[MTC] DVM rsync fails with Operation not permitted error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When performing Stage migration from source cluster to destination, the direct volume migration (DVM) fails as the rsync pod goes into an error state in the source namespace.
  • The rsync logs show the Operation not permitted error:
2025/02/13 11:00:18 [27] rsync: failed to set permissions on "." (in 163d5eb0533bc10c54fdec40738360cc): Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: failed to set permissions on "." (in 163d5eb0533bc10c54fdec40738360cc): Operation not permitted (1)

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
  • Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.8
  • Direct Volume Migration (DVM)

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