how to know status of currently running jobs

Question

I need to know if a given Job is currently running on Ms SQL 2008 server. So as to not to invoke same job again that may lead to concurrency issues.

Answer 1

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_help_job @Job_name = 'Your Job Name'

check field execution_status

0 - Returns only those jobs that are not idle or suspended.
1 - Executing.
2 - Waiting for thread.
3 - Between retries.
4 - Idle.
5 - Suspended.
7 - Performing completion actions.

If you need the result of execution, check the field last_run_outcome

0 = Failed
1 = Succeeded
3 = Canceled
5 = Unknown

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186722.aspx