Re: NT Backup scheduled job not working

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 20:55:12 +1000

"Michael" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Michael" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:5a0c01c4811f$576d59d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have scheduled a daily backup of a local (compressed)
> >> volume from a PDC to a folder on another server but it
> >> doesn't run. Both servers are running Windows 2000
> Server
> >> Standard. Separate backup software also runs on these
> >> machines but at a different time. Nothing obvious (to
> me)
> >> in Event Viewer. No log file created for the scheduled
> >> job.
> >>
> >> I've set it up according to MS instructions and it runs
> >> fine as a one-off job but when scheduled it doesn't
> >> appear to run (the destination file doesn't change
> >> regardless of wether or not the schedule is set to
> append
> >> or replace). There are no error messages and the Task
> >> Scheduler service is running.
> >>
> >> We can run the job manually each day but would like to
> >> automate it so that it runs at a time when no files are
> >> open. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >> jky
> >
> >You write "no log file created for the scheduled job". I
> remain
> >to be convinced. Did you have a look in the Task
> Scheduler
> >under the Advanced pull-down menu?
> >
> >
> >.
>
> Which Advanced pull-down menu? Within NT Backup/Advanced
> Schedule Options for the job the date had been set at one
> point to a date in the past (when job was created) but
> this was changed to next run time. There is a log file
> for the manual job that runs successfully. Am I looking
> in the right place for the Advanced pull-down menu?
>
> jky

You wrote "No log file created for the scheduled job."
It's the Task Scheduler that manages scheduled jobs, and
this is where your the log file for every schedule task is
visible (Control Panel / Task Scheduler).

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