Scheduler Stops at Midnight and Must Be Reset Daily (305022)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2
This article was previously published under Q305022

SYMPTOMS

When you are running management agents (MAs) and using the Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS) scheduler, the task may stop at midnight even when you have not configured a stop time. This occurs even though a task that does not have a stop time should continue to run on the same schedule that was active on the preceding day.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, upgrade to MMS 2.2 Service Pack 1 (SP1.

To work around this problem, add a stop time to the schedule so that the task can continue to run after 00:00.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2 (build 0630.1123).

MORE INFORMATION

The following settings caused the schedule to stop at midnight: 
Start          Every          End  S   M   T   W   T   F   S 
08:00          00:15               x   x   x   x   x   x   x
Command                                          Add DN
zscript -define "action=DeltaDiscovery" -dn      x
By adding a stop time and configuring the process to not run across the 24 hour boundary, the situation was corrected. The following settings allowed the schedule to continue after midnight as expected: 
Start          Every          End  S   M   T   W   T   F   S 
00:05          00:15        23:58  x   x   x   x   x   x   x
Command                                          Add DN
zscript -define "action=DeltaDiscovery" -dn      x
For additional information about an alternative way of scheduling management agents, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

281701 How to Schedule Management Agents with a Batch File

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/2/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbenv KB305022
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