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View status of Azure Import/Export jobs | Microsoft Docs |
Learn how to view the status of Import/Export jobs and the drives used. |
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This article provides information on how to view the drive and job status for Azure Import/Export jobs. Azure Import/Export service is used to securely transfer large amounts of data to Azure Blobs and Azure Files. The service is also used to export data from Azure Blob storage.
You can track the status of your import or export jobs from the Azure portal. Click the Import/Export tab. A list of your jobs appears on the page.
You see one of the following job statuses depending on where your drive is in the process.
| Job Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Creating | After a job is created, its state is set to Creating. While the job is in the Creating state, the Import/Export service assumes the drives have not been shipped to the data center. A job may remain in this state for up to two weeks, after which it is automatically deleted by the service. |
| Shipping | After you ship your package, you should update the tracking information in the Azure portal. This turns the job into Shipping state. The job remains in the Shipping state for up to two weeks. |
| Received | After all drives are received at the data center, the job state is set to Received. |
| Transferring | Once at least one drive has begun processing, the job state is set to Transferring. For more information, go to Drive States. |
| Packaging | After all drives have completed processing, the job is placed in Packaging state until the drives are shipped back to you. |
| Completed | After all drives are shipped back to you, if the job has completed without errors, then the job is set to Completed. The job is automatically deleted after 90 days in the Completed state. |
| Closed | After all drives are shipped back to you, if there were any errors during the processing of the job, the job is set to Closed. The job is automatically deleted after 90 days in the Closed state. |
The table below describes the life cycle of an individual drive as it transitions through an import or export job. The current state of each drive in a job is seen in the Azure portal.
The following table describes each state that each drive in a job may pass through.
| Drive State | Description |
|---|---|
| Specified | For an import job, when the job is created from the Azure portal, the initial state for a drive is Specified. For an export job, since no drive is specified when the job is created, the initial drive state is Received. |
| Received | The drive transitions to the Received state when the Import/Export service has processed the drives that were received from the shipping company for an import job. For an export job, the initial drive state is the Received state. |
| NeverReceived | The drive moves to the NeverReceived state when the package for a job arrives but the package doesn't contain the drive. A drive also moves into this state if it has been two weeks since the service received the shipping information, but the package has not yet arrived at the datacenter. |
| Transferring | A drive moves to the Transferring state when the service begins to transfer data from the drive to Azure Storage. |
| Completed | A drive moves to the Completed state when the service has successfully transferred all the data with no errors. |
| CompletedMoreInfo | A drive moves to the CompletedMoreInfo state when the service has encountered some issues while copying data either from or to the drive. The information can include errors, warnings, or informational messages about overwriting blobs. |
| ShippedBack | A drive moves to the ShippedBack state when it has been shipped from the datacenter back to the return address. |
This image from the Azure portal displays the drive state of an example job:
The following table describes the drive failure states and the actions taken for each state.
| Drive State | Event | Resolution / Next step |
|---|---|---|
| NeverReceived | A drive that is marked as NeverReceived (because it was not received as part of the job's shipment) arrives in another shipment. | The operations team moves the drive to Received. |
| N/A | A drive that is not part of any job arrives at the datacenter as part of another job. | The drive is marked as an extra drive and is returned to you when the job associated with the original package is completed. |
The amount of time it takes to process an import/export job varies based on a number of factors such as:
- Shipping time
- Load at the datacenter
- Job type and size of the data being copied
- Number of disks in a job.
Import/Export service does not have an SLA but the service strives to complete the copy in 7 to 10 days after the disks are received. In addition to the status posted on Azure Portal, REST APIs can be used to track the job progress. The percent complete parameter in the List Jobs operation API call provides the percentage copy progress.