In addition to the cron problems that others have pointed out there are rsync problems...
#1 rsync's -c is almost always a bad idea and is extremely slow
#2 if rsync isn't networking then -z is a waste of time
On 7/12/19 4:56 AM, Hannes Hutmacher via rsync wrote:
> Hi all! :-)
>
> I have a small rsync script to sync my data to a usb-disk. It works
> fine, when I start it in console. I get 3 rsync processes (look in top)
> and the backup takes ~25 min. But, when I add the script in cron to
> start it at 1am at night it takes 7 - 9 hours and I see up to
> 180 processes. When I look in top I see a hight load of 60 - 80 and 40 -
> 60 waits. Why? Can someone explain why it takes so long when it starts
> with cron?
>
> This is my rsync command: rsync -azc --delete "$QUELLORDNER" "$ZIELORDNER"
> This is the entry in cron (crontab -e): * 2 * * *
> /root/backupscript/backup.sh
> Data to sync: 18 Gb, 185.000 files.
>
> When I look in the log files I see errors like this:
>
> rsync:
> rename "/media/usb/sicherung/var/lib/fail2ban/.fail2ban.sqlite3.JCzY1c"
> -> "var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3": No such file or directory (2)
>
> rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previousrsync error:
>
> some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at
>
> main.c(1196) [sender=3.1.2]
>
> directory (2)
>
>
>
> Can you help me to solve this problem?
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> Hannes Hutmacher
>
>
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