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Start, Stop, and Halt a Job Session

From the Jobs Job List icon pane on the Monitor Monitor tab icon tab you can run a job session on demand, stop a running job, and hold all future scheduled instances of a job from running until you are ready for the job to proceed.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

Create Catalog, script, and report policies. See Plan Overview.

To start a job session:

Click the Monitor tab. On the Views pane, select Jobs .
Select the job to run by clicking in the row containing the job name.
Click Start . A confirmation dialog box opens.
Note: If a job session has multiple run options, such as running a Use Data policy in Test, Recovery, or Clone mode, you will be prompted to select a job session type.
Click Yes. The job session runs.
Click the job name to view the job session details, including the job session's start date and time, duration, description, status through a progress bar, and associated messages.

To stop a job session:

Click the Monitor tab. On the Views pane, select History .
Select a running job to stop by clicking in the row containing the job name.
Click Stop . A confirmation dialog box opens.
Click Yes. The job session stops.

To hold and release a job session:

Click the Monitor tab. On the Views pane, select Jobs .
Select the job to suspend by clicking in the row containing the job name.
Click Actions > Hold to hold the job session. The job session status changes to Held, and all future scheduled instances of the job will not run until released.
Click Actions > Release to release the job session.

NEXT STEPS:

Track the progress of the job on the Monitor tab. See Monitor a Job Session.
Once the job session completes, review cataloged data through the Search and Report tabs. See Browse Catalog and Report Overview.