Using the Job Manager

Use the Job Manager to monitor job progress during storage provisioning operations, such volume creation and snapshots of volume data. You can use the Job Manager to: The top panel displays a list of all jobs. The bottom panel displays job details, including the job's individual steps. When you select a row in the jobs list, the job details are displayed in the lower panel.

An example

You use the Provisioning wizard to create a new volume. The Job Manager displays the progress of the operation. The first two steps complete successfully, but the job fails on step 3. You use Undo job to roll back the job actions, such as logging out users, releasing locks, and resetting logical device meta-data.

Job states

Jobs monitored by the Job Manager can have the following states:

Depending on the state, you can quit, resume, or undo the job. For example, you cannot quit (abort) a job if it is in the Attention state; you can only undo the job. You can always view job properties.

The Job Manager interface

The Job Manager consists of the following:
Toolbar
Provides quick-path icons for common tasks.
Job list
Displays a list of all jobs.
Job progress panel
Displays job steps and status.

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