Adrian  wrote:
> I have a Pi3B which has a SSD mounted on it.  When I try to rsync parts
> of the SD card to another PI (with a disc mounted on it), it will work
> for a short period of time (4 days - one rsync/day), then fails.  When
> it fails, it syncs some files, then hangs.  The session eventually stops
> when the SSH link times out.  If umount then mount the SSD, things are
> back to normal.  Access to the SSD seems to be OK.
>
> What I'm running is :
>
> rsync -av --delete
>
--exclude={/run,/tmp,/proc,/dev,/sys,/var/swap,/var/backups,/var/cache,/media}
> / : 2>&1 > /tmp/rsync.log
>
> Unmounting and remounting the SSD before the rsync operation seems to be
> a bodge to get around this problem, but I haven't been able to find any
> suggestions online as to what the problem might be.
>
> A bit of background.  This PI is a replacement for one which failed, new
> Pi, new SD card, and a new disk (the old one wouldn't mount on the PI,
> but would on my Ubuntu PC).  The script is the same one that I was using
> with the old config, and that worked happily for several years.
>
What's connecting the two Pis?  I.e. is it wholly wired ethernet or
are there some WiFi links in there?


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Chris Green
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