Job

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Available in Classic and VPC

Job describes how to create, set up, backup, and delete the tasks for interface composition of the Job menu and the data backup.

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 a job to perform a backup.
  • [Features and pricing information]: Go to the Backup service overview page.
  • [Refresh]: Click to refresh the list of jobs.
③ Management features Features to manage created jobs:
④ Search bar and filter You can search for the job by name, and filter through the list of jobs by the type of the backup items.
⑤ List of jobs 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 item: The type of item to be backed up.
  • Path to backup 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 task.
  • Status: The current status of the job.
    • Creating: Creating a job 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 jobs

To perform the 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 i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Job menu.
  3. Click the [Create job] button.
  4. When the job creation interface comes up, set up the job information and click the [Next] button.
    • 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 letters, numbers, and hyphens (-).
    • Resource: Select the resource to perform the job.
    • Type of backup item: Select the type of backup item.
      • The types with the agent installed will appear.
    • Backup DB instance: Once you have selected the DB, select DB instances with data that will be backed up.
      • When there is no added DB instance, click the [Add DB instances] button and add the DB instance. For more information about the addition of DB instance, see add DB instance.
    • Path to backup item: Path to data to be backed up.
      • When you select Data, select the route to the backup items from the File System list.
        • Click i-backup_open to view the detailed path.
      • When you select DB, enter the route to the backup items as a text.
        • Click the [+] button to add the route to the backup.
        • Click the [-] button to delete the added route to the backup items.
    • Policy: Set up the policy to be applied to the job.
      • Select the policy created while you selected Data.
      • When you select 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. Select [Create] after checking the set information.
    • The job created appears on the list.

Edit the job setup

Edit the route to the backup items during the job setup process.
To edit the route to the backup items:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Job menu.
  3. Select the job whose settings you want to edit from the list of jobs, and click the [Job settings] button.
  4. When the popup window comes up, edit the detailed job information on the [Job] tab.
  5. Click the [Save] button.
    • The job status displays Editing, and after the editing is complete, it changes to Available.

Change the job schedule

Add or delete a new job schedule.
To change the job schedule:

  1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
  2. Click the Job menu.
  3. Select the job whose schedule you want to change from the list of jobs, and click the [Job settings] button.
  4. When the popup window comes up, 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 the [Delete] button. The deleted schedule disappears from the schedule list of the Schedule menu.
    • Click the [Create job] button and the creation of a new task is possible. For more information about the task creation, see create task.
  5. Click the [Save] button.
    • The job status displays Editing, and after the editing is complete, it changes to Available.

View job performance history

View job performance history is an interface where you can check the execution history and status of backup jobs.
This interface allows you to view and manage the execution results and details of each job.

Photo 1 (an image of the entire job history)

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: Task was completed successfully.
  • Failed: The task has failed.
    ③ Button types Types of buttons in the job performance 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, Force Stop buttons displayed.
    • Pending: Pause, Force Stop buttons displayed.
    • Suspended: Retry, 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 the data.
    To perform the immediate backup:

    1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
    2. Click the Job menu.
    3. Click the job where you want to perform the immediate backup from the list of jobs, and click the [Immediate backup] button.
    4. When the popup window of immediate backup comes up, view the job information and click the [Perform] button.
      • The immediate backup is performed. You can check the backup performance status by selecting the job from the job list, then navigating to [Settings] > [Job History].

    Delete jobs

    To delete tasks:

    Note
    • You cannot delete the job currently in use. See the following items and delete the schedule and the remote backup that use the job first:
    • When you restore the data by using the job, delete the job after the restoration is finished.
    1. From the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to i_menu > Services > Storage > Backup.
    2. Click the Job menu.
    3. Click the job you want to delete from the list of jobs, and click the [Delete] button.
    4. View the delete task popup window, and click the check box, click the [Delete] button.
      • The status displays Deleting, and after the deletion, it disappears from the list of jobs.