Viewing a Task

You can view the detailed progress and result of the task on the Task Center page.

You can view and manage the following tasks:

  • Creating DB instances
  • Creating read replicas
  • Changing single DB instances to primary/standby
  • Scaling up storage space
  • Binding EIPs to DB instances
  • Unbinding EIPs from DB instances
  • Switching primary/standby DB instances
  • Rebooting DB instances
  • Restoring data to new DB instances

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click Service List. Under Database, click Relational Database Service. The RDS console is displayed.
  4. On the Task Center page, locate the target task and view its details.

    • 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 retention duration of failed tasks is 7 days, and of completed tasks is 1 days by default. It is controlled by two parameters on background. The retention duration cannot exceed 30 days. To set the retention duration contact O&M personnel.

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