Job not executing

Question

I'm creating a job but it doesn't seem to be executing.

The constructor is being called, but the OnExecute isn't, I can tell that since I see it in DbgView: [6960] ReadAuditLogJob() [6960] ReadAuditLogJob(ReadAuditLog) [6960] ReadAuditLogJob() [6960] ReadAuditLogJob() [6960] ReadAuditLogJob()

Here's the code: public class ReadAuditLogJob : SPJobDefinition { public ReadAuditLogJob() : base() { Trace.WriteLine("ReadAuditLogJob()"); }

    public ReadAuditLogJob(SPWebApplication webApp) : base(SPSureConfiguration.JobName, webApp, null, SPJobLockType.Job)
    {
        this.Title = SPSureConfiguration.JobName;
        Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("ReadAuditLogJob({0})", Title));
    }

    public override void Execute(Guid targetInstanceId)
    {
        Trace.WriteLine("ReadAuditLogJob::OnExecute");
    }

}

Any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

You can try to reset "Windows Sharepoint Timer" service.

Answer 2

How are you creating the Timer Job?

If you're not calling Update() then the job won't get saved, and will never run.

Assuming that's not the problem, the other thing to make sure is that you're attaching to the right process, you should be attaching to OWSTimer.exe, if you're attaching to w3wp.exe you'll get Constructor trace when you visit the monitoring pages, but never the Execute.