the batch file is really named
rsync_acl.

My batch file is pretty self-explanitory.

At an SSH prompt, type, 'rsync --help' to see what all my options do.

[phildog33]

can anyone help me run my config file for RSYNC??? I cant find any help anywhere with Crontab.. please any help would be so appreciated... i cant use NSYNC because of their 2TB file limitation and having big folders...

please help, anyone who uses rsync

p

[phildog33]

ok nm, going back to NSYNC and arranging folders so nothing grows above 2TB