rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(231)

[gngrossi]

bash-5.2$ rsync --version
rsync version 3.2.7-17-g0698ea9a protocol version 31

bash-5.2$ rsync -av /SYSA/tmp/gary/DIR1/ a02858@l98misdb491:/export/home/a02858/MA1_backup
sending incremental file list
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(231) [sender=3.2.7-17-g0698ea9a]
rsync_errors.txt

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

@gngrossi can you validate if this is still an issue with the latest release?

Is l98misdb491 a z/OS box or non-z/OS

[gngrossi]

@IgorTodorovskiIBM The RHEL server, l98misdb491 was a zLinux server which is no longer available since we migrated off of zLinux.
Also, I ran a zopen upgrade of rsync. It looks rsync (since the security issue) requires openssh which I didn't have installed.
Once installed, I did run into an issue with ssh so for now I have paused using it.
Please confirm openssh is now required. I will need to use a RHEL server in AWS for the testing.

thanks