Task Center gives you a single place to monitor the progress and history of long-running PolarDB cluster operations—backups, restores, failovers, node changes, and more. Instead of polling individual cluster pages, you can filter and track all tasks from a centralized view.
Supported editions
Task Center is available for PolarDB for MySQL Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition clusters only.
Limitations
Task history is only available for tasks that ran after Task Center was released (March 15).
Only tasks from the last 30 days are shown.
PolarProxy tasks are not tracked—this includes upgrading PolarProxy and changing cluster or custom endpoints.
Task Center is view-only. You cannot modify the switching time or retry a task.
Supported task types
Task Center displays running tasks and completed tasks from the last 30 days. Use the Task Type filter to narrow results.
The following task types are tracked for PolarDB for MySQL:
PolarDB for MySQL
| Task type | Task name | Enterprise Edition | Standard Edition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| create cluster | Create a cluster | Supported | Supported | New cluster creation only. Tasks for migrating data from ApsaraDB RDS are not tracked. |
| Data Recovery (Full) | Method 1: Restore from a backup set (level-1 backup) | Supported | Supported | Enterprise Edition: Cluster Edition and Multi-master Cluster (Database/Table) Edition only. Standard Edition: level-2 backup with PSL4 or PSL5 storage only. |
| Method 2: Restore to an earlier point in time (level-1 backup) | Supported | Supported | ||
| Method 1: Restore from a backup set (level-2 backup) | Supported | Supported | ||
| Method 2: Restore to an earlier point in time (level-2 backup) | Supported | Supported | ||
| Library Table Recovery | Restoration of individual databases and tables | Supported | Supported | |
| clone cluster | Clone a cluster | Supported | Not supported | Enterprise Edition: Cluster Edition only. |
| specification change or migration | Change node specifications | Supported | Supported | |
| kernel version upgrade | Minor version updates | Supported | Supported | |
| Add Node | Add or remove read-only nodes | Supported | Supported | |
| Delete Node | Add or remove read-only nodes | Supported | Supported | |
| cluster master backup switch | Automatic failover and manual failover | Supported | Supported | |
| Cluster Switch | Change the primary zone | Supported | Supported | |
| delete cluster | Release a cluster | Supported | Supported | |
| parameter adjustment | Specify cluster and node parameters | Supported | Supported | |
| account change | Create a privileged account / Modify / Delete | Not supported | Supported | |
| Storage Online Expansion | Storage capacity scale-up | Not supported | Supported | |
| restart cluster | Manage nodes | Supported | Supported | |
| configuration change | Change ESSD storage types | Not supported | Supported | |
| Configure TDE for a PolarDB for MySQL cluster | Supported | Supported | ||
| Configure SSL encryption | Supported | Supported | ||
| Network Changes | Create a primary endpoint | Supported | Supported | Cluster endpoint and custom endpoint changes are not tracked. |
| Modify the primary endpoint | Supported | Supported | ||
| Delete the primary endpoint | Supported | Supported |
View task progress
Task Center shows step-level progress for long-running operations such as data recovery and library table recovery.
Progress and status updates are displayed with a delay. Manually refresh the task list to see the latest status. On the Task Details page, progress can update automatically or manually. After a long-running task completes, its description is cleared from the Task Details page.
Log on to the PolarDB console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Task Management > Task Center.
Filter tasks by start time, keyword (task ID or resource ID), or task status.
Find the task and click Details in the Actions column.
The Task Details page shows step names and progress remarks for Library Table Recovery and Data Recovery tasks:
| Task type | Task name | Steps (Enterprise Edition) | Steps (Standard Edition) | Example remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library Table Recovery | Restoration of individual databases and tables | Restore incremental data to temporary node (if needed) | Restore incremental data to temporary node (if needed) | Playing back the 16th Redo Log (ib_logfilexxx), a total of 50 Redo Logs need to be played back |
| Restore tables on primary node / Restore tables on secondary node (if needed) | Restoration of individual databases and tables | Restoring the 16th table (database name/table name), a total of 50 tables need to be restored | ||
| Data restoration | Restore to an earlier point in time (level-1 backup) | Restore incremental data | Restore incremental data | Playing back the 16th Redo Log (ib_logfilexxx), a total of 50 Redo Logs need to be played back |
| Restore from a backup set (level-2 backup) | Restore full data on primary node / Restore full data on secondary node (if needed) | Full restoration | Recovery progress 32% | |
| Restore to an earlier point in time (level-2 backup) | Restore full data on primary node / Restore full data on secondary node (if needed) | Full restoration | Recovery progress 32% | |
| Incremental data restore | Restore incremental data | Restore incremental data | Playing back the 16th Redo Log (ib_logfilexxx), a total of 50 Redo Logs need to be played back |
