This behavior is as designed.
The 'Run Client Task Now' task is designed to return progress based on messages received by the client system as the task progresses. If any circumstance prevents the client system from sending these status messages, the progress of the task cannot be updated and so it is left in a pending state indefinitely.
If you encounter this situation with the current version of ePO, you can try to end the server task, but it might be necessary to restart the ePO services. Usually, the original server task that is set to execute the 'Run Client Task Now' task has already completed. The failing tasks are the sub tasks that are trying to execute the 'Run Client Task Now' client task on the client computers. It is not possible to end these sub tasks through the Server Task Log screen.
- Stop the ePO services.
- Click Start, Run, type services.msc, and click OK.
- Right-click the following services and select Stop:
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator x.x.x Application Server
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator x.x.x Server
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator x.x.x Event Parser
- Start the ePO services.
- Click Start, Run, type services.msc, and click OK.
- Right-click the following services and click Start:
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator x.x.x Application Server
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator x.x.x Server
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator x.x.x Event Parser
McAfee is investigating a possible change in behavior that would allow the server to end the task in certain circumstances. But, such a change would require significant rework in McAfee Agent and ePO and would not be possible until a future major release.
Also, do not use 'Run Client Task Now' tasks, as the main method of scheduling client tasks, such as DAT updates and product deployments. The best practice method of scheduling client tasks to run on a regular schedule, is to schedule the client tasks through the Assigned Client tasks tab, which is located in the System Tree.
