Updated on 2025-08-21 GMT+08:00

Viewing a Task

You can view the progress and results of scheduled and instant tasks on the Task Center page.

Supported Tasks

Table 1 Supported tasks

Task Type

Category

Task Name

Instant tasks

Instance creation

Creating a SQL Server instance, creating a SQL Server read replica

Instance lifecycle

Rebooting a SQL Server instance, stopping a SQL Server instance, starting a SQL Server instance, deleting a SQL Server instance

Instance modifications

Scaling up a SQL Server instance, switching SQL Server primary and standby instances, cloning a SQL Server instance, changing the SQL Server instance type from single to primary/standby, changing a SQL Server instance class, changing a SQL Server storage type, migrating a standby SQL Server instance to another AZ, changing a SQL Server character set

Connection management

Creating a public domain name for a SQL Server instance, changing a public domain name for a SQL Server instance, creating a private domain name for a SQL Server instance, changing a private domain name for a SQL Server instance, binding an EIP to a SQL Server instance, unbinding an EIP from a SQL Server instance, updating an SSL certificate for a SQL Server instance

Backup and restoration

Restoring to a new SQL Server instance, restoring to an existing SQL Server instance

FileStream

Enabling FileStream for a SQL Server instance

Security and encryption

Enabling TDE for a SQL Server instance, rotating TDE certificate for a SQL Server instance

Scheduled tasks

Instance lifecycle

Starting a SQL Server instance, upgrading a SQL Server instance system

Viewing an Instant Task

  1. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
  3. Choose Task Center in the navigation pane on the left. Locate the target task and view its details on the displayed Instant Tasks page.

    • To identify the target task, you can use the task name and DB instance name/ID or enter the target task name in the search box in the upper right corner.
    • 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 instant tasks in the following statuses:
      • Running
      • Completed
      • Failed
    • View the task creation and completion time.

Viewing a Scheduled Task

  1. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
  3. Choose Task Center in the navigation pane on the left. On the Scheduled Tasks page, view the task progress and results.

    • To identify the target task, you can use the DB instance name/ID or enter the target DB instance ID in the search box in the upper right corner.
    • You can view the scheduled tasks in the following statuses:
      • Running
      • Completed
      • Failed
      • Canceled
      • To be executed
      • To be authorized