Job status is not updating

Hello all,

I have a strange and annoying problem with SQL Server 2000 SP3
(I can't upgrade to SP4 at this moment.)

I have a maintenance plan consisting of three scheduled jobs.
Starting couple of weeks ago the Agent fails to update the
last execution time and job outcome for these jobs.

I thought the problem was with the maintenance palns - as I added
extra steps - but recreating the plans did not help.

The jobs are executed - I can see the job outcomes in a form of
created backup files. The Maintenance Plan History also confirms
the successful execution.
But the last run date/time is 0 and the job outcome is 5 - unknown.

Both the Server and the Agent services are running under Local System
account. Agent connects with Windows integrated security.

Any ideas why and what needs to be done to fix?

TIA,
Y.S.

Hello,

We found  that similar issue is caused by that the TCP/IP Port had a
different values in the Client and the Server Network utilities.

I suggest that you make same port settings for server/client netowrk
utility and restart the SQL Server /Agent services to test the situation.

Best Regards,

Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Peter Yang [MSFT]  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We found  that similar issue is caused by that the TCP/IP Port had a
> different values in the Client and the Server Network utilities.
>
> I suggest that you make same port settings for server/client netowrk
> utility and restart the SQL Server /Agent services to test the situation.

In fact, the ports were exactly the same, that is 1433, but
thank you anyway - I will be aware of such problem.

However, I was able to fix the problem by connecting the Agent with
'sa' account (it was using integrated security running under Local System.)

Strange, as I never before (and we have 40+ SQL servers in the
datacenter, many of which use integrated security) experienced
anything like this.

Again, the problem was only in status update - the job itself was
executed successfully.

YuraS

>
> Best Regards,
>
> Peter Yang
> MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
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Hello,

You mean you connect to SQL server from EM as sa and and the issue does not
exist? Or you mean you start SQL agent service as a domain account with
system admin role?

Based on my further research, I found the following known issue about job
status

831366	PRB: Job Status is Not Refreshed When You Connect Using Incorrect
Case for the Login Name
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;EN-US;831366

Please check if this apply to your situation

Regards,

Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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