Verifying jobs and stored procedures in VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

vCenter Server offloads many data maintenance tasks to the database itself by installing stored procedures and jobs to kick off the stored procedures. For example, these procedures move data between tables or delete old data.

 

This article contain the full list of jobs and stored procedures for vCenter Server 4.1.

Symptoms:

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x

Resolution

Verifying the jobs installed in vCenter Server 4.1

To check the jobs installed in vCenter Server 4.1 using MS SQL:

1. Launch SQL Server Management Studio
2. Navigate to SQL Server Agent
   
   Note: SQL Express does not have a SQL Server Agent so it does not have the jobs listed. Only the full edition of SQL Server has the agent and jobs.
    
3. Ensure that the jobs listed in this table are installed:
   
   Note: For managing an Oracle vCenter Server database, you can use Oracle SQL Developer and for managing a DB2 vCenter Server database, you can use DB2 Control Center.
    

   Rollup Job	Corresponding file
   Past Day stats rollup <myDB>	Job_schedule1_<DB>.sql
   Past Week stats rollup <myDB>	Job_schedule2_<DB>.sql
   Past Month stats rollup <myDB>	Job_schedule3_<DB>.sql
   Event Task Cleanup <myDB>	job_cleanup_events_<DB>.sql
   Topn past day <myDB>	job_topn_pastday_<DB>.sql
   Topn past month <myDB>	job_topn_pastmonth_< DB >.sql
   Topn past week <myDB>	job_topn_pastweek_< DB >.sql
   Topn past year <myDB>	job_topn_pastyear_< DB >.sql

Where <DB> is either db2, mssql, or oracle

Note: Make sure that <myDB> references the vCenter Server database and not some other database. If the above jobs reference any other database, you must delete and recreate the jobs.

If any of these jobs are missing, see Updating rollup jobs after the error: Performance data is currently not available for this entity (1004382).
 

Verifying the stored procedures installed in vCenter Server 4.1

To check the stored procedures installed in vCenter Server 4.1 using MS SQL:

1. Navigate to vCenter DB > Programmability > Stored Procedures.
2. Ensure that the stored procedures listed in this table are installed:
    

   Stored Procedure	Corresponding file
   calc_topn1_proc	calc_topn1_proc_<DB>.sql
   calc_topn2_proc	calc_topn2_proc_<DB>.sql
   calc_topn3_proc	calc_topn3_proc_<DB>.sql
   calc_topn4_proc	calc_topn4_proc_<DB>.sql
   cleanup_events_tasks_proc	cleanup_events_<DB>.sql
   clear_topn1_proc	clear_topn1_proc_<DB>.sql
   clear_topn2_proc	clear_topn2_proc_<DB>.sql
   clear_topn3_proc	clear_topn3_proc_<DB>.sql
   clear_topn4_proc	clear_topn4_proc_<DB>.sql
   delete_stats_proc	delete_stats_proc_<DB>.sql
   process_license_snapshot_proc	process_license_snapshot_proc_<DB>.sql
   process_temptable0_proc	process_temptable0_proc_<DB>.sql
   process_temptable1_proc	process_temptable1_proc_<DB>.sql
   process_temptable2_proc	process_temptable2_proc_<DB>.sql
   purge_stat1_proc	purge_stat1_proc_<DB>.sql
   purge_stat2_proc	purge_stat2_proc_<DB>.sql
   purge_stat3_proc	purge_stat3_proc_<DB>.sql
   purge_usage_stat_proc	purge_usage_stat_proc_<DB>.sql
   rule_topn1_proc	rule_topn1_proc_<DB>.sql
   rule_topn2_proc	rule_topn2_proc_<DB>.sql
   rule_topn3_proc	rule_topn3_proc_<DB>.sql
   rule_topn4_proc	rule_topn4_proc_<DB>.sql
   stats_rollup1_proc	stats_rollup1_proc_<DB>.sql
   stats_rollup2_proc	stats_rollup2_proc_<DB>.sql
   stats_rollup3_proc	stats_rollup3_proc_<DB>.sql
   upsert_last_event_proc	upsert_last_event_proc_<DB>.sql

   
   Where <DB> is either db2, mssql, or oracle

If any of these jobs or stored procedures are missing, you must install them by running the corresponding .sql file on the vCenter Server database using a database management tool such as SQL Management Studio. For more information on running the .sql files, see the Adding the SQL Server Agent Jobs section in Updating rollup jobs after the error: Performance data is currently not available for this entity (1004382).

 

Note: The upsert_last_event_proc is not required for the Oracle database.

 

All SQL scripts are located in the vCenter Server installation folder in C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\sql. For more information on commonly used vCenter Server installation paths, see Common vCenter Server and vSphere Client Windows paths (1028185).

Ensure that the vCenter Server database is the target before executing the SQL file.

Additional Information

For more information, see Verifying jobs and stored procedures installed in vCenter Server 5.1 and 5.5 (2033096).

"Performance data is currently not available for this entity" error after updating rollup in vSphere
vCenter Server 4.1 installation rolls back when updating the database
Verifying vCenter Server 2.5 jobs and stored procedures
Verifying jobs and stored procedures installed in vCenter Server 5.1, 5.5 and 6.x
VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x のジョブおよびストアド プロシージャを確認する
验证 VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x 中的作业和存储过程