[lbackup-discussion] Random rsync Errors

[henri]

Hello,

> This is showing up for one of our backup systems:
> 
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> Using custom rsync : v3...
> Preservation of ACL's disabled
> Synchronizing...
> rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes to socket [sender]: Broken pipe (32)
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (4448632 bytes received so far) [sender]
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.8]
> 
> WARNING! : Data Transfer Interrupted
> 
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> This seams to be happening when we're trying to do the first run, full copy of a backup. We have another backup drive that's only doing incremental backups that are working fine. The new backup drive is a brand new drive and has been tested ok.
> 
> The computer is running a custom compiled version of rsync (version 3.0.9) and Mac OS X "Server" Lion (10.7.3).
> 
> Has anyone got any ideas what is going on with this?

I have a few questions : 

(1) Is the destination a local HDD or SSD? 
(2) Is the source accessed locally or is it accessed via the network?
(3) How large is the source for this copy?
(4) Is there anything being excluded from the backup (data in the excludes file)?

Thanks.
Henri