Overview
The following table lists, describes, and provides user actions for migration job statuses for Database Migration Service.
| Migration job status | Description | Possible substatus | Possible user actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not started | The migration job is ready but still not running. This status is relevant if the migration job was created but wasn't started. | None. | Start. Delete. |
| Starting... | The migration job is in the process of being started. This is an intermediate status that occurs when a migration job is
started. Starting the migration job takes between a few seconds and a few
minutes. The status changes to Running. |
None. | Delete. |
| Running | The migration job is actively running. | Incremental load. | Stop. Delete. |
| Running with errors | This status means that Database Migration Service encountered errors with
your migration. Faulty operations will be retried,
and errors clear automatically once the underlying issue is resolved.
Database Migration Service continues migrating data unaffected by the error. |
Incremental load. | Stop. Restart. Promote. |
| Completed | The migration job is completed. In the continuous migration type, this occurs after a successful finalization. | None. | Delete. |
| Failed | The migration job failed because of an error. Based on the type of error, the migration job may resume automatically, after the issue is fixed. Otherwise, the failure is unrecoverable, and the migration job needs to be restarted. | The last status before the migration job failed. Failed in Incremental load. | Restart. Delete. |
| Restarting | The migration job is in the process of being restarted. | None. | Delete. |
| Stopped | The migration job is stopped. | The last status before the migration job has stopped: Stopped in incremental load. | If in the incremental load phase, then the migration job can be resumed, finalized, or deleted. |
| Resuming | The migration job is in the process of being resumed. | None. | Delete. |
| Stopping... | The migration job is in the process of stopping after Stop was
invoked. This is an intermediate status that occurs when a user stops a
migration job. Stopping the job takes around a
minute, during which the status is Stopping. Subsequently, the status
changes to Stopped. |
None. | Delete. |