how to know status of currently running jobs
Sql ServerSql Server-2008TsqlSql AgentSql Server Problem Overview
I need to know if a given Job is currently running on Ms SQL 2008 server. So as to not to invoke same job again that may lead to concurrency issues.
Sql Server Solutions
Solution 1 - Sql Server
It looks like you can use msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity, checking for a record with a non-null start_execution_date and a null stop_execution_date, meaning the job was started, but has not yet completed.
This would give you currently running jobs:
SELECT sj.name
, sja.*
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity AS sja
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs AS sj ON sja.job_id = sj.job_id
WHERE sja.start_execution_date IS NOT NULL
AND sja.stop_execution_date IS NULL
Solution 2 - Sql Server
I found a better answer by Kenneth Fisher. The following query returns only currently running jobs:
SELECT
ja.job_id,
j.name AS job_name,
ja.start_execution_date,
ISNULL(last_executed_step_id,0)+1 AS current_executed_step_id,
Js.step_name
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity ja
LEFT JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory jh ON ja.job_history_id = jh.instance_id
JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs j ON ja.job_id = j.job_id
JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps js
ON ja.job_id = js.job_id
AND ISNULL(ja.last_executed_step_id,0)+1 = js.step_id
WHERE
ja.session_id = (
SELECT TOP 1 session_id FROM msdb.dbo.syssessions ORDER BY agent_start_date DESC
)
AND start_execution_date is not null
AND stop_execution_date is null;
You can get more information about a job by adding more columns from msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity table in select clause.
Solution 3 - Sql Server
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_help_job @Job_name = 'Your Job Name'
check field execution_status
0 - Returns only those jobs that are not idle or suspended.
1 - Executing.
2 - Waiting for thread.
3 - Between retries.
4 - Idle.
5 - Suspended.
7 - Performing completion actions.
If you need the result of execution, check the field last_run_outcome
0 = Failed
1 = Succeeded
3 = Canceled
5 = Unknown
Solution 4 - Sql Server
Given a job (I assume you know its name) you can use:
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_help_job @Job_name = 'Your Job Name'
as suggested in MSDN Job Help Procedure. It returns a lot of informations about the job (owner, server, status and so on).
Solution 5 - Sql Server
This query will give you the exact output for current running jobs. This will also shows the duration of running job in minutes.
WITH
CTE_Sysession (AgentStartDate)
AS
(
SELECT MAX(AGENT_START_DATE) AS AgentStartDate FROM MSDB.DBO.SYSSESSIONS
)
SELECT sjob.name AS JobName
,CASE
WHEN SJOB.enabled = 1 THEN 'Enabled'
WHEN sjob.enabled = 0 THEN 'Disabled'
END AS JobEnabled
,sjob.description AS JobDescription
,CASE
WHEN ACT.start_execution_date IS NOT NULL AND ACT.stop_execution_date IS NULL THEN 'Running'
WHEN ACT.start_execution_date IS NOT NULL AND ACT.stop_execution_date IS NOT NULL AND HIST.run_status = 1 THEN 'Stopped'
WHEN HIST.run_status = 0 THEN 'Failed'
WHEN HIST.run_status = 3 THEN 'Canceled'
END AS JobActivity
,DATEDIFF(MINUTE,act.start_execution_date, GETDATE()) DurationMin
,hist.run_date AS JobRunDate
,run_DURATION/10000 AS Hours
,(run_DURATION%10000)/100 AS Minutes
,(run_DURATION%10000)%100 AS Seconds
,hist.run_time AS JobRunTime
,hist.run_duration AS JobRunDuration
,'tulsql11\dba' AS JobServer
,act.start_execution_date AS JobStartDate
,act.last_executed_step_id AS JobLastExecutedStep
,act.last_executed_step_date AS JobExecutedStepDate
,act.stop_execution_date AS JobStopDate
,act.next_scheduled_run_date AS JobNextRunDate
,sjob.date_created AS JobCreated
,sjob.date_modified AS JobModified
FROM MSDB.DBO.syssessions AS SYS1
INNER JOIN CTE_Sysession AS SYS2 ON SYS2.AgentStartDate = SYS1.agent_start_date
JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity act ON act.session_id = SYS1.session_id
JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs sjob ON sjob.job_id = act.job_id
LEFT JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory hist ON hist.job_id = act.job_id AND hist.instance_id = act.job_history_id
WHERE ACT.start_execution_date IS NOT NULL AND ACT.stop_execution_date IS NULL
ORDER BY ACT.start_execution_date DESC
Solution 6 - Sql Server
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs 1,''
Notice the column Running, obviously 1 means that it is currently running, and [Current Step]. This returns job_id to you, so you'll need to look these up, e.g.:
SELECT top 100 *
FROM msdb..sysjobs
WHERE job_id IN (0x9DAD1B38EB345D449EAFA5C5BFDC0E45, 0xC00A0A67D109B14897DD3DFD25A50B80, 0xC92C66C66E391345AE7E731BFA68C668)
Solution 7 - Sql Server
DECLARE @StepCount INT
SELECT @StepCount = COUNT(1)
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps
WHERE job_id = '0523333-5C24-1526-8391-AA84749345666' --JobID
SELECT
[JobName]
,[JobStepID]
,[JobStepName]
,[JobStepStatus]
,[RunDateTime]
,[RunDuration]
FROM
(
SELECT
j.[name] AS [JobName]
,Jh.[step_id] AS [JobStepID]
,jh.[step_name] AS [JobStepName]
,CASE
WHEN jh.[run_status] = 0 THEN 'Failed'
WHEN jh.[run_status] = 1 THEN 'Succeeded'
WHEN jh.[run_status] = 2 THEN 'Retry (step only)'
WHEN jh.[run_status] = 3 THEN 'Canceled'
WHEN jh.[run_status] = 4 THEN 'In-progress message'
WHEN jh.[run_status] = 5 THEN 'Unknown'
ELSE 'N/A'
END AS [JobStepStatus]
,msdb.dbo.agent_datetime(run_date, run_time) AS [RunDateTime]
,CAST(jh.[run_duration]/10000 AS VARCHAR) + ':' + CAST(jh.[run_duration]/100%100 AS VARCHAR) + ':' + CAST(jh.[run_duration]%100 AS VARCHAR) AS [RunDuration]
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER
(
PARTITION BY jh.[run_date]
ORDER BY jh.[run_date] DESC, jh.[run_time] DESC
) AS [RowNumber]
FROM
msdb.[dbo].[sysjobhistory] jh
INNER JOIN msdb.[dbo].[sysjobs] j
ON jh.[job_id] = j.[job_id]
WHERE
j.[name] = 'ProcessCubes' --Job Name
AND jh.[step_id] > 0
AND CAST(RTRIM(run_date) AS DATE) = CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE) --Current Date
) A
WHERE
[RowNumber] <= @StepCount
AND [JobStepStatus] = 'Failed'
Solution 8 - Sql Server
We've found and have been using this code for a good solution. This code will start a job, and monitor it, killing the job automatically if it exceeds a time limit.
/****************************************************************
--This SQL will take a list of SQL Agent jobs (names must match),
--start them so they're all running together, and then
--monitor them, not quitting until all jobs have completed.
--
--In essence, it's an SQL "watchdog" loop to start and monitor SQL Agent Jobs
--
--Code from http://cc.davelozinski.com/code/sql-watchdog-loop-start-monitor-sql-agent-jobs
--
****************************************************************/
SET NOCOUNT ON
-------- BEGIN ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CONFIGURED --------
--The amount of time to wait before checking again
--to see if the jobs are still running.
--Should be in hh:mm:ss format.
DECLARE @WaitDelay VARCHAR(8) = '00:00:20'
--Job timeout. Eg, if the jobs are running longer than this, kill them.
DECLARE @TimeoutMinutes INT = 240
DECLARE @JobsToRunTable TABLE
(
JobName NVARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
JobID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NULL,
Running INT NULL
)
--Insert the names of the SQL jobs here. Last two values should always be NULL at this point.
--Names need to match exactly, so best to copy/paste from the SQL Server Agent job name.
INSERT INTO @JobsToRunTable (JobName, JobID, Running) VALUES ('NameOfFirstSQLAgentJobToRun',NULL,NULL)
INSERT INTO @JobsToRunTable (JobName, JobID, Running) VALUES ('NameOfSecondSQLAgentJobToRun',NULL,NULL)
INSERT INTO @JobsToRunTable (JobName, JobID, Running) VALUES ('NameOfXSQLAgentJobToRun',NULL,NULL)
-------- NOTHING FROM HERE DOWN SHOULD NEED TO BE CONFIGURED --------
DECLARE @ExecutionStatusTable TABLE
(
JobID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER PRIMARY KEY, -- Job ID which will be a guid
LastRunDate INT, LastRunTime INT, -- Last run date and time
NextRunDate INT, NextRunTime INT, -- Next run date and time
NextRunScheduleID INT, -- an internal schedule id
RequestedToRun INT, RequestSource INT, RequestSourceID VARCHAR(128),
Running INT, -- 0 or 1, 1 means the job is executing
CurrentStep INT, -- which step is running
CurrentRetryAttempt INT, -- retry attempt
JobState INT -- 0 = Not idle or suspended, 1 = Executing, 2 = Waiting For Thread,
-- 3 = Between Retries, 4 = Idle, 5 = Suspended,
-- 6 = WaitingForStepToFinish, 7 = PerformingCompletionActions
)
DECLARE @JobNameToRun NVARCHAR(128) = NULL
DECLARE @IsJobRunning BIT = 1
DECLARE @AreJobsRunning BIT = 1
DECLARE @job_owner sysname = SUSER_SNAME()
DECLARE @JobID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = null
DECLARE @StartDateTime DATETIME = GETDATE()
DECLARE @CurrentDateTime DATETIME = null
DECLARE @ExecutionStatus INT = 0
DECLARE @MaxTimeExceeded BIT = 0
--Loop through and start every job
DECLARE dbCursor CURSOR FOR SELECT JobName FROM @JobsToRunTable
OPEN dbCursor FETCH NEXT FROM dbCursor INTO @JobNameToRun
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
EXEC [msdb].[dbo].sp_start_job @JobNameToRun
FETCH NEXT FROM dbCursor INTO @JobNameToRun
END
CLOSE dbCursor
DEALLOCATE dbCursor
print '*****************************************************************'
print 'Jobs started. ' + CAST(@StartDateTime as varchar)
print '*****************************************************************'
--Debug (if needed)
--SELECT * FROM @JobsToRunTable
WHILE 1=1 AND @AreJobsRunning = 1
BEGIN
--This has to be first with the delay to make sure the jobs
--have time to actually start up and are recognized as 'running'
WAITFOR DELAY @WaitDelay
--Reset for each loop iteration
SET @AreJobsRunning = 0
--Get the currently executing jobs by our user name
INSERT INTO @ExecutionStatusTable
EXECUTE [master].[dbo].xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs 1, @job_owner
--Debug (if needed)
--SELECT 'ExecutionStatusTable', * FROM @ExecutionStatusTable
--select every job to see if it's running
DECLARE dbCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT x.[Running], x.[JobID], sj.name
FROM @ExecutionStatusTable x
INNER JOIN [msdb].[dbo].sysjobs sj ON sj.job_id = x.JobID
INNER JOIN @JobsToRunTable jtr on sj.name = jtr.JobName
OPEN dbCursor FETCH NEXT FROM dbCursor INTO @IsJobRunning, @JobID, @JobNameToRun
--Debug (if needed)
--SELECT x.[Running], x.[JobID], sj.name
-- FROM @ExecutionStatusTable x
-- INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs sj ON sj.job_id = x.JobID
-- INNER JOIN @JobsToRunTable jtr on sj.name = jtr.JobName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
--bitwise operation to see if the loop should continue
SET @AreJobsRunning = @AreJobsRunning | @IsJobRunning
UPDATE @JobsToRunTable
SET Running = @IsJobRunning, JobID = @JobID
WHERE JobName = @JobNameToRun
--Debug (if needed)
--SELECT 'JobsToRun', * FROM @JobsToRunTable
SET @CurrentDateTime=GETDATE()
IF @IsJobRunning = 1
BEGIN -- Job is running or finishing (not idle)
IF DATEDIFF(mi, @StartDateTime, @CurrentDateTime) > @TimeoutMinutes
BEGIN
print '*****************************************************************'
print @JobNameToRun + ' exceeded timeout limit of ' + @TimeoutMinutes + ' minutes. Stopping.'
--Stop the job
EXEC [msdb].[dbo].sp_stop_job @job_name = @JobNameToRun
END
ELSE
BEGIN
print @JobNameToRun + ' running for ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(25),DATEDIFF(mi, @StartDateTime, @CurrentDateTime)) + ' minute(s).'
END
END
IF @IsJobRunning = 0
BEGIN
--Job isn't running
print '*****************************************************************'
print @JobNameToRun + ' completed or did not run. ' + CAST(@CurrentDateTime as VARCHAR)
END
FETCH NEXT FROM dbCursor INTO @IsJobRunning, @JobID, @JobNameToRun
END -- WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
CLOSE dbCursor
DEALLOCATE dbCursor
--Clear out the table for the next loop iteration
DELETE FROM @ExecutionStatusTable
print '*****************************************************************'
END -- WHILE 1=1 AND @AreJobsRunning = 1
SET @CurrentDateTime = GETDATE()
print 'Finished at ' + CAST(@CurrentDateTime as varchar)
print CONVERT(VARCHAR(25),DATEDIFF(mi, @StartDateTime, @CurrentDateTime)) + ' minutes total run time.'
Solution 9 - Sql Server
You can query the table msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity to determine if the job is currently running.