---
title: "Stopping Backup Job"
description: "You can stop the running backup job before the job session completes, for example, if the backup process is about to take long, and you do not want the job to increase server load in the production environment during business hours."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforaix/userguide/backup_job_stop.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Starting and Stopping Backup Jobs > Stopping Backup Job"
dateModified: "2026-11-03"
---

# Stopping Backup Job

You can stop the running backup job before the job session completes, for example, if the backup process is about to take long, and you do not want the job to increase server load in the production environment during business hours.

When you stop a backup job, the job session will finish immediately. Veeam Agent for IBM AIX will not produce a new restore point during the session, and the session will finish with the *Failed* status.

You can stop the backup job in one of the following ways:

- [Using the Veeam Agent control panel](#gui)
- [In the command line interface](#cmd)

## Stopping Backup Job from Control Panel {#gui}

To stop a backup job, do the following:

1. Launch the Veeam Agent control panel with the `veeam` or `veeamconfig ui` command.
2. In the Veeam Agent control panel, in the list of backup job sessions, select the currently running session with [Up] and [Down] keys and press [Enter].
3. In the session statistics window, press the [S] key. 
4. In the displayed window, make sure that the **Yes** button is selected and press [Enter]. 

![](images/backup_job_stop_aix.png)

## Stopping Backup Job in Command Line Interface {#cmd}

To stop a backup job, use the following command:

```
veeamconfig session stop --id <session_id>
```

or

```
veeamconfig session stop --force --id <session_id>
```

where:

- `<session_id>` — ID of the currently running backup job session that you want to stop.
- `--force` — with this option enabled, Veeam Agent will immediately stop the backup session even if it is unable to stop the *veeamjobman* process for some reason.

For example:

```
$ veeamconfig session stop --id 381532f7-426a-4e89-b9fc-43d98942c71b
Session has stopped.
```