Rsync backup job reports false success

[Soldermonkey]

After taking on the 6.10.4 firmware update on both local and remote NAS boxes, my daily rsync-over-ssh backup job reports a false success.  It returns immediately, but no files are transferred or updated.  Here's the e-mailed log.

The sending NAS box is a ReadyNAS 314; the receiving NAS box is a ReadyNAS 104.

Ominously, the release notes for 6.10.4 allege that there were bug "fixes" related to this.  Has anybody else seen issues?  Should I downgrade back to 6.10.3?

[Soldermonkey]

[Soldermonkey]

Here's the e-mailed log:

Successfully completed backup job Rsync All to TLC-REMOTE-NAS1.



-------- Backup Job Information --------
Backup Job Name: Rsync All to TLC-REMOTE-NAS1
Backup Job Type: Incremental
Protocol: rsync+ssh
Backup Source: [volume:data]/
Backup Destination: [remote:rsync+ssh]/<redacted>://data/Replications/TLC-NAS1_via_rsync
Backup Start Time: Sun Jan 31 2021 12:05:10 AM
Backup Finish Time: Sun Jan 31 2021 12:05:11 AM
Backup Status: Success


-------- Backup Job Log --------
sending incremental file list
sent 486 bytes  received 37 bytes  348.67 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00

[StephenB]

This has been reported already.  For now the best thing to do is drop back to 6.10.3.

[rn_enthusiast]

Would be nice with some kind of update from Netgear on this, though.

[StephenB]

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@rn_enthusiast wrote:

Would be nice with some kind of update from Netgear on this, though.

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Agreed.  It happens on every system, so there's no issue with them reproducing it.

[Soldermonkey]

Is it necessary to downgrade both the sending and receiving machines to 6.10.3 or can I, for example, only downgrade the sending machine?

[Sandshark]

You need to downgrade the one running the backup.  So if it's a "push" job, the sender.  If a "pull", then the receiver.

[Soldermonkey]

I downgraded to 6.10.3 on the sending machine, and the problem went away.

Any word on a real fix for this issue?  I noticed that one of my other machines, an RN214, took on a "hotfix update" to 6.10.4, but I could not find any release notes for this.  Does this hotfix properly resolve the issue?

[StephenB]

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@Soldermonkey wrote:

  Does this hotfix properly resolve the issue?

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No. 

It does fix an issue with AntiVirus definitions not being updated.

[Soldermonkey]

I notice that Netgear has released a version 6.10.5.  Does anyone know if this release addresses the backup false-success issue?  I couldn't tell from reading the release notes.

[StephenB]

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@Soldermonkey wrote:

I notice that Netgear has released a version 6.10.5.  Does anyone know if this release addresses the backup false-success issue?  I couldn't tell from reading the release notes.

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It doesn't. 

Also, several folks here have reported that they can't log into the web ui after they upgrade.  I haven't had that problem myself, but I don't recommend upgrading to 6.10.5 until it is resolved.