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Managing Background Tasks
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Scenario
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After you initiate certain instance operations such as scaling up instances, and changing a password, a background task will start for each operation. On the DCS console, you can view the background task status and clear task information by deleting task records.

Prerequisites
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At least one DCS instance has been created.

Procedure
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#. Log in to the management console.

#. Click |image1| in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region.

#. Click **Service List**, and choose **Database** > **Distributed Cache Service** to launch the DCS console.

#. In the navigation pane, choose **Cache Manager**.

#. Click the name of the DCS instance whose background task you want to view.

#. Click the **Background Tasks** tab.

   A list of background tasks is displayed.

#. Filter background tasks, refresh task status, or delete task records.

   -  To filter background tasks by date, click |image2| on top of the background task list, specify **Start Date** and **End Date**, and click **OK**.
   -  To delete the record of a background task, choose **Operation** > **Delete** in the same row as the task

   .. note::

      Only tasks whose status is **Successful** or **Failed** can have their records deleted.

.. |image1| image:: /_static/images/en-us_image_0000001287445440.png
.. |image2| image:: /_static/images/en-us_image_0000001288144356.png