Configure SharePoint Health Analyzer timer jobs in SharePoint Server 2016
APPLIES TO: 
2013 2016 2019 Subscription Edition 
SharePoint in Microsoft 365
SharePoint Health Analyzer uses timer jobs to collect health data and then writes the data to the logging folder and to the Logging database. This data is used in reports to display health of the farm servers. You can reschedule these timer jobs, run them immediately, or enable or disable them.
On that page, you can also configure usage data collection, event selection, and usage data collection settings. For more information, see Configure usage and health data collection in SharePoint Server.
Use Central Administration to configure health data collection timer jobs
You can use Central Administration to configure health data collection timer jobs.
To configure health data collection timer jobs by using Central Administration
Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators group.
Note
The health data collection timer job settings are farm-wide and cannot be set for individual servers in the farm.
In Central Administration, on the home page, select Monitoring.
On the Monitoring page, in the Reporting section, select Configure usage and health data collection.
On the Configure usage and health data collection page, in the Health Data Collection section, select Enable health data collection.
In the Health Data Collection section, select Health Logging Schedule. The Job Definitions page opens. It lists all the timer jobs that collect health data.
On the Job Definitions page, select the timer job that you want to configure.
On the Edit Timer Job page, in the Recurring Schedule section, change the timer job schedule, and then select OK.
Use Windows PowerShell to configure health data collection timer jobs
You can configure the health data collection timer job schedule by using PowerShell.
To configure health data timer jobs by using Windows PowerShell
- Verify that you have the following memberships:
securityadmin fixed server role on the SQL Server instance.
db_owner fixed database role on all databases that are to be updated.
Administrators group on the server on which you are running the PowerShell cmdlets.
Add memberships that are required beyond the minimums above.
An administrator can use the Add-SPShellAdmin cmdlet to grant permissions.
Note
If you do not have permissions, contact your Setup administrator or SQL Server administrator to request permissions. For additional information about PowerShell permissions, see Add-SPShellAdmin.
On the Start menu, select All Programs.
Select SharePoint 2016.
Select SharePoint 2016 Management Shell.
At the PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:
Set-SPTimerJob -Identity <SPTimerJobPipeBind> -Schedule <ScheduleString>
The value of the Identity parameter specifies the timer job. If you do not use the Identity parameter, all timer jobs are configured. To see a list of all the timer jobs, type the following command:
Get-SPTimerJob | Format-Table -property id,title
<SPTimerJobPipeBind> can be a valid GUID, in the form 12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890bcdefgh; a valid name of a timer job (for example, TimerJob1); or an instance of a valid SPTimerJob object.
Use the value of the Schedule parameter to specify the schedule, where <ScheduleString> is one of the following:
Every 5 minutes between 0 and 59
Hourly between 0 and 59
Daily at 15:00:00
Weekly between Fri 22:00:00 and Sun 06:00:00
Monthly at 15 15:00:00
Yearly at Jan 1 15:00:00
To see examples of timer job schedules, type the following command:
Get-SPTimerJob | Format-Table -property id,title,schedule
For more info, see Get-SPTimerJob and Set-SPTimerJob.
Note
We recommend that you use Microsoft PowerShell when performing command-line administrative tasks. The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but is included to support compatibility with previous product versions.