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.