rsync scheduled job failing

Hi,

I have two drives in my helios4:

1. WD Red 4TB (Data drive)
2. Seagate Ironwolf 4TB (Backup drive)

As per the OMV getting started guide, I have got a scheduled job with the following command to backup from my data drive (WD Red) to my backup drive (SG Ironwolf):

rsync -av --delete /srv/dev-disk-by-label-WDRed4TB/ /srv/dev-disk-by-label-SGIronWolf4TB/

Normally I have this disabled and then enable it just before I want it to run on the cron trigger of 0 14 * * 5. However, occasionally I run it manually, as I attempted to do last night. Both options of letting the cron trigger run the task and manually running the task have worked without issue previously.

Last night attempting to run the scheduled job manually gave me the following error:

Zitat

Error #0:

OMV\ExecException: Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LANG=C.UTF-8; export SHELL=/bin/sh; sudo --shell --non-interactive --user=root -- rsync -av --delete /srv/dev-disk-by-label-WDRed4TB/ /srv/dev-disk-by-label-SGIronWolf4TB/ 2>&1' with exit code '23': sending incremental file list

aquota.group

aquota.user

rsync: rename "/srv/dev-disk-by-label-SGIronWolf4TB/.aquota.group.fF9JKr" -> "aquota.group": Operation not permitted (1)

rsync: rename "/srv/dev-disk-by-label-SGIronWolf4TB/.aquota.user.MC2UtK" -> "aquota.user": Operation not permitted (1)

sent 3,633,027 bytes received 4,679 bytes 1,455,082.40 bytes/sec

total size is 2,519,199,181,805 speedup is 692,524.13

rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1207) [sender=3.1.3] in /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/cron.inc:177

Stack trace:

#0 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(588): Engined\Rpc\Cron->Engined\Rpc\{closure}('/tmp/bgstatus4R...', '/tmp/bgoutputQJ...')

#1 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/cron.inc(181): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->execBgProc(Object(Closure))

#2 [internal function]: Engined\Rpc\Cron->execute(Array, Array)

#3 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(123): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)

#4 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(86): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod('execute', Array, Array)

#5 /usr/sbin/omv-engined(537): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call('Cron', 'execute', Array, Array, 1)

#6 {main}

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I suppose I should also mention that the scheduled job is configured to run as root, so there shouldn't be any permission issues.

Does anyone know what's gone wrong and how I can fix it?

Thanks

Thanks for responding.

Hmmm, I'm not sure how to answer your first question.... I guess I'm just following what was outlined in the Getting Started - OMV5 Guide found here.

Specifically this section

Have I done something wrong?

How do I check if the target filesystem is in read-only mode?

Zitat von votdev

I'm right you are using a cron job to run the rsync job?

Correct . I am using a CRON job to run it.

I'm doing it that way for two reasons:

1. It was recommended in the Getting Started Guide
2. The guide said it was an efficient approach to backup the entire drive, as opposed to backing up each shared folder separately.

Has running it as a CRON caused the issue I'm experiencing?

Thanks very much for that suggestion.

Would you recommend just updating the scheduled task I have with an appropriate exclude flag?

Editing my original command to be as below doesn't seem to work...

rsync -av --delete --exclude '.aquota*' /srv/dev-disk-by-label-WDRed4TB/ /srv/dev-disk-by-label-SGIronWolf4TB/

Or would you recommend using the Rsync utility and backing up per shared folder as you mentioned above?

If I go with this option, will I need to remove the contents of my backup drive and start again?

Fair enough, I'm not sure that wildcards are supported either. I've either not set the command up properly, or it's not supported.

I'm happy to switch to the built-in rsync jobs and I understand that the target directory structure will be different. I have two shared folders, so I'll need two backup jobs which is fine. Due to the different directory structures should I clean out the backup drive before setting this up?
Just wanting to approach this in the best possible way.

Also it's worth wondering whether the official setup guide should be updated to recommend using the built-in rsync as opposed to a scheduled task?

Thanks! I'll setup the appropriate shared folders now on my target and point them to the existing folders on my backup drive.

Something I'm not sure about is whether to leave the following files/folders on my backup drive? I didn't create them on the source drive, and would guess that OMV created them by default....

The screenshot below shows the contents of the top level of my source drive. The Media and Documents folders are the folders I created for sharing. The AppData and lost+found folders are empty and I did not create them. Should I remove them from the backup drive as well as the aquota.user and aquota.group files? I would guess that if I removed them and this drive became my source drive down the track that OMV would re-create them as needed?

Right you are ! I was playing with Docker. Very good guess.

Ahhh OK. Thanks for the link.

And I very much appreciate your patient response.

Big thank you to both macom and votdev for your help through this. I have successfully setup and run backups using the built-in rsync tool. Much appreciated

Thanks Agricola and crashtest for chipping in. I have updated my strategy to use the inbuilt Rsync tool. But to be honest the method outlined in the Guide through the scheduled tasks option should work and I'd prefer to use that if it was available/worked.