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SPTimerJobState

Brian Farnhill edited this page May 11, 2017 · 19 revisions

SPTimerJobState

Parameters

Parameter Attribute DataType Description Allowed Values
Name Key String The internal name of the timer job (not the display name)
WebApplication Write String The name of the web application that the timer job belongs to
Enabled Write Boolean Should the timer job be enabled or not
Schedule Write String The schedule for the timer job to execute on
InstallAccount Write String POWERSHELL 4 ONLY: The account to run this resource as, use PsDscRunAsCredential if using PowerShell 5

Description

This resource is used to configure a timer job and make sure it is in a specific state. The resource can be used to enable or disabled the job and configure the schedule of the job.

The schedule parameter has to be written in the SPSchedule format (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607916.aspx).

Examples are:

  • Every 5 minutes between 0 and 59
  • Hourly between 0 and 59
  • Daily at 15:00:00
  • Weekly between Fri 22:00:00 and Sun 06:00:00
  • Monthly at 15 15:00:00
  • Yearly at Jan 1 15:00:00

NOTE: Make sure you use the internal timer job name, not the display name! Use "Get-SPTimerJob -WebApplication "http://servername" | select Name, DisplayName" to find the internal name for each Timer Job.

Examples

Example 1

This example show how to disable the dead site delete job in the local farm.

    Configuration Example 
    {
        param(
            [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
            [PSCredential]
            $SetupAccount
        )
        Import-DscResource -ModuleName SharePointDsc

        node localhost {
            SPTimerJobState DisableTimerJob_DeadSiteDelete
            {
                Name                    = "job-dead-site-delete"
                WebApplication          = "http://sites.sharepoint.contoso.com"
                Enabled                 = $false
                Schedule                ="weekly at sat 5:00"
                PsDscRunAsCredential    = $SetupAccount
            }
        }
    }
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