Scheduling Windows Backup jobs

[Steven Lyall]

I can schedule a daily backup with Windows Backup, but I don't know how to
set it so that if the machine is off when the backup was due, it will catch
up when it is switched on.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Steven Lyall

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I can schedule a daily backup with Windows Backup, but I don't know how to
set it so that if the machine is off when the backup was due, it will catch
up when it is switched on.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Steven Lyall

You can get the Task Scheduler to notify you of missed tasks,
by clicking Advanced / Notify. This will generate a pop-up
panel when you log on. What happens from here onwards
depends on your level of sophistication:
- You could create a shortcut on the desktop to launch the
missed tasks manually.
- You could export the newly logged messages from the
Event Logger with dumpel.exe (Windows Resource Kit),
extract the "Missed task" message and launch the task
from here. A scheduled startup task would do the trick.
- You could decode the task file (c:\Windows\tasks\xxx.job)
to work out the code for missed tasks, then relaunch the
task with a scheduled startup task.

 

[Guest]

You can get the Task Scheduler to notify you of missed tasks,
by clicking Advanced / Notify. This will generate a pop-up
panel when you log on. What happens from here onwards
depends on your level of sophistication:
- You could create a shortcut on the desktop to launch the
missed tasks manually.
- You could export the newly logged messages from the
Event Logger with dumpel.exe (Windows Resource Kit),
extract the "Missed task" message and launch the task
from here. A scheduled startup task would do the trick.
- You could decode the task file (c:\Windows\tasks\xxx.job)
to work out the code for missed tasks, then relaunch the
task with a scheduled startup task.


Many thanks - I'll give at least some of it a try.

Steven