How To Fix UMG311 - Background job was scheduled already. Please check status in TA SM37.

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UMG - Message Class for the Unicode Migration Tool.

• Message number: 311

• Message text: Background job was scheduled already. Please check status in TA SM37.

What causes this issue?

You tried to start a background job for the additional preparation steps
or you tried to execute one single step from the list of reports. Since
a background job is scheduled or active already, it is not possible to
run a second job in parallel.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Please wait until the first background job is finished. You can check
the status of the background job in transaction SM37 (job name:
UMG_PMIG_PREP_JOB).

Procedure for System Administrators

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