Questions tagged [rsync]
Use this tag when the topic is about the rsync smart copy program which is commonly used for backups.
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New to PI-Automatically move files from sd card to Syncology NAS
My goal: To have video copied from an SD card that is inserted into a Pi 4B using a USB SD Card reader copied to a network share and put in folders based on dates.
My scenario.
I come home from ...
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Restoring a Raspbian system with an rsync ssh backup: permissions at backup time
I have a Raspberry Pi 2 running Raspbian Jessie. It is being used as a reverse proxy for my various self-hosted services, it is running openHAB, it is my mosquitto server, etc.
I would like to create ...
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Updating my application across thousands of nodes. What are the standard tools/procedures?
Are there any standard practice/procedures/tools to perform a software update (OTA) of my c++ application across thousands of battery powered IoT nodes.
I don't want to reinvent something, and ...
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Attempting to overwrite newly imaged SD card with older partition
So at some point I think a power failure 'did for' my old SD card in my Pi. I've tried overwriting the boot partition with a newer one but it just isn't booting. I get the rainbow screen. HOWEVER, if ...
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Rsync and copy errors between two hard disks on raspberry pi 4
I have a Raspberry PI 4 (4GB) with raspbian OS lite installed.
I am trying to copy data from one hard disk to another and every time the transfer fails after copying few files and the drives are ...
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Do I need to stop services when performing a full system backup of Raspberry OS on a RPi4 using rsync?
Well I guess the title is pretty self-explanatory but to put a little more words on, I want to use rsync to perform a weekly, incremental backup of my RPi4 which is hosting Pi-Hole, Unbound DNS and ...
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Failed to start Load Kernel Modules after rsync restore
After restoring the whole raspbian system using rsync, I get following errors during boot.
systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, sta...
systemd[1]: systemd-...
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Copy / Back up all images on Android phone to SD Card with folders
I am running a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B as a VPN Gateway with OpenVPN. On my Samsung S8, I have the app OpenVPN for Android installed and the VPN tunnel to my home network works like a charm.
What I ...
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Restore backup failed (using rsync)
I backuped my RPI following goldilock's answer (Can a Raspberry Pi be used to create a backup of itself?). Running this:
rsync -axHv --delete --exclude-from=rsync-exclude.txt --rsh="ssh" root@...
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Backup RPI to a Linux Machine via ssh
How to backup my RPI and keep it up to date without needing to create an image with dd. I want to do it from a linux machine via ssh.
With the backup I want to be able
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Rsync freezing when trying to backup
I have been looking at other threads. Some have said the problem is a permission issue, and some have said it hasn't been solved. I am using rsync to backup to a USB drive. When I insert the usb drive,...
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SSH connection from Raspberry Pi to windows not working
I want to make Sync a folder in windows to raspberry pi, which is connected via ethernet cable. I could write a program in windows to perform this operation and it executes well. But I dont want to ...
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Would Raspbian break if the extraneous locales were deleted from /usr/share/locales?
Rsync spends a lot of time (and bandwidth) backing up all the extraneous locales when a full system backup is performed.
It takes up a lot of disk space for features that will never be used on this ...
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How to fix rsync dominating my network and stopping at /var/log/kern.log to transfer a LOT of data?
rsync is working great, with the proper exclusions so it can be run from my Raspbian systems that are on 24x7. But it thinks it is the only program on the network and tries to take over.
Of course, ...
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