How to RSYNC from TrueNAS to a SMB Share using Module

Apps and Virtualization
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Hi Forum, seems things are overcomplicated - at least for me - so i kindly ask for help.

GOAL: RSYNC Data from TrueNasFolder to a SMB Share

Using the module i can configure a SMB Share however i dont know how to configure it to PUSH data to it.

Any pointers are welcome

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Did you check this doc out?

Push vs Pull are set in the direction field

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but how do i specify the SMB Share as a Target Location?

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If you’ve already configured an rsync module to the location you want to target, you just need to create a task to push to it:

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its still not clear how to configure the module.

1.) Do i need to enable the module? as i would specify the same host path again as in the rsync task … which wouldnt make sense

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Or can this remain be disabled as i only need the SMB Share?

Which i configured as follows

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edit: so i just got the error stating

At least one module must be configured and enabled

So in that case i guess the rsync module is not meant to push from local TrueNas to foreign SMB Client

edit: so just for testing, i enabled the module and created a rsync task using the current TrueNas IP ( as remote )

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However, i will run into

rsync: [sender] failed to connect to 192.xxx.xxx.xxx (192.xxx.xxx.xxx): Connection refused (111)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(139) [sender=3.2.7]

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You would need to use Rsync to do a “local” transfer, which is not supported in TrueNAS, unless you do it manually with the command-line.

There was a feature request for this, I think.

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i raised that FR in Rsync Task should allow local 2 local synchronisation ( Local Destination Target ) - Feature Requests - TrueNAS Community Forums

But your comment gave me the correct idea. I’ve mounted the SAMBA Share via CLI and will do rsync test

truenas_admin@truenas[~]$sudo mount -t cifs -o username=‘user’,password=‘password’,domain=WORKGROUP //192.168.178.56/TN-Sync-4TB /mnt/smb

truenas_admin@truenas[~]$ sudo rsync -rh /mnt/WD8TB/BACKUP /mnt/smb --ignore-existing --delete --info=progress2
227.10M 1% 1.05GB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, ir-chk=1058/1082)

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another observation that i am running with hgih CPU Utilisation. Any idea how to relax CPU … it seems the whole systme locks up

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I couldn’t figure out how to configure Rsync Task to rsync between 2 datasets on same NAS or NAS → SMB share. I don’t think it’s supported via Rsync Tasks.

What I do is I run a cronjob that basically invokes rsync command.

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@bugacha doing the same manually on CLI. Can you please show me how to create a cron for this.

Also do you use any specific Flags for SMB?

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this is a job for local dataset sync

rsync -avhz --progress --inplace --delete /mnt/volume3/photos /mnt/volume1/

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for SMB remote, I usually mount via something file this :

//nas3/photos /mnt/photos cifs credentials=/etc/smbcredentials,vers=3.0,_netdev,soft,nofail,noatime,actimeo=1800 0 0

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great thanks. i’ll give this a try. the issue with my CPU Load seems to be related to SMB Oplocks which is disabeld on the target and now it doesnt lock up nor consume lots of CPU

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@bugacha can i somehow monitor the rsync process when using cron?

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you can output stdout into a log file and tail it