Task Scheduler cannot run

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Please help!

I am having problem trying to run task scheduler on
Windows 2000 Server. This is the scenario:

1. I scheduled a task (repetitive) to run on a specific
time, and it was successfully run, both when I am logged-
on as administrator, and without logging on into Windows
(just power on).

2. I scheduled Windows Backup to run everyday in the
evening, and this task can only run when I am logged-on
as administrator. When no users are logged-on, it will
only run the task for a few seconds. I checked the log
file, it says that "Result: The task completed with an
exit code of (0)."

I checked the Task Scheduler in Services - it is
automatically started, the Local System is checked, and
the 'allow to interact with desktop' is also checked.

Please help, because usually we will turn the server on,
but will not log-on into Windows.
 
spacerocket said:
Please help!

I am having problem trying to run task scheduler on
Windows 2000 Server. This is the scenario:

1. I scheduled a task (repetitive) to run on a specific
time, and it was successfully run, both when I am logged-
on as administrator, and without logging on into Windows
(just power on).

2. I scheduled Windows Backup to run everyday in the
evening, and this task can only run when I am logged-on
as administrator. When no users are logged-on, it will
only run the task for a few seconds. I checked the log
file, it says that "Result: The task completed with an
exit code of (0)."

I checked the Task Scheduler in Services - it is
automatically started, the Local System is checked, and
the 'allow to interact with desktop' is also checked.

Please help, because usually we will turn the server on,
but will not log-on into Windows.
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Examine the backup log file (rather than the Task Scheduler
log file) to see what's going on.
 
Hello,

Thank you so much for replying. I checked the backup.log
and found this message:

Backup Status
The operation was not performed because the specified
media cannot be found.

I did another testing, whereby I scheduled the task to
backup to a slave HDD attached to the computer and this
time it worked.

My question is, why doesn't backup run, when I put the
destination drive as another HDD in our backup computer
instead of the same computer? If I do this manually, it
will run...

Please advise
 
This is most likely a permissions issue. Log on under
the account used for the backup job, then see what
happens!
 
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