Question
How do you terminate an active transfer when the transfer process no longer exists?
Answer
A transfer will still have an active session if the transfer process is terminated outside of the Review Transfers and Restores interface, such as when the server is rebooted while a transfer is running. This is because the transfer session's state is stored in an SQLite database and is not associated with a specific PID.
Warning: This workaround should only be implemented if the transfer (rsync) process no longer exists.
- Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or Terminal in WHM.
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Run the following command to identify the unfinished transfer's session ID:
/usr//bin/sqlite3 /var/cpanel/transfer_sessions/whmxfer.sqlite "select sessionid from sessions where state != '100'"
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Run the following command to change the session ID to the completed state:
/usr/bin/sqlite3 /var/cpanel/transfer_sessions/whmxfer.sqlite "update sessions set state='200', endtime=datetime('now') where sessionid='$sessionID'"
Note: "$sessionID" must be replaced with the session ID found from the previous command.
