I've used FreeNAS in the past but this is the first time I'm trying to replicate data between 2 instances and am using the latest version (FreeNAS-11.0-U3) available for download.
I was able to get rsync working and pulling the data from one box to the other using the built in module, however I haven't been able to find an easy way to monitor synchronization between the two which is critical for what I am trying to do and it doesn't seem to email out alerts of it can't sync (I was testing by shutting down the server that rsync was pulling from).
I've been searching google and this forum for a suitable answer and although I've seen a lot of the threads regarding rsync, either they don't have any responses or don't answer my questions well.
I am looking to either find an easy way to verify the synced data, or preferably get email notifications of success/failures of synchronization. I'd prefer not to have to manually log into the server via ssh to check logs or run commands if possible, the more automated this is the better as I can have someone else monitor the emails or whatever and reach out to me when failures occur.
If this can't be done via the module I don't mind using scripts as long as I have some form of verification that the job is working correctly, but am honestly not very good at writing scripts and don't know where to start. Also if there are other options for syncing the data between the two FreeNAS instances I am open to using them, but require some sort of visibility into what is happening especially when failures occur.
I was able to get rsync working and pulling the data from one box to the other using the built in module, however I haven't been able to find an easy way to monitor synchronization between the two which is critical for what I am trying to do and it doesn't seem to email out alerts of it can't sync (I was testing by shutting down the server that rsync was pulling from).
I've been searching google and this forum for a suitable answer and although I've seen a lot of the threads regarding rsync, either they don't have any responses or don't answer my questions well.
I am looking to either find an easy way to verify the synced data, or preferably get email notifications of success/failures of synchronization. I'd prefer not to have to manually log into the server via ssh to check logs or run commands if possible, the more automated this is the better as I can have someone else monitor the emails or whatever and reach out to me when failures occur.
If this can't be done via the module I don't mind using scripts as long as I have some form of verification that the job is working correctly, but am honestly not very good at writing scripts and don't know where to start. Also if there are other options for syncing the data between the two FreeNAS instances I am open to using them, but require some sort of visibility into what is happening especially when failures occur.