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.
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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
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'
You can query the table msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity to determine if the job is currently running.
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
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.'
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).
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.
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)
Source: Stackoverflow.com