How to Kill Nutanix Prism Stuck Hanging Task via Command

How to Kill Nutanix Prism Stuck Hanging Task via Command

by Hinker

1. login to Nutanix CVM using SSH.
2. Enter the following to list running/failed tasks.

   ecli task.list include_completed=false
   

   Output:

   Task UUID	Parent Task UUID	Component	Sequence-id	Type	Status
   6e6a6b07-a885-4ba2-7d5f-9263dd8f0a71	39ebb1c2-605d-45dc-ba73-494dc8bc955b	Planned Outage	73	Stop CVM Services	kRunning
   39ebb1c2-605d-45dc-ba73-494dc8bc955b	f4a08267-227b-471c-69cd-eab9d17832d5	Planned Outage	67	CVM Enter Maintenance	kRunning
   f4a08267-227b-471c-69cd-eab9d17832d5		Planned Outage	59	Host Enter Maintenance	kRunning

3. Enter the following to cancel required task
   Usage of ergon_update_task:

   ergon_update_task.py --task_uuid=<task_uuid> --task_status=<task_status>
   

   task_uuid should be a properly stringified NutanixUuid
   task_status should be one of [‘aborted’, ‘succeeded’, ‘failed’, ‘running’, ‘suspended’, ‘queued’]
   Since the above task “Host Enter Maintenance” contains sub-tasks, you need to kill the subtasks first.
   3.1 1st run:

   ergon_update_task --task_uuid=6e6a6b07-a885-4ba2-7d5f-9263dd8f0a71 --task_status='failed'
   

   3.2 2nd run:

   ergon_update_task --task_uuid=39ebb1c2-605d-45dc-ba73-494dc8bc955b --task_status='failed'
   

   3.3 3rd run:

   ergon_update_task --task_uuid=f4a08267-227b-471c-69cd-eab9d17832d5 --task_status='failed'
   

4. Enter the following to confirm task have been completed/failed

   ecli task.list include_completed=false