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Job

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Available in Classic and VPC

You can create, set up, backup, and delete jobs for the data backup in the Job interface.

Job interface

The Job interface includes the following components:
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Component Description
① Menu name Current menu name.
② Basic features Available features when you first enter the Job menu.
  • [Create job]: Click to Create job to perform a backup.
  • [Features and pricing information]: Go to the Backup service overview page.
  • [Download]: Click to download the job list.
  • [Refresh]: Reload the job list.
③ Management features Features for managing created jobs.
④ Search bar and filter You can search for the job by name, and filter through the job list by the type of the backup items.
⑤ Job list The list of created jobs.
  • Job name (Job ID): The name you entered when creating the job and the automatically assigned ID.
  • Resource/Resource name (Resource ID): The name of the resource where the job will be performed and its ID.
  • Type of backup target item: The type of item to be backed up.
  • Path to backup target item: The path to the data to be backed up.
  • Connecting storage/Storage name (Storage ID): The name and ID of the storage where the backup data will be stored.
  • Policy/Policy name: The name of the policy that is applied to the job.
  • Retention period: The period for storing the backup data in the storage.
  • Remote backup/Remote backup settings: Whether to set up a remote backup job.
  • Status: The current status of the job.
    • Creating: A job is being created according to the configured information.
    • Available: Backup can be performed according to the schedule.
    • Editing: The job settings or schedule is being edited.
    • Deleting: The job is being deleted.

Create job

To perform a backup by using the resource with the agent installed and preselected storages and policies, create a job.
To create a job:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Job menu.
  3. Click [Create job].
  4. When the job creation interface appears, set up the job information and click [Next].
    • Job name: Enter a unique name for managing the job.
      • The name should start with an English letter and be between 3-30 characters, consisting of lowercase English letters, numbers, and hyphens (-).
    • Resource: Select the resource to perform the job.
    • Type of backup target item: Select the type of backup target item.
      • Only the types with the agent installed appear.
    • Backup DB instance: When you have selected the DB, select DB instances with the data to be backed up.
      • When there is no added DB instance, click [Add DB instance] and add the DB instance. For more information about the addition of DB instance, see Add DB instance.
    • Path to backup target item: Path to data to be backed up.
      • When you have selected Data, select the path to the backup target items from the File System list.
        • Click i-backup_open to view the detailed path.
      • When you have selected DB, enter the path to the backup target items in text.
        • Click [+] to add the path to the backup target items.
        • Click [-] to delete the added path to the backup target items.
    • Policy: Set up the policy to be applied to the job.
      • When you have selected Data, select among the created policies.
      • When you have selected DB, the same policy applied to the DB instance is applied to the job as well.
    • Connecting storage: Displays the name of the storage where the selected policy was created.
  5. Click [Create] after checking the setting details.
    • The job is created and appears on the list.

Edit job settings

You can edit the path to the backup target items during the job setup process.
To edit the path to the backup target items:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Job menu.
  3. From the job list, select the job you want to edit, and click [Job settings].
  4. When the popup appears, edit the job details in the [Job] tab.
  5. Click [Save].
    • The job status is displayed as Editing, and after the editing is complete, it changes to Available.

Change job schedule

You can add or delete a job schedule.
To change a job schedule:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Job menu.
  3. Select the job whose schedule you want to change from the job list, and click [Job settings].
  4. When the popup appears, click the [Schedule] tab and change the schedule.
    • The preset schedule appears on the list. To delete the preset schedule, click the schedule you want to delete from the list and click [Delete]. The deleted schedule disappears from the schedule list of the Schedule menu.
    • Click [Create] to create a new schedule. For more information about creating a schedule, see Create schedule.
  5. Click [Save].
    • The job status is displayed as Editing, and after the editing is complete, it changes to Available.

View job execution history

On this page, you can check the execution history and status of backup jobs.
You can view and manage the execution results and details of each job.

Component Description
① Start time filter Filtering feature to view job history within a specific period.
  • Based on start period.
  • Based on status value.
② Status values
  • Running: The job is currently running.
  • Pending: The job is pending.
  • Suspended: The job is paused.
  • Changing: The status of the job is changing.
  • Complete: The job was completed successfully.
  • Failed: The job has failed.
    ③ Button types Types of buttons in the job execution history.
    • [Photo of Sync button]: Button to synchronize job status and server.
    • [Photo of Pause button]: Button to pause a running job.
    • [Photo of Retry button]: Button to retry a failed job.
    • [Photo of Force stop button]: Button to force stop a job.
    ④ Buttons displayed according to status value Button types that appear according to each status value.
    • Running: Pause and Force stop buttons displayed.
    • Pending: Pause and Force stop buttons displayed.
    • Suspended: Retry and Force stop buttons displayed.
    • Changing: No buttons displayed (N/A).
    • Complete: No buttons displayed (N/A).
    • Failed: No buttons displayed (N/A).
    • The Sync button is only displayed when the status is Complete or Failed, and is not displayed for other status values.

    Immediate backup

    Without waiting for the backup schedule, you can perform the immediate backup and backup all data.
    To perform the immediate backup:

    1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
    2. Click the Job menu.
    3. Click the job where you want to perform the immediate backup from the job list, and click [Immediate backup].
    4. When the Immediate backup popup appears, view the job information and click [Perform].
      * The immediate backup is performed. Click to select the job in the job list, then click [Settings] > [Job history] to check the backup execution status.

    Delete job

    To delete a job:

    Note
    • You cannot delete the job currently in use. See the followings and delete the schedule and the remote backup that use the job first:
    • When you are restoring data by using the job, delete the job after the restoration is finished.
    1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
    2. Click the Job menu.
    3. Click the job you want to delete from the job list, and click [Delete].
    4. View the Job deletion popup details, click the check box, and click [Delete].
      • The status is displayed as Deleting, and after the deletion, it disappears from the job list.