DeliverPoint Timer Jobs Not Running

Symptom

The DeliverPoint Timer Jobs fail to run, either when started manually or as part of a schedule. There is no error in the UI, nor in the ULS logs.

Resolution

If the AllowServiceJobs setting on your timer service instances is set to False, this will cause the DeliverPoint timer jobs to fail to run. Below are two PowerShell scripts to get the state of the AllowServiceJobs setting and change the setting, respectively.

!The following PowerShell scripts can be used to determine the current state of the AllowServiceJobs setting, and also change the setting to True or False. Before changing this setting, it is important to confirm with your organization that there is no existing business reason for the setting to be False.

!The following PowerShell scripts are offered as suggestions and should be used with precaution. Testing is recommended before making changes in a production environment. Please follow your organization’s change policy (if applicable) before applying changes to your environment.

First, the PowerShell script below can be used to report on the status of the AllowServiceJobs setting:

$farm = Get-SPFarm
$FarmTimers = $farm.TimerService.Instances
foreach ($ft in $FarmTimers)
{
write-host “Server: ” $ft.Server.Name.ToString();
write-host “Status: ” $ft.status;
write-host “Allow Service Jobs: ” $ft.AllowServiceJobs;
}

You can run this from the PowerShell ISE with the SharePoint snap-in added.

If it does turn out that AllowServiceJobs is set to False, you can set it to True for all Timer Service Instances which are currently false by using this script:

$farm = Get-SPFarm
$FarmTimers = $farm.TimerService.Instances
foreach ($ft in $FarmTimers)
{
if ($ft.AllowServiceJobs -eq $false)
{
write-host “Service jobs are NOT enabled on ” $ft.Server.Name.ToString();
write-host “Enabling service jobs”;
$ft.AllowServiceJobs = $true;
$ft.Update();
}
else
{
write-host “Service jobs are enabled on ” $ft.Server.Name.ToString()
}
}

!Do not copy and paste from this page, as there may be hidden characters added that will cause the script to fail.