Retry a universe task

In case of most task failures in YugabyteDB Anywhere (YBA) universes (VMs or Kubernetes), you can retry the tasks from the YBA UI or via an equivalent API.

To retry a failed task, do one of the following:

  • Navigate to Universes in the YBA UI, select your universe, and click Retry task as per the following illustration:

    Retry task

  • Navigate to Tasks in the YBA UI, click See Details corresponding to the failed universe task, and click Retry Task.

    Retry task

A retry of the original task reruns the individual steps of the task in an idempotent fashion. This should resolve a failure if it was caused by a temporary issue.

For example, a quota limit may prevent a universe scale up task, causing it to fail. When the quota limit is adjusted to the right value and the task is retried, it should succeed. If the underlying issue is more permanent, contact Yugabyte Support.

Critical task failures, such as scaling a universe, placement changes, software upgrades, and flag changes block other critical tasks from being run on the universe. It is recommended to retry the failed task to completion before attempting other operations on the universe, or contact Yugabyte Support if the task continues to fail.

Note that some operations, such as taking universe backups or creating support bundles, can always be attempted even after such failures.