InfoPath Forms Services Maintenance Timer Job not enabled (SharePoint Server 2010)

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Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise

Rule Name:   The InfoPath Forms Services Maintenance timer job is not enabled

Summary:   The InfoPath Forms Services Maintenance timer job is not enabled.

The InfoPath Forms Services Maintenance timer job is used by InfoPath Forms Services to improve performance by caching form template data on each front-end Web server.

Cause:   The timer job may have been disabled on the Job Definitions page on the Central Administration Web site or the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Disable-SPTimerJob was used.

Resolution:   Enable the timer job by using the Central Administration Web site

  1. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.

  2. On the home page of the Central Administration Web site, click Monitoring.

  3. Click Review Job definitions.

  4. Click InfoPath Forms Services Maintenance.

  5. Click Enable.

Resolution:   Enable the timer job by using Windows PowerShell

  1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.

  2. On the Start menu, click All Programs.

  3. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

  4. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

  5. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:

    Enable-SPTimerJob "<FormsMaintenanceJobDefinition>"

    Where:

    • <FormsMaintenanceJobDefintion> is the actual name of the timer job to enable.

For more information, see Enable-SPTimerJob.