Re: scheduled task can not access shared drive



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"powdered_toast_man" <powderedtoastman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:81D01B94-2218-45CA-99C3-8E2883898004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is actually on a Windows 2003 server but I didn't see it among the
options.

I've created a batch file on server A to generate a report and copy it to
a
shared drive on server B. When I log onto server A and run the batch file
it
works; when I use the task scheduler to run the batch it fails. A coworker
suggested using the unc path rather than the mapped drive letter
designation
but that didn't help - all that did was generate a "CMD does not support
UNC
paths as current directories" error message.

I have a hunch that the problem is because the shared drive is not
recognized unless the user physically logs onto the box. Is that the case
and
is there a way to work around this?

Let's have a look at your batch file!

What account do you use for the scheduled task? Does it have access
to the shared resource?

About newsgroups: There are several with the word "Server" in it, e.g.
"windows.server.general".


A domain level servce account is running the task; it does have access to
the resource. Again, when I actually remote desktop onto the server with the
service account id and run the batch file it works fine - it only fails as a
scheduled task. Perhaps I don't fully understand the difference between
physically logging onto a server and the way task scheduler "logs on" to run
the task but something tells me that's the difference and reason for failure.

As far as the batch file itself, it's very simple:
copy "C:\reports\daily_report" "Z:\transferred reports\daily_report"
Where "Z" is the mapped shared drive. As mentioned I also tried it with the
unc path of "\\servername\share\transferred reports\daily_report" but that
didn't do the trick either.
.

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