NAME

       vos_endtrans - Ends a volserver transaction

SYNOPSIS

       vos endtrans -server <machine name>
           -transaction <transaction iD>
           [-cell <cell name>]
           [-noauth] [-localauth]
           [-verbose] [-encrypt] [-noresolve]
           [-config <config directory>]
           [-help]

       vos st -s <machine name>
           -t <transaction iD>
           [-c <cell name>]
           [-noa] [-l] [-v] [-e] [-nor]
           [-co <config directory>]
           [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The vos endtrans command ends a specific transaction on the Volume Server for a specific volume. Under
       normal operation this command should never need to be used, but it can be useful to reduce the amount of
       time a volume is offline after an accidental command, or a vos process crash.

       Many vos commands, when they interact with a volume, create what is called a transaction in order to
       perform many different operations on a volume. If the vos process exits uncleanly, transactions may still
       stay open for the manipulated volumes, and the Volume Server may deny any further operations on those
       volumes while the transactions are still open. vos endtrans allows you to end these transactions and make
       the volumes usable again without needing to restart the volserver.

       To find out what transactions are running on a Volume Server and what their transaction IDs are, see the
       vos status command.

CAUTIONS

       This command is not used during normal OpenAFS administration. If used improperly, this can negatively
       impact currently-running vos operations. Only run this on a transaction if you are certain that the
       program that created the transaction is no longer running.

OPTIONS

       -server <server name>
           Identifies the file server machine running the Volume Server on which to end the transaction. Provide
           the machine's IP address or its host name (either fully qualified or using an unambiguous
           abbreviation). For details, see vos(1).

       -transaction <transaction ID>
           Identifies which transaction to end on the Volume Server. You can get a listing of active
           transactions and their IDs from the output of vos status.

       -cell <cell name>
           Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag.
           For more details, see vos(1).

       -noauth
           Assigns the unprivileged identity "anonymous" to the issuer. Do not combine this flag with the
           -localauth flag. For more details, see vos(1).

       -localauth
           Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. The vos
           command interpreter presents it to the Volume Server and Volume Location Server during mutual
           authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell argument or -noauth flag. For more details,
           see vos(1).

       -verbose
           Produces on the standard output stream a detailed trace of the command's execution. If this argument
           is omitted, only warnings and error messages appear.

       -encrypt
           Encrypts the command so that the operation's results are not transmitted across the network in clear
           text. This option is available in OpenAFS versions 1.4.11 or later and 1.5.60 or later.

       -noresolve
           Shows all servers as IP addresses instead of the DNS name. This is very useful when the server
           address is registered as 127.0.0.1 or when dealing with multi-homed servers. This option is available
           in OpenAFS versions 1.4.8 or later and 1.5.35 or later.

       -config <configuration directory>
           Set the location of the configuration directory to be used. This defaults to /etc/openafs, except if
           -localauth is specified, in which case the default is /etc/openafs/server. This option allows the use
           of alternative configuration locations for testing purposes.

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

EXAMPLES

       The following example illustrates the kind of output that can appear when a volume operation was about to
       be attempted on the Volume Server on "fs1.example.com", but the process performing the operation never
       actually did anything with the volume:

          % vos status fs1.example.com
          --------------------------------------------
          transaction: 575  created: Fri Oct 16 16:55:54 2009
          attachFlags: offline
          volume: 536871080 partition: /vicepb procedure: TransCreate
          --------------------------------------------
          % vos endtrans fs1.example.com 575
          % vos status fs1.example.com
          No active transactions on fs1.example.com

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The issuer must be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on the machine specified with the
       -server argument. If the -localauth flag is included, the issuer must instead be logged on to a server
       machine as the local superuser "root".

SEE ALSO

       vos(1), vos_status(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2009 Sine Nomine Associates

       This documentation is covered by the BSD License as written in the doc/LICENSE file. This man page was
       written by Andrew Deason for OpenAFS.