file corruption

anuragmnnit2004 anuragmnnit2004 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 28 22:28:50 MDT 2013


If full file checksum is matched with source before writing into disc.
Does it point to disc corruption?

What rsync options can be used to debug this issue ?
Do I need to read the destination file again and match the checksum with
source.


Kevin Korb wrote
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> - -a should take care of making sure rsync doesn't re-transfer things
> that don't need it.  -c will make sure rsync takes longer than just
> re-copying everything would.
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> Rsync does do a checksum of the files it transfers without -c.
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> On 04/28/13 03:40, anuragmnnit2004 wrote:
>> Database lock is taken on active before rsync is done so it is in
>> freezed state.
>> 
>> I have added checksum so that later full syncing is not done on
>> further rsync. Does cheksum is verified before writing data to disc
>> in destination?
>> 
>> 
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>> Kevin Korb wrote In use databases can't be copied with rsync or any
>> file based tool. The database must be inactive to be copied.  You
>> didn't mention which kind of database you are using but most have a
>> function to freeze the database for backups.  I don't know if QNX
>> has LVM functionality but that can work too.
>> 
>> Also, don't use -c unless you have a really good reason.  It is
>> almost always a bad idea.
>> 
>> On 04/27/13 14:26, anurag trivedi wrote:
>>>>> I am using rsync in my project for copying database binary
>>>>> files over the network from active module to standby module.
>>>>> Once in a while files found to be corrupt on standby module
>>>>> when copying is done first time.When I checked the active
>>>>> module at that time files found to be proper. rsync is
>>>>> completing successful without giving any errors. On comparing
>>>>> both files I see a big hole in standby file filled with 0's.
>>>>> Below is my rsync command -
>>>>> 
>>>>> rsync -a  -c  -v --delete  --timeout=250 --contimeout=30 
>>>>> --temp-dir=xxxx srcfile    dstfile rsync is running in
>>>>> daemon mode. OS - QNX rsync version - 3.0.9
>>>>> 
>>>>> On trying to sync same files again sync happened properly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does anybody have similar kind of issues?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please help me in this regard.
>>>>> 
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