Retry an Upload

Use the retry command to restart an upload process that was initiated earlier but was suspended, interrupted, or failed earlier. The retry process restarts the upload from where it was suspended, thus conserving time and network bandwidth. In case of a previously failed attempt, it uploads the file again.

Command Syntax

odu-client retry [optional_arguments]

Command Parameters and Optional Arguments

The following optional arguments are specific to this command:

Arguments	Description
`-r` `Run_ID`, `--runId` `Run_ID`	The run ID of an upload that was initiated and suspended earlier. Each upload request is provided with a unique run ID which can be later used to obtain submission status of the request or to restart the upload.
`--parallel` `Parallel_Files`	The number of files that the ODU client can simultaneously upload. This parameter takes an integer value and by default is set to 3. The maximum value accepted is 10.
`-b` `Data_Directory`, `--datadir` `Data_Directory`	The directory with write permission where the ODU client will store the information about the processing done on the log files. The default location is `<USER_HOME>/.odu-client`.

Example

Command to view the run IDs that can be retried:

odu-client retry

An example output of this command is:

retry 
Following runId(s) can be retried
Page 1 of 1 Total Records:2
RunId   CreatedOn                   CreatedBy    UploadName        Source        Total-Files   Pending    Failure     Submitted
48   Fri Mar 22 16:07:38 PST 2019   myUserName   testUpload  Linux Syslog Logs     72           66           0             6
47   Fri Mar 22 11:53:41 PST 2019   myUserName   testUpload  Linux Syslog Logs     72           72           0             0

Search for matches OR Enter n to see next items OR Enter p to see previous items OR Enter q to quit or Enter <runId> to retry
:

From the above output, you can use the RunId to search and navigate within pages. You can specify the RunId to retry the upload.

Command to retry an upload process that has the run ID 25 and to upload 6 files in parallel:
```
odu-client retry --runId 25 --parallel 6
```