more info : no alerts - am able to start and run another job (another atempt
to restore these files) at the same time and it seems to be working just
fine

anyone with an idea of how to kill the hung job?

"travis" wrote:
>
>here's a good one...I have a restore job that is stopped at 99%. can't make
>it stop - tried abort job and is just hanging there. I ejected the tape
(since
>it wasn't being accessed) and the job still wont cease. I would like it
to
>either fail or try to finish - not just sit on the fence and wait for no
>particular reason. I can find NO help on this whatsoever- anyone ever run
>across this before? I'ts ver 8.
>
>I'm thinking of stopping the backup exec service to stop it.

I think that you hit it on your first post.

Stop/Start the services.

travis wrote:

> more info : no alerts - am able to start and run another job (another atempt
> to restore these files) at the same time and it seems to be working just
> fine
>
> anyone with an idea of how to kill the hung job?
>
> "travis" wrote:
> >
> >here's a good one...I have a restore job that is stopped at 99%. can't make
> >it stop - tried abort job and is just hanging there. I ejected the tape
> (since
> >it wasn't being accessed) and the job still wont cease. I would like it
> to
> >either fail or try to finish - not just sit on the fence and wait for no
> >particular reason. I can find NO help on this whatsoever- anyone ever run
> >across this before? I'ts ver 8.
> >
> >I'm thinking of stopping the backup exec service to stop it.