[CentOS] mirror rsync problem?

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
>
>> yes.     it works sometimes, it fails other times.  right now its 
>> failing mostly.
>>
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> rsync -azH --delete --exclude=ia64 --exclude=s390\* --exclude=alpha \
>>        --exclude=centos/2\* --exclude=centos/3.1 --exclude=centos/3.2 
>> --exclude=centos/3.3 \
>>        --exclude=centos/3.4 --exclude=centos/3.5 --exclude=centos/3.6 
>> --exclude=centos/3.7 \
>>        --exclude=centos/4.1 --exclude=centos/4.2 
>> --exclude=centos/4.3     \
>>        altruistic.lbl.gov::mirrors/centos /zdata/mirror
>
> It's curious.
>
> 1. And ¿what happens if you downgrade rsync client-side to a previous 
> version which runs fine? Maybe it will be enough, at least to 
> determine the error side origin.
> 2. If this is a registered error of this rsync version you can try the 
> same script without using compress tag (-z), because the rsync CPU 
> consumption is always high.

I'm actually using rsync 4.6.8 on Solaris 10 (Sparc) as my Sun v210 has 
the available storage for our local mirror.

its running right now, if it aborts again, I'll remove the z and try again.