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Pausing and resuming

Pausing and resuming

On the Workload patterns page, you can initiate, edit or delete your Pause/resume operations and check their History.

Initiating on demand pause

  1. Go to Workload patterns.
  2. Click Pause/resume.
  3. Type the name for your pause operation.
  4. Click Pause and Confirm.

Initiating on demand resume

  1. Go to Workload patterns.
  2. Click Pause/resume.
  3. Type the name for your resume operation.
  4. Click Resume and Confirm.

Scheduling pause

  1. Go to Workload patterns.
  2. Click Pause/resume.
  3. Type the name for your pause operation.
  4. Select the Schedule for a later time checkbox.
  5. Click the Pause radio button.
  6. Select the required parameters.
  7. Click Schedule pause and Confirm.

Scheduling resume

  1. Go to Workload patterns.
  2. Click Pause/resume.
  3. Type the name for your pause operation.
  4. Select the Schedule for a later time checkbox.
  5. Click the Resume radio button.
  6. Select the required parameters.
  7. Click Schedule resume and Confirm.

Editing scheduled pause or resume

  1. Go to Workload patterns > Schedules.
  2. Select the operation that you want to edit.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Select the required parameters.
  5. Click Save.

Deleting scheduled pause or resume

  1. Go to Workload patterns > Schedules.
  2. Select the operation that you want to delete.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Click Delete.

Checking pause or resume history

  1. Go to Workload patterns > History.

  2. Depending on your requirements, perform one of the following actions:

    • Filter by Time completed or Owner.

    • In Find history, type the name of the operation.

Auto-pausing and auto-resuming

On the Workload patterns page, you can enable or disable your Auto pause operations and check their History.

Enabling auto-pause

  1. Go to Workload patterns.
  2. Click Pause/resume.
  3. Type the name for your auto-pause operation.
  4. Select the Auto pause checkbox.
  5. Click Confirm.

Disabling auto-pause

  1. Go to Workload patterns.

Checking auto-pause history

  1. Go to Workload patterns > History.

  2. Depending on your requirements, perform one of the following actions:

    • Filter by Time completed or Owner.

    • In Find history, type the name of the operation.