You are here:

Start, Pause, and Hold a Job Session

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

If the ECX virtual appliance is shut down while jobs are in progress, the jobs will automatically restart once the virtual appliance is back online. By default, jobs that began running 30 minutes before the appliance restarted will automatically restart.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

Create job definitions and job schedules. See Jobs Overview.

To start a job session:

Click the Jobs tab.
Select the job to run by clicking in the row containing the job name.
Click Start , or right-click the job name and select Start . A confirmation dialog box opens.
Note: If a job session has multiple run options, such as running a job session in Test, Recovery, or Clone mode, you will be prompted to select a job session type.
Click Yes. The job session runs.
In the Activity pane, 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 pause and resume a job session:

Click the Jobs tab.
Select a running job to stop by clicking in the row containing the job name.
From the More Actions drop-down menu, select Pause , or right-click the job name and select Pause . A confirmation dialog box opens.
Click Yes. The job session pauses.
Select Resume from the More Actions drop-down menu, or right-click the job name and select Resume to resume the job session.

To hold and release a job's schedule:

Click the Jobs tab.
Select the job to suspend by clicking in the row containing the job name.
From the More Actions drop-down menu, select Hold Schedule, or right-click the job name and select Hold Schedule to hold the job. The job session status changes to Held, and all future scheduled instances of the job will not run until released.
From the More Actions drop-down menu, select Release Schedule, or right-click the job name and select Release Schedule to release the job

To cancel a job session:

Click the Jobs tab.
Select the job session to cancel by clicking in the row containing the job name.
From the More Actions drop-down menu, select Cancel to cancel the job. The job session status changes to Canceled.

NEXT STEPS:

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