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SnapCenter "Cleanup secondary backups" job hangs and doesn't complete

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Applies to

  • SnapCenter Server (SC)
  • Cleanup secondary backups
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

Issue

The SnapCenter Cleanup secondary backups job starts successfully, and the status of the SnapCenter_RemoveSecondaryBackup task in Windows Task scheduler is Ready, however the cleanup job never completes, and appears to 'hang' or get 'stuck'.

 

 

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