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Entry  Tue May 19 11:15:09 2015, ericq, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, Chiara Backup Hiccup 
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Message ID: 11307     Entry time: Tue May 19 11:15:09 2015     Reply to this: 11308   11327
Author: ericq 
Type: Update 
Category: Computer Scripts / Programs 
Subject: Chiara Backup Hiccup 

Starting on the 14th (five days ago) the local chiara rsync backup of /cvs/cds to an external HDD has been failing:

caltech/c1/scripts/backup/rsync_chiara.backup.log:

2015-05-13 07:00:01,614 INFO       Updating backup image of /cvs/cds
2015-05-13 07:49:46,266 INFO       Backup rsync job ran successfully, transferred 6504 files.
2015-05-14 07:00:01,826 INFO       Updating backup image of /cvs/cds
2015-05-14 07:50:18,709 ERROR      Backup rysnc job failed with exit code 24!
2015-05-15 07:00:01,385 INFO       Updating backup image of /cvs/cds
2015-05-15 08:09:18,527 ERROR      Backup rysnc job failed with exit code 24!
...
 

Code 24 apparently means "Partial transfer due to vanished source files."

Manually running the backup command on chiara worked fine, returning a code of 0 (success), so we are backed up. For completeness, the command is controls@chiara: sudo rsync -av --delete --stats /home/cds/ /media/40mBackup

Are the summary page jobs moving files around at this time of day? If so, one of the two should be rescheduled to not conflict. 

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