SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'event%'; Variable_name Value event_scheduler DISABLED SELECT @@global.event_scheduler; @@global.event_scheduler DISABLED SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=on; ERROR HY000: The MySQL server is running with the --event-scheduler=DISABLED option so it cannot execute this statement SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=off; ERROR HY000: The MySQL server is running with the --event-scheduler=DISABLED option so it cannot execute this statement SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=0; ERROR HY000: The MySQL server is running with the --event-scheduler=DISABLED option so it cannot execute this statement SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=1; ERROR HY000: The MySQL server is running with the --event-scheduler=DISABLED option so it cannot execute this statement SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=2; ERROR 42000: Variable 'event_scheduler' can't be set to the value of '2' SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=SUSPEND; ERROR 42000: Variable 'event_scheduler' can't be set to the value of 'SUSPEND' SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=SUSPENDED; ERROR 42000: Variable 'event_scheduler' can't be set to the value of 'SUSPENDED' SET GLOBAL event_scheduler=disabled; ERROR 42000: Variable 'event_scheduler' can't be set to the value of 'disabled'