The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUsageImportJobDefinition threw an exception

Question

_{Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:10 PM}

I'm on a Windows Server Standard 2008 R2 w/ Sharepoint 2010.

I'm seeing Event ID 6398 logged every half hour:

Event Details:

The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUsageImportJobDefinition (ID ee6f2e0d-9bcb-4c72-8714-5d5f87a0fa3a) threw an exception. More information is included below.

Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS' is denied.

Any idea what the fix is?

All replies (4)

_{Monday, September 20, 2010 5:37 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

You can have a look this article to get more information about this event:

Http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc561011(office.12).aspx

About accessing deny, I suggest you to add the SharePoint Timer Service account into

the local administrators group of sharepoint server and check the effect.

Hope this helps

Thanks!

Stanfford

_{Saturday, January 22, 2011 9:31 PM | 1 vote}

This only occurs after the install of KB2345322

_{Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:31 PM | 1 vote}

I had the same issue (on SP 2010 Foundation). The reason was that the permissions of the LOG folder were changed by the update.

Rerunning PSConfigUI fixed the permissions for me.

_{Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:52 PM | 5 votes}

You should not add the SharePoint Timer Service account to the local administrators group. This goes against MS best practice for SharePoint.

A better solutions is:

1. Open Windows Explorer, go to the following folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\
2. Right-click the LOGS folder. Go to the Security tab, select Edit.
3. Add the SP Timer Service account.
4. In the Permissions section make sure Modify permission is set to Allow. Click OK, OK.