Stale Jobs

Preventing Stale Jobs

Overview

The Stale Jobs feature in Vault enables administrators to monitor and manage jobs that have stalled during execution. Any job that remains inactive—i.e., without backend file updates—for four consecutive days is flagged as a Stale Job.

Introduction

Vault manages stale jobs using a two-pronged approach:

1. Automated Cron Job: Scheduled weekly to identify and terminate long-running inactive jobs.

2. Stale Jobs Interface: Allows admins to manually view, select, and terminate stale jobs.

Key behaviors:

• Admins can manually terminate one or more stale jobs.

• For a single job, a termination notification is sent to both the admin and the job creator.

• For multiple jobs, a consolidated notification is delivered.

How to Access the Stale Jobs Module

1. Select the target Org from the list of available organizations.

   
2. A list of jobs from various modules (Backup, Restore, Replicate, Archive) will be displayed for the selected Org.

3. Navigate between module tabs to review stale jobs in each category:

   • Backup Jobs

   • Restore Jobs

   • Replicate Jobs

   • Archive Jobs

Terminating Stale Jobs

1. Select the jobs you wish to terminate and click Terminate.

2. Notifications:

   • Single Job Termination:

     • An email is sent from the relevant module.

     • The message includes a new field: Terminate Reason.

   • Multiple Job Termination:

     • A consolidated email lists all terminated jobs.

   

This feature ensures system hygiene and prevents inactive jobs from consuming unnecessary system resources.