Hello all,
I'm currently making some extensive tests and benchmarks with copying and syncronizing .vmdk files. Running rsync between two linux guests on two different hosts (one windows, one linux), I see that modified .vmdk files are actually transferred as a whole, even though "delta transmission" is enabled for rsync (as the output of -v -v shows). There are 40 .vmdk files of 2GB size each.
Now I'm wondering:
\- Have the .vmdk files that are being transferred actually COMPLETELY changed?
\- Is rsync lying about delta transmission, saying it's using it but it actually isn't?
\- Have I overlooked anything else?
I'd be glad to share some thoughts about this with other people using rsync to backup their .vmdk files.
Alain