On a SharePoint Server 2010
server, the Usage Provider (.usage) files are not deleted from the file system.
Additionally, the .usage files keep growing."
The ULS logs were filled with
the below errors :
Trace Management Service unable to
delete file 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\14\LOGS\VSWSP02N01-20140115-2103.usage'. Error 00000020
Symptoms
1) The “Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Usage Data
Import” timer job never completes.
2) The .usage logs are never deleted. There should
typically be no more than 6 .usage files at any given time, but when you have
this problem, you may find hundreds or thousands of usage logs in the logging
directory.
3) Memory bloat (leak) within owstimer.exe. You may see
the timer service consume much more memory than normal. Restarting the timer
service will bring it back to normal, but it will build up again over time.
To clear the old .usage files
from the file system, I had to restart the SharePoint Timer Services. The
.usage files were not getting automatically deleted and this is a known issue.
MS recommends the below action
to fix this:
1. Installing December 2013 CU
for SharePoint 2010 (I would not recommend this as this too new to
install on a PRODUCTION environment)
2. Set up a scheduled task to
manually recycle the timer service (at least) once a day -- every 4 to 6 hours
would be better. You can use a PowerShell command like this to recycle
the service:
restart-service -Name SPTimerV4
Then you just need to set up a
scheduled task to run it every 6 hours on every SharePoint server in the
farm. When the timer service is manually recycled, the open handles to
the .usage files are released, and they will be automatically deleted when the
next instance of the Usage Data Import timer job runs (by default every 30
minutes). There should be no need to manually delete the files.
Additional Details
Operating System: Windows Server 2012 R2
SharePoint Version: SharePoint Server 2010 SP2
Posts
I had the issue where I was not able to delete ULS logs *.usage
ReplyDeleteUsually our ULS logs were automatically cleaned by system but since a month it was not deleted somehow. It consumed much space.
After much search I did “Timer Job Services” Restart. And it automatically deleted all the old logs which were stuck since so long.
Perfect, I do that!
DeleteRestart my Service - Sharepoint 2010 Timer and clear automatically my Log Folder, tanks!!!!