The command to start the background process is,
nohup python manage.py process_tasks &
Similarly in Linux which is the command used to check running status?
are you using celery? and what version of Django are you using? Try This: Docs- http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/workers.html?highlight=revoke#inspecting-workers
$ celery inspect reserved
$ celery inspect active
$ celery inspect registered
$ celery inspect scheduled