OWSTIMER.EXE ERRORS IN LOGS WHEN INSTALLING PATCHES

SHAREPOINTER 1 Reputation point
2021-03-29T08:17:15.953+00:00

Hi,

I am looking at an issue on a SP 2013 farm which will not let patches - SP1 install.

You can not remove language packs from add/remove programs, psconfigui.exe will not run

Installing the SP1 patch causes these errors in the logs:

"03/25/2021 17:03:51.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0720 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (Timer Job MySite-Instantiation-Interactive-Request-Queue). Parent No 81d3fd3e-4957-4036-b82d-b1caa7583e0f"
"03/25/2021 17:03:51.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0720 SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Name=Timer Job MySite-Instantiation-Interactive-Request-Queue 47c8b79f-f68e-809e-45ce-623349ab99fe"
"03/25/2021 17:03:51.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0720 SharePoint Portal Server Personal Site Instantiation aj58q Medium <LogTimerJobInstance> Starting timer My Site Instantiation Interactive Request Queue (e94a6caa-b0f5-4897-b489-585ca50c7803) for web application: HLHNSCSites. Function: MySiteInstantiationJob:Execute 47c8b79f-f68e-809e-45ce-623349ab99fe"
"03/25/2021 17:03:51.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0720 SharePoint Portal Server Personal Site Instantiation aj58r Medium <LogTimerJobInstance> Finishing on timer My Site Instantiation Interactive Request Queue (e94a6caa-b0f5-4897-b489-585ca50c7803) for web application: HLHNSCSites. Function: MySiteInstantiationJob:Execute 47c8b79f-f68e-809e-45ce-623349ab99fe"
"03/25/2021 17:03:51.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0720 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job MySite-Instantiation-Interactive-Request-Queue). Execution Time=1.9560927255063 47c8b79f-f68e-809e-45ce-623349ab99fe"
"03/25/2021 17:03:52.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0724 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (Timer Job MySite-Instantiation-Non-Interactive-Request-Queue). Parent No 0d89643e-d228-4513-bc0d-277e76c1696f"
"03/25/2021 17:03:52.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0724 SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Name=Timer Job MySite-Instantiation-Non-Interactive-Request-Queue 47c8b79f-76cd-809e-45ce-6b77bf08ff9d"
"03/25/2021 17:03:52.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0724 SharePoint Portal Server Personal Site Instantiation aj58q Medium <LogTimerJobInstance> Starting timer My Site Instantiation Non-Interactive Request Queue (9fd3251e-b81f-45f8-b2b7-044b64418f55) for web application: Onlinebld. Function: MySiteInstantiationJob:Execute 47c8b79f-76cd-809e-45ce-6b77bf08ff9d"
"03/25/2021 17:03:52.02 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x06C0) 0x0724 SharePoint Portal Server Personal Site Instantiation aj58r Medium <LogTimerJobInstance> Finishing on timer My Site Instantiation Non-Interactive Request Queue (9fd3251e-b81f-45f8-b2b7-044b64418f55) for web application: Onlinebld. Function: MySiteInstantiationJob:Execute 47c8b79f-76cd-809e-45ce-6b77bf08ff9d"

There are other log entries very similar to the above related to owstimer.exe.

Any tips or ideas please?

Does Microsoft not have any detailed diagnostic tools to actually find out what is wrong here?

@Trevor Seward

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  1. JoyZ 18,041 Reputation points
    2021-03-30T08:21:27.17+00:00

    Hi @stevehowlett,

    As Trevor said, your release log has nothing to do with patch failure errors.

    Find logs similar to the following： 

      04/27/2018 02:23:25.28 OWSTIMER (0x79CC)   0x5EF8  SharePoint Foundation Upgrade   SPUpgradeSession    ajxnm   ERROR   Exception: Invalid object name 'Webs'.  dc7e619e-f035-9008-21b8-f23cd60a3c44

    If you can't find anything, follow trevor's suggestions to check the Windows installer log.

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