Re: dbms_job failed to execute

I will bounce the db tonight to see if that takes care of the problem. I'll let you know tomorrow.

Thanks for the help.

Magnus

On 10/27/05, Marquez, Chris <cmarquez_at_collegeboard.org> wrote:
>
> Magnus,
>
> >> On 10/27/05, Igor Neyman wrote:
> >> Magnus,
> >> Your output from dba_jobs shows that all
> >> your jobs were executed this morning
> >> and they all are scheduled to be executed
> >> tomorrow at different times (probably,
> >> as they are supposed to).
>
> I agree with Igor.
> My guess is that your jobs (job procs _j0**_) became hung on while running
> some jobs for some reason and no further jobs could run (just happened to me
> this week...jobs NOT broken, jobs NOT failing, but jobs *hung* using ALL of
> the job procs so no new jobs would start.)
> On db bounce they corrected themselves (as Igor explained) and are
> scheduled to *your* defined NEXT time. Their failure/hang is strange but can
> happen.
>
> Spend some time reviewing dba_jobs view and select ***sysdate*** from
> dual; and you will see things are fine.
>
> PS You could spend all day (or more) trying to find out why they hung, but
> a TAR might be best for this...why bother unless its regular problem?
>
> hth
>
> Chris Marquez
> Oracle DBA
>
>
>
>
> SQL> alter session set nls_date_format = 'Mon-DD-YYYY HH:MI:SS AM';
> Session altered.
>
> SQL> select sysdate from dual;
> SYSDATE
> -----------------------------
> Oct-27-2005 11:21:41 AM
>
> SQL> select trunc(sysdate+1) + 22.00/24 from dual;
> TRUNC(SYSDATE+1)+22/24
> -----------------------------
> Oct-28-2005 10:00:00 PM
>
> SQL> select trunc(sysdate+1) + 22.05/24 from dual;
> TRUNC(SYSDATE+1)+22.05/24
> -----------------------------
> Oct-28-2005 10:03:00 PM
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Magnus Andersen
> Sent: Thu 10/27/2005 11:28 AM
> To: Igor Neyman
> Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: Re: dbms_job failed to execute
>
> Igor,
>
> I did check for broken jobs before I ran it manually. None of the jobs had
> the flag set to Y. The only other trace files I have are generated from a
> utl_smtp procedure that we have. Sometimes the end-users format the e-mail
> addresses wrong and the job fails. That is all. This is a known issue that
> I've asked the developers to fix and catch in the application before it
> reaches the database.
>
> Magnus
>
> On 10/27/05, Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com> wrote:
> >
> > Magnus,
> > Did you check dba_jobs before you run them manually this morning?
> > Did you see "broken" jobs? When you run jobs manually, "broken" changes
> > from Y to N.
> > If yes - there supposed to be corresponding trace files in "udump"
> > directory. Or look for more _j000_ or _j001_ and so on in bdump
> directory
> > with the timestamps between Saturday and this morning.
> > Igor
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Magnus Andersen [mailto:mag.andersen_at_gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:04 AM
> > *To:* Igor Neyman
> > *Cc:* oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> > *Subject:* Re: dbms_job failed to execute
> >
> > Igor,
> >
> > The database only goes down Saturday mornings for cold backup. I'm doing
> > hot backups the rest of the week. I'm thinking about changing this to
> only
> > to hot backups since I've read that there is no reason to do the cold,
> but
> > that is an other thread I might start to iron that out. My guess is that
> the
> > problem started saturday, but I didn't catch the issue before Tuesday
> > morning. The reason you see all the jobs executed this morning is that I
> had
> > to run them manually. We have several processes that are depending on
> these
> > procedures being run. They do not execute on their own.
> >
> > Hope this makes sense.
> >
> > Magnus
> >
> > On 10/27/05, Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Magnus,
> > > When you are saying that jobs stopped executing on Tuesday, does it
> > > mean that they were not executed since then?
> > > Your output from dba_jobs shows that all your jobs were executed this
> > > morning (probably when your instance was started) and they all are
> scheduled
> > > to be executed tomorrow at different times (probably, as they are
> supposed
> > > to).
> > > The reason they all were executed this morning right after instance
> > > started is that most probably your instance was down at the time when
> they
> > > were scheduled to be executed, and when oracle starts, it checks if it
> > > missed to execute some jobs while the instance was down.
> > > And if it finds such jobs that "missed" their scheduled time, it will
> > > execute them immediately (not waiting for next scheduled time).
> > > HTH
> > > Igor
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> > > oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Magnus Andersen
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:17 AM
> > > *Cc:* oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> > > *Subject:* Re: dbms_job failed to execute
> > >
> > > I found two trace files with the same time stamp on them. These are
> the
> > > closest to when I saw the problem. Could this have "hung" since the
> database
> > > bounced?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Magnus Andersen
> > > Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA
> > > Walker & Associates, Inc.
> > >
> > >
> > > Trace file information...
> > >
> > > Dump file /opt/oracle/ora92/rdbms/log /prd/bdump/prd_j000_9659.trc
> > > Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
> > > With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
> > > JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
> > > ORACLE_HOME = /opt/oracle/ora92
> > > System name: Linux
> > > Node name: oraprd.walkerassoc.com <http://oraprd.walkerassoc.com> <
> http://oraprd.walkerassoc.com/>
> > > Release: 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
> > > Version: #1 SMP Tue May 17 17:52:23 EDT 2005
> > > Machine: i686
> > > Instance name: prd
> > > Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
> > > Oracle process number: 28
> > > Unix process pid: 9659, image: oracle_at_oraprd.walkerassoc.com (J000)
> > >
> > > *** 2005-10-22 00:38:58.415
> > > *** SESSION ID:(27.52095) 2005-10-22 00:38:58.391
> > > OPIRIP: Uncaught error 1089. Error stack:
> > > ORA-01089: immediate shutdown in progress - no operations are
> permitted
> > > ORA-00448: normal completion of background process
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Magnus Andersen
> > Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA
> > Walker & Associates, Inc.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Magnus Andersen
> Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA
> Walker & Associates, Inc.
>
>
>

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Magnus Andersen
Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA
Walker & Associates, Inc.

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