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