Help Center/ Distributed Message Service for Kafka/ User Guide/ Migrating Data/ Migrating Data Using Smart Connect/ Managing Smart Connect Tasks
Updated on 2024-10-10 GMT+08:00
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Managing Smart Connect Tasks

View, delete, start, pause, or restart a Smart Connect task.

This function is unavailable for single-node instances.

Prerequisites

A Smart Connect task has been created.

Viewing Smart Connect Tasks

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select a region.

    Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
  4. Click the desired Kafka instance to view its details.
  5. In the navigation pane, choose Smart Connect.
  6. Click a Smart Connect task name to go to the details page.
  7. View the basic information, source, and target of the Smart Connect task.

    The source and target are displayed on the task details page only when they have been configured for the Smart Connect task.

Deleting a Smart Connect Task

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select a region.

    Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
  4. Click the desired Kafka instance to view its details.
  5. In the navigation pane, choose Smart Connect.
  6. In the row containing the Smart Connect task to be deleted, click Delete.
  7. Click OK.

Starting or Pausing a Smart Connect Task

After a task of a Kafka instance is paused, data of the instance will not be synchronized to another Kafka instance or other cloud services.

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select a region.

    Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
  4. Click the desired Kafka instance to view its details.
  5. In the navigation pane, choose Smart Connect.
  6. Perform the required operation:

    • To start a Smart Connect task, click Start in the row that contains the task.
    • To pause a Smart Connect task, click Pause in the row containing the task, then click OK in the dialog box that is displayed.

Restarting a Smart Connect Task

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner to select a region.

    Select the region where your Kafka instance is located.

  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka) to open the console of DMS for Kafka.
  4. Click the desired Kafka instance to view its details.
  5. In the navigation pane, choose Smart Connect.
  6. In the row containing the desired Smart Connect task, click Restart.

    • Modifying the source or target parameters after a Smart Connect task is created may cause the restart to fail.
    • Restarting a Smart Connect task resets the synchronization progress and the synchronization task will be restarted.

  7. Click OK.

    Once the task is restarted, a success message is displayed in the upper left area of the page.