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I statically compiled the latest rsync (3.1.1) & can successfully execute the command on my ESXI server. I am getting the following error from rsync however:

ERROR: out of memory in receive_sums [sender]
rsync error: error allocating core memory buffers (code 22) at util2.c(102) [sender=3.1.1]
rsync: [generator] write error: Broken pipe (32)

Do you know how I could go about making this work? The command I am using is:

rsync -vrltH --delete -pgo --stats -S -D --numeric-ids --bwlimit=50 -A -X --exclude-from=/home/files/porchefiles/2014.08.03-08.58.10/exclude --link-dest=/home/files/porchefiles/2014.08.02-21.48.13/tree hq.porchecars.com:/home/ /home/files/porchefiles/2014.08.03-08.58.10/tree

Both sender & receiver are on 3.1.1.

Thanks

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This doesn't look like something you should be rsyncing to/from an ESXi host. VMware is NOT a general-purpose operating system and the use of rsync is not supported. Hence the fact that you had to compile a static version of the utility.

Can you find another approach to move/copy the data you have? If this is for backups, you really should be using something with a VMware API or a purpose-built utility.

Also see: Why don't people just use rsync to back up vmware guests?

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