Help Center/ GaussDB/ User Guide/ Managing GaussDB Tasks
Updated on 2024-11-11 GMT+08:00

Managing GaussDB Tasks

You can view the progresses and results of tasks on the Task Center page.

You can view and manage the following tasks:

  • Creating a GaussDB instance
  • Creating a manual backup
  • Restoring data to a new DB instance
  • Adding shards
  • Adding coordinator nodes
  • Restoring data to an existing instance
  • Restoring data to the original DB instance
  • Scaling up storage space
  • Changing instance specifications
  • Deleting a GaussDB instance
  • Stopping a backup
  • Changing the deployment model of an instance
  • Rolling upgrade
  • Upgrade commit
  • Upgrade auto-commit
  • In-place upgrade
  • Upgrade rollback

Viewing a Task

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > GaussDB.
  4. Choose Task Center in the navigation pane on the left. On the displayed page, view the task details.

    • To identify a task, you can use the task name/ID or instance name/ID, or simply select a task name in the search box displayed in the upper pane of the page.
    • You can view the progress and status of tasks in a specific period. The default period is seven days.

      The task list can only show up to 30 days of past tasks.

    • You can view tasks in the following statuses:
      • Running
      • Completed
      • Failed
    • You can view the task creation and completion time.

Deleting a Task Record

You can delete the task records that no longer need to be displayed. The deletion only deletes the task records, and does not delete the DB instances or terminate the tasks that are being executed.

Deleted task records cannot be recovered. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > GaussDB.
  4. Choose Task Center in the navigation pane on the left. On the displayed page, locate the task record to be deleted and click Delete in the Operation column. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.

    You can delete tasks in the following statuses:

    • Completed
    • Failed