Scheduling problems

[Thomas Scheiderich]

Is there a way to tell if a scheduled program is running? There doesn't
seem to be any way to see if a task is executing. You can't always tell if
it didn't run by looking at the Event Log (although you can sometimes.

Also, is there a way to schedule a task from a remote computer? I can't use
AT, even though you can schedule a task from a remote computer, but it uses
NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM for it's logon and there doesn't seem to be a way to
change it. If you go into Scheduled Tasks from the Control panel, it only
seems to work on the local server.

Thanks,

Tom.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Is there a way to tell if a scheduled program is running? There doesn't
seem to be any way to see if a task is executing. You can't always tell if
it didn't run by looking at the Event Log (although you can sometimes.

Also, is there a way to schedule a task from a remote computer? I can't use
AT, even though you can schedule a task from a remote computer, but it uses
NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM for it's logon and there doesn't seem to be a way to
change it. If you go into Scheduled Tasks from the Control panel, it only
seems to work on the local server.

Thanks,

Tom.

You can see what's running by executing tlist.exe or pulist.exe. Both come
with the Win2000 Resource Kit. www.sysinternals.com probably have an
equivalent tool that will show you the same information.

I believe that jt.exe (http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBF/TIP2600/rh2621.htm) can
schedule tasks on remote machines - if you can get the syntax right!
Alternatively you could use psexec.exe from the sysinternals site to hop
onto the target machine, then run at.exe to schedule the job.