Reset Timer Service in Share Point 2013

Question

The SharePoint timer service unexpectedly stopped, now I need to reset it to default state because there is a change in login account and password. This is the reason that might be causing this issue.

How can I reset the timer service in this case?

Answer 1

check may be this was happen for

I set my farm account and service account same, that is not suggested

Answer 2

Once you have changed the credentials, just restart the timer service. This will reset the credentials and apply the new ones.

Restating the service will not create any problems.

Answer 3

You can go through the Url :

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee704549.aspx

or you can apply this:

$farm = Get-SPFarm
$farm.TimerService.Instances | foreach { $_.Stop(); $_.Start(); }

Answer 4

You might want to try clearing the configuration cache.

The steps for doing this are posted on a few places on the web, here's a link to one: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jamesway/archive/2011/05/23/sharepoint-2010-clearing-the-configuration-cache.aspx

The steps are formatted and it'll take too long to copy and paste and reformat here, but essentially -

• Stop the timer service

• Go to %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\*GUID*

• Back up Cache.ini

• Delete all the .xml files

• Open Cache.ini

• Replace the contents with the number 1

• Save the file

• Start the timer service.