Subject: Re: [vserver] strange rsync problem
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 00:38:57 +0200

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 01:44:57PM +0200, Guenther Fuchs wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> on Friday, July 20, 2007 at 12:07:55 AM I wrote:
> 
> GF> I've got a very strange problem on rsyncing guests from one to another
> GF> server: After rsync process the rpm database seems to be broken,
> GF> although everything else runs. When rsyncing back, everything is okay
> GF> again.
> 
> GF> Used process:
> GF> .) vserver $1 stop
> GF> .) rsync -avxe ssh --numeric-ids --delete /etc/vservers/$1/ ${REM}:/etc/vservers/$1/
> GF> .) rsync -avxe ssh --numeric-ids --delete --progress /vsr/$1/ ${REM}:/vsr/$1/
> GF> .) on ${REM} host: vserver $1 start
> 
> GF> After this the system is proper running on the other host - but the
> GF> rpm DB (internalized) brings up on rpm -qva:
> GF> | error: db4 error(-30987) from dbcursor->c_get:
> GF> DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND: Requested page not found
> 
> GF> When using the process to sync back everything is fine again - which
> GF> is more than strange to me ...
> 
> GF> Anyone got any idea?
> 
> This problem ist still unresolved, it turns up both on an FC6 guest as
> well as an Centos5 one - and both residing on FC6 hosts on x86_64
> machines - any ideas yet?

was the issue resolved at some point?
if not, could you provide the strace -fF I asked
for (or point me to the location)?

TIA,
Herbert

> -- 
> regards 'n greez,
> 
> Guenther Fuchs
> (aka "muh" and "powerfox")