How to cancel a running scheduled backup job on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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To cancel the running schedule backup job, please perform below.

1. Run the below command.

# ps -ef | grep symsr

2. Find "/usr/sbin/sysmsr -processjob -format quiet" from the list, and find the PID.

In case of the above screenshot, the PID for "/usr/sbin/sysmsr -processjob -format quiet" is 3493. 

3.  Run the below command to sent "CTRL+C" signal to the PID.

# kill -2

For instance, run the below command if the PID is 3493.

# kill -2 3493

4. Run the below command again, and confirm "/usr/sbin/sysmsr -processjob -format quiet" terminates.

# ps -ef | grep symsr

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How to cancel a running scheduled backup job on Red Hat Enterprise Linux