why are my oracle jobs not running? troubleshooting guide for the new oracle dba





As a new oracle dba you will learn here how to troubleshoot a production problem concerning your oracle scheduler jobs.

Jobs Not Executing Automatically [ID 313102.1]  

 
  Modified 11-JUN-2009     Type PROBLEM     Status MODERATED  
       

In this Document
  Symptoms
  Cause
  Solution
  References


 

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Applies to:

Oracle Server – Enterprise Edition – Version: 9.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.4
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

Jobs are no longer executing automatically.
If forced (exec dbms_job.run(<enter here job number>);), these execute fine.

Cause

Check the most common reasons why jobs don’t execute automatically and as scheduled:

1) Instance in RESTRICTED SESSIONS mode?

Check if the instance is in restricted sessions mode:

select instance_name,logins from v$instance;
If logins=RESTRICTED, then:
alter system disable restricted session;

^– Checked!

2) JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES=0

Make sure that job_queue_processes is > 0
show parameter job_queue_processes

^– Checked!

3) _SYSTEM_TRIG_ENABLED=FALSE

Check if _system_enabled_trigger=false

col parameter format a25
col value format a15
select a.ksppinm parameter,b.ksppstvl value from x$ksppi a,x$ksppcv b
where a.indx=b.indx and ksppinm=’_system_trig_enabled’;
If _system_trig_enabled=false, then
alter system set "_system_trig_enabled"=TRUE scope=both;

^— Checked!
4) Is the job BROKEN?

select job,broken from dba_jobs where job=<job_number>;

If broken, then check the alert log and trace files to diagnose the issue.

^– Checked! The job is not broken.

5) Is the job COMMITted?

Make sure a commit is issued after submitting the job:

DECLARE X NUMBER;
BEGIN
SYS.DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT
(
job => X
,what => ‘dbms_utility.analyze_schema
(”SCOTT”,”COMPUTE”,NULL,NULL,NULL);’
,next_date => to_date(’08/06/2005 09:35:00′,’dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi:ss’)
,no_parse => FALSE
);
COMMIT;
END;
/

If the job executes fine if forced (i.e., exec dbms_jobs.run(<job_no>);), then likely a commit
is missing.

^– Checked! The job is committed after submission.

6) UPTIME > 497 days

Check if the server (machine) has been up for more than 497 days:

For SUN, use ‘uptime’ OS command.

If uptime>497 and the jobs do not execute automatically, then you are hitting unpublished bug 3427424
(Jobs may stop running after 497 days uptime) which is fixed in 9206 and A102

^– Checked! The server in this case has been up 126 days only

7) DBA_JOBS_RUNNING

Check dba_jobs_running to see if the job is still running:

select * from dba_jobs_running;

^– Checked! The job is not running.

8) LAST_DATE and NEXT_DATE

Check if the last_date and next_date for the job are proper:

select Job,Next_date,Last_date from dba_jobs where job=<job_number>;

^– NEXT_DATE is porper, however LAST_DATE is null since the job never executes automatically.

9) NEXT_DATE and INTERVAL

Check if the Next_date is changing properly as per the interval set in dba_jobs:

select Job,Interval,Next_date,Last_date from dba_jobs where job=<job_number>;

^– This is not possible since the job never gets executed automatically.

10) Toggle value for JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES

Stop and restart CJQ process(es)

alter system set job_queue_processes=0 ;

–<Wait for some time to ensure CJQ process stopped>

alter system set job_queue_processes=4 ;

Ref: Bug 2649244 (fixed by: 9015, 9203, 10201)

^– Done but did not help

11) DBMS_IJOB(Non-documented):

Either restart the database or try the following:

exec dbms_ijob.set_enabled(true);

Ref: Bug 3505718 (Closed, Not a Bug)

^– Done but did not help

12) Check view DBA_SCHEDULER_GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE for CURRENT_OPEN_WINDOW:

SQL> select * from DBA_SCHEDULER_GLOBAL_ATTRIBUTE where attribute_name=’CURRENT_OPEN_WINDOW’;

If a window is open close it (e.g.):

ATTRIBUTE_NAME                       VALUE
———————————       —————————-
CURRENT_OPEN_WINDOW       WEEKNIGHT_WINDOW
SQL> exec DBMS_SCHEDULER.close_window (‘WEEKNIGHT_WINDOW’);

^– Done but did not help

These are the most common causes for this behavior.

Solution

The solution ended up to be the server (machine) uptime.
Even though it was up for only 126 days, after the server was rebooted all jobs were able to execute automatically.

 To implement the solution, please execute the following steps:

1. Shutdown all applications, including databases.
2. Shutdown the server (machine)
3. Restart all applications, including databases.
4. Check that jobs are executing automatically.

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