Sven wrote: > Thanks for feedback. > > After doing a little bit research I found that the application (Apache > Tomcat) and backup (Veritas NetBackup) was running during the copy > job. > > What influence have a running Tomcat and NetBackup on rsync? > What rsync (running as root) do if there are read-only files? There really isn't such thing as a read-only file in linux. If a file is open for writing by another program you can still write to it though you normally should not to avoid data corruption. Also if your doing a local copy I suggest not using the -z option as using -z will likely dramatically slow down the sync process. Only use -z if your copying over a slow network link. Also if your doing multiple syncs and want to keep them in sync I suggest you check out the --delete option as well. nate