I need to cancel a VM task

[TDW1]

I need to cancel a task VM move task but in vCenter it doesn't allow me to.  I see there is a CLI command svt-task-cancel, but I have to have the task id.  I don't know what the task id is.  Is there a way to find what the ID is?

[Mahesh202]

Hi TDW1

If you’re dealing with a hanging task in VMware vCenter, you may try the below steps.

Procedure To Cancel a vSphere Task:

• Locate the task in the Recent Tasks pane.
• By default, the Recent Tasks pane is displayed at the bottom of the vSphere Client.
• Click the cancel button (X) next to the progress bar in the Status column for the task you want.
• If the cancel option is unavailable, the selected task cannot be canceled.
• In the Cancel Task pop-up dialog box, click OK.

Procedure to View Tasks

• In the vSphere Client, navigate to an object in the inventory.
• Click the Monitor tab.
• Under Tasks and Events, select Tasks. The task list contains tasks performed on the object and detailed information, such as target, task status, initiator, and start/completion time of the task.
  You can limit the number of tasks visible in the Tasks pane by selecting an option from the Items per page drop-down menu.
  (Optional) Click the filter (Select filter) icon on a column header and filter the task list by entering your filtering criteria.
  (Optional) Click the expand row (Expand row) icon to view related events for a task. You can view task information about multiple tasks at the same time.

Please refer: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-996B7673-C9B9-4F7E-BD1D-57362668F170.html

Hope this helps.!!

Regards
Mahesh.

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