How to kill oracle datapump export job

We can kill oracle datapump job by two methods, First method includes killing data pump job via data pump export prompt and another method includes running SQL package on SQL prompt as sysdba.

//To simulate both the scenario, i am going to start oracle datapump export as below:

[oracle@dbserver ~]$ expdp system/manager full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
Export: Release 11.2.0.3.0 – Production on Fri Apr 11 16:43:56 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.3.0 – 64bit Production
Starting “SYSTEM”.”SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01″: system/******** full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method…
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 3.431 GB
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/TABLESPACE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/PROFILE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SYS_USER/USER
. .. …

First Method: Kill Data pump job by datapump export prompt:

//After initiating export backup, Kindly make sure datapump job by issuing the following query as sysdba:

SQL> select * from dba_datapump_jobs;

OWNER_NAME JOB_NAME
—————————— ——————————
OPERATION JOB_MODE
—————————— ——————————
STATE DEGREE ATTACHED_SESSIONS DATAPUMP_SESSIONS
—————————— ———- —————– —————–
SYSTEM SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01
EXPORT FULL
EXECUTING 1 1 3

//Now connect to datapump export prompt with JOB_NAME(attach) as below & issue the datapump command: KILL_JOB.

[oracle@dbserver ~]$ expdp system/manager attach=SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01
Export: Release 11.2.0.3.0 – Production on Fri Apr 11 17:01:13 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.3.0 – 64bit Production

Job: SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01
Owner: SYSTEM
Operation: EXPORT
Creator Privs: TRUE
GUID: F6C3A9B1D87AC043E0430100007F07F7
Start Time: Friday, 11 April, 2014 17:00:38
Mode: FULL
Instance: orcl
Max Parallelism: 1
EXPORT Job Parameters:
Parameter Name Parameter Value:
CLIENT_COMMAND system/******** full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
State: EXECUTING
Bytes Processed: 0
Current Parallelism: 1
Job Error Count: 0
Dump File: /backup/Export/Full_export.dmp
bytes written: 4,096

Worker 1 Status:
Process Name: DW00
State: EXECUTING
Object Schema: ELET
Object Type: DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/PROCACT_SCHEMA
Completed Objects: 80
Worker Parallelism: 1

Export> KILL_JOB
Are you sure you wish to stop this job ([yes]/no): yes
[oracle@dbserver ~]$

//Datapump export job has been killed successfully. Same message will be display in datapump logfile as below:

[oracle@dbserver ~]$ expdp system/manager full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
Export: Release 11.2.0.3.0 – Production on Fri Apr 11 16:43:56 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.3.0 – 64bit Production
Starting “SYSTEM”.”SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01″: system/******** full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method…
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 3.431 GB
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/TABLESPACE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/PROFILE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SYS_USER/USER
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/USER
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/ROLE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/GRANT/SYSTEM_GRANT/PROC_SYSTEM_GRANT
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/GRANT/SYSTEM_GRANT
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/ROLE_GRANT
. .. …
Job “SYSTEM”.”SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01″ stopped due to fatal error at 16:45:35

—x—

Second Method: Kill Datapump job by running SQL package:

//After inititating the oracle datapump export, ensure datapump job by issuing the following query as sysdba:

SQL> select * from dba_datapump_jobs;

OWNER_NAME JOB_NAME
—————————— ——————————
OPERATION JOB_MODE
—————————— ——————————
STATE DEGREE ATTACHED_SESSIONS DATAPUMP_SESSIONS
—————————— ———- —————– —————–
SYSTEM SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01
EXPORT FULL
EXECUTING 1 1 3

//To kill datapump job, We need two parameter as input to SQL package are: JOB_NAME of the datapump job & OWNER_NAME who initiated export.

SQL> DECLARE
h1 NUMBER;
BEGIN
h1:=DBMS_DATAPUMP.ATTACH(‘SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01‘,’SYSTEM‘);
DBMS_DATAPUMP.STOP_JOB (h1,1,0);
END;
/

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>

//Datapump export job has been killed successfully, same message will be display in datapump logfile as below:

[oracle@dbserver ~]$ expdp system/manager full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
Export: Release 11.2.0.3.0 – Production on Fri Apr 11 17:00:37 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.3.0 – 64bit Production

Starting “SYSTEM”.”SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01″: system/******** full=y directory=bkupdir dumpfile=Full_export.dmp logfile=Export_log.LOG
Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method…
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 3.431 GB
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/TABLESPACE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/PROFILE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SYS_USER/USER
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/SCHEMA/USER
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/ROLE
Processing object type DATABASE_EXPORT/GRANT/SYSTEM_GRANT/PROC_SYSTEM_GRANT
. .. …
Job “SYSTEM”.”SYS_EXPORT_FULL_01″ stopped due to fatal error at 17:01:23

By above two methods, we can kill oracle datapump export job.

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Have a easy life ahead.

5 thoughts on “How to kill oracle datapump export job”

  1. Is there any advantage of one method versus the other? I am trying method #2 and it does not kill the job immediately, it actually takes a long time.

    • Thanks David for writing!
      Is there any advantage of one method versus the other?
      >>> No both are just alternative to each other.

      I am trying method #2 and it does not kill the job immediately, it actually takes a long time.
      >>> Yes, it will take long time.

  2. It does help me to stop export job on windows. Thanks and stay cool 🙂
    Regards Hiep

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