SharePoint 2013 Error 6398 The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.S PDiagnosticsMetricsProvider threw an exception.

We have installed a SharePoint 2013 Server Farm with three Servers running on Windows Server 2008 R2. On two of the servers we get the following error message periodically. Any ideas what the reason is and how to fix it?

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date:          2013-03-06 06:12:01
Event ID:      6398
Task Category: Timer
Level:         Critical
Keywords:
User:          DOMAIN\svc_spfarm
Computer:      SERVER1.DOMAIN.com
Description:
The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.SPDiagnosticsMetricsProvider (ID fbf22d1b-720e-49e9-b652-25f8cde1a7c6) threw an exception. More information is included below.

An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPWebService was updated by DOMAIN\svc_spfarm, in the OWSTIMER (6900) process, on machine DANCER.  View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
  <Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation" Guid="{6FB7E0CD-52E7-47DD-997A-241563931FC2}" />
  <EventID>6398</EventID>
  <Version>15</Version>
  <Level>1</Level>
  <Task>12</Task>
  <Opcode>0</Opcode>
  <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-06T05:12:01.353658300Z" />
  <EventRecordID>4738</EventRecordID>
  <Correlation ActivityID="{9D04059C-6367-604E-BE32-1955F25C6022}" />
  <Execution ProcessID="7116" ThreadID="2712" />
  <Channel>Application</Channel>
  <Computer>SERVER1.DOMAIN.com</Computer>
  <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-624851280-1259239050-440149190-17630" />
</System> <EventData>
  <Data Name="string0">Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.SPDiagnosticsMetricsProvider</Data>
  <Data Name="string1">fbf22d1b-720e-49e9-b652-25f8cde1a7c6</Data>
  <Data Name="string2">An update conflict has occurred, and you must
re-try this action. The object SPWebService was updated by
DOMAIN\svc_spfarm, in the OWSTIMER (6900) process, on machine
SERVER2.  View the tracing log for more information about the
conflict.</Data> </EventData> </Event>

March 20th, 2013 4:24pm

I'm seeing the exact same error, did you ever find a solution?

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March 27th, 2013 3:47pm

I'm sorry. Until now I didn't find a solution. Any help is very apprechiated.

April 3rd, 2013 4:29pm

I have same issue. Any resolutions?

spvrz, did this error have any visible projection? I mean - is it ok to ignore it? Do you have any problems in the farm, related to this error?

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April 24th, 2013 11:32am

I'm still receiving this error. But I cannot see any impact on the farm caused by this error. I ignore this error at the moment, but it's just annoying.
April 24th, 2013 11:39am

I followed the steps here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939308 and I no longer see those errors.

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April 29th, 2013 6:38pm

It seems like this error can be safely ignored but has anyone found a real fix for this issue?

August 6th, 2013 6:54pm

I tried KB939308 (the title says it's for WSS, but the "applies to" includes SharePoint Server 2013). The critical application events ("errors") went away, but were back within 24 hours.
  • Edited by PaulE Friday, August 09, 2013 3:49 PM Correct application of KB
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August 9th, 2013 6:47pm

Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.SPDiagnosticsMetricsProvider

Facing the same problem on 2 SP 2013 farms.
Ran the cleanup dozen times as per > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939308

How to fix this?

October 8th, 2013 1:21pm

Any solution?
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October 25th, 2013 5:06pm

I am having the same problem as well and KB939308 did not help. Is there still no solution to this?
January 13th, 2014 3:52am

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