[SOLVED] Having trouble with rsync command

Robert.Thompson · 03-04-2017, 11:29 AM

Hello:

I am getting this error:

Code:

Unexpected remote arg: root@205.xxx.xx.xx:/*
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1201) [sender=3.0.6]

after running:

Code:

rsync -auHxvz -e “ssh –p 20022” --numeric-ids --exclude=”/etc/fstab” --exclude=”/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*” --exclude=”/proc/*” --exclude=”/tmp/*” --exclude=”/sys/*” --exclude=”/dev/*” --exclude=”/mnt/*” --exclude=”/boot/*” --exclude=”/root/*” root@205.xxx.xx.xx:/* /

I have done a bunch of Googling on this problem but no luck yet.

I am trying to migrate one VPS to another VPS and am using this tutorial: https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-mi...comment-643482

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Rob.

business_kid · 03-04-2017, 01:49 PM

Try

Code:

rsync://root@205.xxx.xxx.xxx

as the last option. You haven't told it the protocol, so it's treating that as a file spec.

I find it handier to specify what to include. So I use a filespec like /{bin,boot,etc,lib,lib64,...} to exclude things like /dev, /proc, /sys, & /tmp.

michaelk · 03-04-2017, 02:46 PM

As far as I know rsync:// is not required. The OP is using the -e option which specifies ssh remote shell/protocol.

Quote:

rsync -auHxvz -e “ssh –p 20022”

Is this the real command i.e did you copy and paste? Looks like a double backtick versus a double quote.

Try single quotes:
rsync -auHxvz -e 'ssh –p 20022'

Robert.Thompson · 03-04-2017, 03:02 PM

Thanks for your time, business_kid & michaelk.

I changed my new server to a Digital Ocean server and used a “push” command instead of a “pull” command:

Code:

rsync -auHxvz /* --exclude=/.ssh/* --exclude=/etc/fstab --exclude=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/tmp/* --exclude=/sys/* --exclude=/dev/* --exclude=/mnt/* --exclude=/boot/* --exclude=/root/* root@159.xxx.xx.xxx:/ --progress

Atleast, this didn't throw an error.

Now, I'll try to check the integrity of the "cloning".

linuxinlove · 10-04-2019, 08:54 AM

Hello Rob, may I ask how do you boot the Digital ocean VPS with the freshly copied system to have it load everything that has been copied? I have run the same code like u, AND rsync copying finished successfully, but when i reboot my destination server, i cannot access the server via ssh, error”Could not connect to ‘ip’’ (port 22): Connection failed.” and i reinstall the os and start over to rsync and also try to update grub using command”grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg” but still got the same error, can you please tell me what did u do after rsync copy finished ? thanks for your time so much.