Problem with backup to freenas over ssh

[OBRI]

Hi Folks,

I want to backup my files from my Ubuntu 17.10 Machine to freenas. Via smb is not that great --> I can't backup symlinks, permissions and user and group iformation.

I tried this:

Code:

rsync --delete --stats --exclude-from=/home/obri/BACKUP/BackupRsync/RsyncExcludesObri -aevn ssh /home/obri/ root@192.168.178.33:/mnt/ZFS_POOL/BackupOliver/

and get the following error:

rsync: Failed to exec vn: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at pipe.c(85) [sender=3.1.2]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at io.c(235) [sender=3.1.2]


I have no Idea, what's wrong there. The Directory:
/mnt/ZFS_POOL/BackupOliver
DOES EXIST.

If I try

Code:

rsync --delete --stats --exclude-from=/home/obri/BACKUP/BackupRsync/RsyncExcludesObri -aevn ssh /home/obri/ root@192.168.178.33

does work!

Code:

ssh /home/obri/ root@192.168.178.33

does also work.

So I have the problem, that I can't tell rsync, in which directory to backup my files on freenas.

Perhaps someone can help?

Additional Info:

• FreeNAS-11.1-U4
• Ubuntu 17.10 openssh-client is installed
• I found: rsync -e "ssh -P PORT -i /absolute/pathto/.ssh/privatekey" USER@SERVER:/remotepath/to/source /localpath/to/destination
  in https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...y-with-rsync-over-ssh-sftp.55380/#post-386672
  but the pattern "USER@SERVER:/remotepath/to/source" doesn't seem to work.

 

[dlavigne]

Were you able to resolve this?

 

[OBRI]

I had no time to retry it.
I hope I can do at weekend and of course I hope it will work....