Manage timer jobs

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Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2008-04-16

In this article:

  • Check the status of a timer service job

  • Edit a timer job definition

A timer job is a schedule of when to run a service by using the Windows SharePoint Services Timer service. This service runs other services according to schedules specified in timer jobs. Certain Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 features rely on timer jobs to run services according to a schedule.

The Windows SharePoint Services Timer service is responsible for running timer jobs that propagate configuration settings across a server farm. The Windows SharePoint Services Administration service works hand in hand with the Windows SharePoint Services Timer service and is responsible for carrying out the actual configuration changes on each of the servers in the server farm.

By managing Windows SharePoint Services Timer jobs, you can track the status of existing services that are scheduled to run in a time-bound manner.

Membership in the Farm Administrators group and the Administrators group on the local server computer is the minimum required to complete these procedures.

Check the status of a timer service job

Use this procedure to check the status of a timer service job.

Check the status of a timer service job

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Global Configuration section, click Timer job status. The Timer Job Status page displays information in the following columns:

    • Job Title - The name of the timer job.

    • Server - The server on which the corresponding service is run.

    • Status - The current status of the job: Succeeded, Failed, and Running.

    • Progress - The percentage of completion of the most recently successfully started instance of the timer job.

    • Started - The date and time that the job was last started.

  3. Filter the listed jobs by clicking one of the following on the View menu:

    • All - Displays all timer jobs for the farm.

    • Service - Enables you to display all timer jobs for a particular service. If you select this command, use the Service menu to select the service by which you want to filter the listed jobs.

    • Web Application - Enables you to display all timer jobs for a Web application. If you select this option, use the Web Application menu to select the Web application by which you want to filter the listed jobs.

Edit a timer job definition

The timer job definition shows the properties of a job, for example, the title or the last run time. You can use job definitions for recurring jobs. You can edit the name of a timer job by using the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, but you cannot edit other properties. You can disable the timer job if it is enabled, or you can enable the timer job if it is disabled.

Use this procedure to edit a timer job definition.

Edit a timer job definition

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Global Configuration section, click Timer Job Definitions.

  3. On the Timer Job Definitions page, click the timer job definition that you want to edit.

  4. On the Edit Timer Job page, type the new name in the Job title box to change the job name, and then click OK.

  5. To disable a timer job that is enabled, click Disable.

  6. To enable a timer job that is disabled, click Enable.