[Orca-users] Data transfer from clients to ORCA server

[Blair Zajac]

On Sep 5, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Biju Joseph wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Could any of you suggest the best method I can use to transfer  
> orcallater data files from clients to the ORCA server. I cannot use  
> NFS in our enviornment. I have tried rdist option, but it is  
> failing. Following is the detailed o/p of rdist
>
> $ rdist -c -D file1 10.197.158.2
> expand(20868, 7)
> list = ( 10.197.158.2 )
> expanded list = ( 10.197.158.2 )
> docmdargs()
> files = ( file1 )
> hosts = ( 10.197.158.2 )
> expand(adf48, 3)
> list = ( file1 )
> expanded list = ( file1 )
> expand(adf58, 7)
> list = ( 10.197.158.2 )
> expanded list = ( 10.197.158.2 )
> insert:  files = ( file1 )
> insert:  hosts = ( 10.197.158.2 )
> insert:  cmds NULL
> docmds:  cmds c_type ARROW, c_name 10.197.158.2, c_label NULL,  
> c_files ( file1 )
> doarrow(adf78, 10.197.158.2, 0)
> makeconn(10.197.158.2)
> updating host 10.197.158.2
> port = 514, luser = test1, ruser = test1
> buf = /usr/ucb/rdist -Server
> Protocol error, ::ffff:10.197.158.2 closed connection
> closeconn()

I would look at using rsync instead of rdist.  Rdist is useful for  
pushing a set of files from one server to many servers.  In this  
case, you want to push one set of files from one server to another.

Regards,
Blair