SharePoint 2010 Timer Job - Execute method not executing

Question

In a newly created farm I have deployed a timer job which is working fine on another farm.

When I debug this timer job it calls the base constructor, however the execute method is never called and never gets into debug mode. I have already redeployed the solution, restarted timer service and restarted IIS but no dice.

Does anybody have any ideas what might be wrong?

Answer 1

on this newly created farm i presume this timer job is new and you havent updated it? i know you have restarted the timer service but could you run this powershell script:

[array]$servers= Get-SPServer | ? {$_.Role -eq "Application"}            
$farm = Get-SPFarm            
foreach ($server in $servers)            
{            
    Write-Host "Restarting Timer Job on $server"                                      
    $Service = Get-WmiObject -Computer $server.name Win32_Service -Filter "Name='SPTimerV4'"                        
    if ($Service -ne $null)                         
    {                             
        $Service.InvokeMethod('StopService',$null)            
        Start-Sleep -s 7            
        $service.InvokeMethod('StartService',$null)                             
        Start-Sleep -s 7            
        Write-Host "Timer Job successfully restarted on $server"                        
    }             
    else            
    {            
        write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Could not find Sharepoint 2010 Timer Service on $server"            
    }            
}

iv done it before using ui but to no avail, doing it through powershell worked for me!