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Backup [name] is already in use. How to delete a stale/hung backup job from VSC 2.0?

richard_may — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:10:22 GMT

A backup job was hung at 89%. We ended up rebooting the machine and now we cannot run the job at all, nor can we edit the job.

How do I clear this out?

Thanks!

Re: Backup [name] is already in use. How to delete a stale/hung backup job from VSC 2.0?

jerimiah303 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:46:26 GMT

I ran into this issue when snapmirror update was selected within the job and the relationship was broken. Repaired the relationship, resumed the snapmirror and the job exited with success.

Re: Backup [name] is already in use. How to delete a stale/hung backup job from VSC 2.0?

richard_may — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:08:15 GMT

Good catch! I just checked our Snapvault and sure enough, a target volume is missing. I'll get that fixed tomorrow.

In the meantime, I would still like to be able to edit and run the backup again. Anyone else know how to kill the job?

Re: Backup [name] is already in use. How to delete a stale/hung backup job from VSC 2.0?

jerimiah303 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:28:59 GMT

You could create a duplicate job w/o the snap update.