Sharepoints 2013 - User Alerts Empty

Hi there,
I am currently having an issue with alerts on both SharePoint 2013 farms with Alerts.
The Site Settings>User Alerts page is empty on any site in either farm.
I am able to create alerts and receive the confirmation email from SharePoint, however no user has received any alerts and when I check the User Alerts page for a site:
I have ensured that alerts are enabled on all web applications, checked that the Immediate Alerts timer job is running and that outgoing emails are sending without errors
I also ran through the checklist on http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2012/02/sharepoint-alerts-not-working-troubleshooting-checklist.html#ixzz2aSvOz3hB
However
my issue is that there are no alerts registered on the User Alerts page, or when clicking "My Alerts on this Site" from a confirmation email all is see is "There are currently no alerts to display" I am a farm admin and site administrator
so this can't be permissions related.
Have I missed something on install??

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that the User Alerts page is empty on any site in either farm.
Per my knowleadge, Alerts are set on library, list or discussion level, not on site level.
You could browse to the document library/libraries on your site and click the Library tab -> Alert Me button -> Set alert on this library. In the "Send Alerts To" section you can specify the users
that have to receive these alerts.
After you create the alerts, in the User Alerts page, you can select the users which are in the "Send Alerts To" section.
Thanks,
Linda Li
Forum Support
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Server         User Profiles                    ajxt4   Unexpected   Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.GetFeedFor:
Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.MicrofeedException: WarningPersonalSiteNotFoundCanCreateError : : Correlation ID:d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449 : Date and Time : 12/5/2012 1:02:26 PM     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.SPMicrofeedManager.CommonPubFeedGetter(SPMicrofeedRetrievalOptions
feedOptions, MicrofeedPublishedFeedType feedType, Boolean publicView)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.SPMicrofeedManager.GetPublishedFeed(String feedOwner, SPMicrofeedRetrievalOptions feedOptions, MicrofeedPublishedFeedType typeOfPubFeed)
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.ISocialFeedManagerProxy.ProxyGetFeedFor(String actorId, SPSocialFeedOptions options)     at Microsof...   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.55*   w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajxt4   Unexpected   ...t.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.<>c__DisplayClass4b`1.<S2SInvoke>b__4a()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.InvokeWithExceptionTranslation[T](ISocialOperationManager target, String name, Func`1 func)   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.55    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajxt4   Unexpected   Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.GetFeedFor:
Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialException: No personal site exists for the current user, and a previous attempt to create one failed. Internal type name: Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.MicrofeedException. Internal error code: 80.
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.TryTranslateExceptionAndThrow(Exception exception)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.InvokeWithExceptionTranslation[T](ISocialOperationManager target, String name, Func`1 func)
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.<>c__DisplayClass48`1.<S2SInvoke>b__47()     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.InvokeWithExceptionTranslation[T](ISocialOperationManager target, String name,
Func`1 func)   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.55    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajxt4   Unexpected   Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.GetFeedFor:
Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialException: No personal site exists for the current user, and a previous attempt to create one failed. Internal type name: Microsoft.Office.Server.Microfeed.MicrofeedException. Internal error code: 80.
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.TryTranslateExceptionAndThrow(Exception exception)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.InvokeWithExceptionTranslation[T](ISocialOperationManager target, String name, Func`1 func)
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.<>c__DisplayClass48`1.<S2SInvoke>b__47()     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.InvokeWithExceptionTranslation[T](ISocialOperationManager target, String name,
Func`1 func)     at Mic...   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.55*   w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajxt4   Unexpected   ...rosoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialFeedManager.<>c__DisplayClass2f.<GetFeedFor>b__2d()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Social.SPSocialUtil.InvokeWithExceptionTranslation[T](ISocialOperationManager target, String name, Func`1 func)   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.57    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       nasq   Medium     Entering monitored scope (Render
Ribbon.). Parent SharePointForm Control Render   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.58    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       b4ly   Medium     Leaving Monitored Scope (Render
Ribbon.). Execution Time=3.16897818018771   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.58    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Server Search
    Query                            dn4s   High       FetchDataFromURL
start at(outside if): 1 param: start   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.58    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    aiokq   High       User profile property 'EduUserRole'
not found from from MySitePersonalSiteUpgradeOnNavigationWebPart::GetUserRoleFromProfile(). This should indicate that the current user is not an edudation user. [SPWeb Url=http://share2/my/Person.aspx?accountname=mycompany\username]   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.58    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Portal Server
    Personal Site Instantiation     af1lc   High       Skipping creation of personal site from MySitePersonalSiteUpgradeOnNavigationWebPart::CreatePersonalSite()
because one or more of the creation criteria has not been met. [SPWeb Url=http://share2/my/Person.aspx?accountname=mycompany\username] http://share2/my/Person.aspx?accountname=mycompany\username]Self-Service Site Creation == False Can Create Personal
Site == True Is user licensed == True Storage&Social UPA Permission == True Site or Page or Web Part is in design mode == False     d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:26.59    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x2324   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       b4ly   Medium     Leaving Monitored Scope (Request
(GET:http://share2:80/my/Person.aspx?accountname=mycompany%5Cusername&AjaxDelta=1)). Execution Time=94.5348500996635   d4f0e79b-2e8c-9054-08c5-674e84005449
12/05/2012 16:02:27.17    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x23A0   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       nasq   Medium     Entering monitored scope (Request
(POST:http://share2:80/my/_vti_bin/client.svc/ProcessQuery)). Parent No
12/05/2012 16:02:27.17    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x23A0   SharePoint Foundation
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Request (POST:http://share2:80/my/_vti_bin/client.svc/ProcessQuery)   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.17    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x23A0   SharePoint Foundation
    Authentication Authorization     agb9s   Medium     Non-OAuth request. IsAuthenticated=True, UserIdentityName=0#.w|mycompany\username, ClaimsCount=57   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.17    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Foundation
    CSOM                             agw10   Medium     Begin
CSOM Request ManagedThreadId=54, NativeThreadId=2504   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.18    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Foundation
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Site=/my   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.18    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    Microfeeds                       aizmk   High       serviceHost_RequestExecuting
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.20    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajk39   Medium     UserProfileDBCache_WCFLogging::Begin ProfileDBCacheServiceClient.GetUserData.ExecuteOnChannel
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.20    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajk35   Medium     MossClientBase_WCFLogging::Begin MossClientBase.ExecuteOnChannel
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.20    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajk36   Medium     MossClientBase_WCFLogging:: MossClientBase.ExecuteOnChannel
- Executing codeblock on channel   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.21    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Foundation
    Topology                         e5mc   Medium     WcfSendRequest: RemoteAddress:
'http://share2:32843/1c9a1642f4d9456c94ae0dbbd9b25a41/ProfileDBCacheService.svc' Channel: 'Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.IProfileDBCacheService' Action: 'http://Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles/GetUserData' MessageId: 'urn:uuid:24af6007-0615-428e-ad0a-1265f47f0b33'
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.22    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1BA0   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       nasq   Medium     Entering monitored scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation).
Parent No
12/05/2012 16:02:27.22    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1BA0   SharePoint Foundation
    Topology                         e5mb   Medium     WcfReceiveRequest: LocalAddress:
'http://share2.mycompany.com:32843/1c9a1642f4d9456c94ae0dbbd9b25a41/ProfileDBCacheService.svc' Channel: 'System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel' Action: 'http://Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles/GetUserData' MessageId: 'urn:uuid:24af6007-0615-428e-ad0a-1265f47f0b33'
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.22    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1BA0   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       b4ly   Medium     Leaving Monitored Scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation).
Execution Time=0.647079447248184   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.22    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajk37   Medium     MossClientBase_WCFLogging:: MossClientBase.ExecuteOnChannel
- Executed codeblock on channel   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.22    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajk4a   Medium     UserProfileDBCache_WCFLogging::End ProfileDBCacheServiceClient.GetUserData.ExecuteOnChannel
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.22    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ajp2i   Medium     GetMySiteLinks: user has a profile but no personal
site; not returning personal site links   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.23    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Portal Server
    Microfeeds                       aizmj   High       serviceHost_RequestExecuted
d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.23    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x09C8   SharePoint Foundation
    CSOM                             agw11   Medium     End
CSOM Request. Duration=53 milliseconds.   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.23    w3wp.exe (0x1AB0)                          0x1604   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       b4ly   Medium     Leaving Monitored Scope (Request
(POST:http://share2:80/my/_vti_bin/client.svc/ProcessQuery)). Execution Time=62.5798809625246   d4f0e79b-3eb6-9054-08c5-61e70b316688
12/05/2012 16:02:27.44    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1178   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformOngoingRequestDepartures   6b6b4445-152d-0002-8ef6-85991723bb2d
12/05/2012 16:02:27.51    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1934   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: Disk Manager.PerformCleanup   11c5f189-7512-0002-bee0-df766138e919
12/05/2012 16:02:27.51    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1934   Excel Services Application
    Excel Calculation Services       8jg2   Medium     ResourceManager.PerformCleanup: Disk Manager: CurrentSize=57369.   11c5f189-7512-0002-bee0-df766138e919
12/05/2012 16:02:28.45    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1178   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformOngoingRequestDepartures   6b6b4445-152d-0002-8ef6-85991723bb2d
12/05/2012 16:02:28.92    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x18C8   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformSessionTimeouts   8854a25e-6740-0002-b513-28f8778da25e
12/05/2012 16:02:28.92    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x23E0   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: Memory Manager.PerformCleanup   53fed7f1-2e29-0002-a910-5150db6281e2
12/05/2012 16:02:28.92    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x23E0   Excel Services Application
    Excel Calculation Services       8jg2   Medium     ResourceManager.PerformCleanup: Memory Manager: CurrentSize=730533888.   53fed7f1-2e29-0002-a910-5150db6281e2
12/05/2012 16:02:29.40    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x19B4   SharePoint Portal Server
    User Profiles                    ahqt1   Medium     UserProfileDBCache.GetChangedDBItemsPrimaryKeys:
m_AllPropertyIDs = 1;3;9;2;5009;7;23;13;14;22;5065;5061;5062;5040;5042;5091;5092;5093;   19a3e79b-2ee3-9054-08c5-6a281115d989
12/05/2012 16:02:29.45    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1178   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformOngoingRequestDepartures   6b6b4445-152d-0002-8ef6-85991723bb2d
12/05/2012 16:02:29.54    OWSTIMER.EXE (0x26C4)                      0x1964   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       aeh57   Medium     Sql Ring buffer status eventsPerSec
= 0,processingTime=0,totalEventsProcessed=0,eventCount=0,droppedCount=0,memoryUsed=0
12/05/2012 16:02:30.10    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x0FAC   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: HealthPerfCounter   633d7a5d-1310-0002-8342-391ed51888b4
12/05/2012 16:02:30.45    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1178   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformOngoingRequestDepartures   6b6b4445-152d-0002-8ef6-85991723bb2d
12/05/2012 16:02:30.61    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x19A4   SharePoint Server Search
    Query                            ac3iq   High       Ims::EndPoints:
old: net.tcp://share2/C5A0AC/QueryProcessingComponent1/ImsQueryInternal;, new: net.tcp://share2/C5A0AC/QueryProcessingComponent1/ImsQueryInternal;   19a3e79b-2ee3-9054-08c5-6a281115d989
12/05/2012 16:02:30.67    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1EE4   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: RequestManager.RequestTimeoutCleanup   5baea2ed-01b0-0002-9183-bc6ae11d23eb
12/05/2012 16:02:30.67    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1EE4   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: ExcelServerThreadPool.QueueConsiderate   5baea2ed-01b0-0002-9183-bc6ae11d23eb
12/05/2012 16:02:30.67    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1EE4   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformAutoSave   5baea2ed-01b0-0002-9183-bc6ae11d23eb
12/05/2012 16:02:31.45    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1178   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformOngoingRequestDepartures   6b6b4445-152d-0002-8ef6-85991723bb2d
12/05/2012 16:02:32.45    w3wp.exe (0x1B78)                          0x1178   SharePoint Server
    Logging Correlation Data         xmnv   Medium     Name=Task: SessionManager.PerformOngoingRequestDepartures   6b6b4445-152d-0002-8ef6-85991723bb2d
12/05/2012 16:02:32.65    OWSTIMER.EXE (0x26C4)                      0x197C   SharePoint Foundation
    Monitoring                       nasq   Medium     Entering monitored scope (Timer
Job EducationBulkOperationJob). Parent No   9d183f64-33f3-4bb8-83b3-f401e3150f7e
Any thoughts on this?   troubleshooting tips?

In my case, here is what happened and how I fixed it.
Situation:
Mysite is a new web application. We have two one-way trusts in place since the domain of the farm is different than the two other domains where users reside. So I ran the
STSADM.exe -o setproperty -pn peoplepicker-searchadforests -pv "Forest1,Domain1\account,password;
Forest2,Domain2\account,password"
-url https://mysitesURL
This allowed the user policy of the new Mysites web application to search through the two domains where AD users reside. Once I added them I was good, no more errors.
One thing to note, I have two web apps using the same wildcard cert and running off port 443 SSL.
I wanted to make the user picture come from AD so I changed that user property (Picture) in User Profile Service options, and this seems to have broken initial MySite creation, but once the user adds a picture
to their profile settings, the site starts working. I need to remove the property I added for "Picture" in user profile properties.
This is the process I took that caused my problem:
http://richardstk.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/import-user-photos-from-active-directory-into-sharepoint-2013/

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