#scheduled-task

Answer: Is the Task Scheduler in Windows XP reliable enough to be trusted with important tasks? #solution #it #fix

Is the Task Scheduler in Windows XP reliable enough to be trusted with important tasks?

I ask because the software my company is about to start using requires a single (windows) workstation to run a small automation program each night to increment several fields in the database. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is terrible design, but there’s not much I can do about it for the moment…

Solution: How do I automatically run nightly backups for Microsoft SQL Server 2005? #answer #dev #computers

How do I automatically run nightly backups for Microsoft SQL Server 2005?

I don’t see any built in mechanism for scheduling nightly backups in SQL Server 2005. What tools are available to perform this task and how reliable are they?

Answer [by Tomalak]: How do I automatically run nightly backups for Microsoft SQL Server 2005?

The SQL Server Agent will do it for you.

There is even a…

How to: Query schtasks using Powershell #programming #answer #dev

Query schtasks using Powershell

On a Windows7 machine I am trying I can run a query to view all the scheduled tasks using schtasks.exe

This is fine but I would also like to filter the result set using something like

schtasks /query | where { $_.TaskName -eq "myTask" }

The problem is I don’t this schtasks returns a properly formatted list for the where function to work.

I’ve also tried:

schtasks…

Solution: Is it bad to edit cron file manually? #it #answer #dev

Is it bad to edit cron file manually?

It is usually instructed to introduce new cron jobs through command lines; but I found it easier (with a better control of current cron tasks) to manually edit (in text editor) the user cron file like /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root.

Is it dangerous to edit the file in text editor?

The comments in the default file is confusing. The first line says

# DO NOT…

How-to: Scheduled Tasks w/ GUI issue #solution #answer #computers

Scheduled Tasks w/ GUI issue

Are there issues running Scheduled Tasks in Windows 2003 when the task has a GUI? I have one that worked fine in Windows 2000 but won’t run on Windows 2003.

Details:

I have a .bat job that ran every hour throughout the day on an old Windows 2000 server for many years. I finally retired that server last week and moved the job (and associated programs and files) to a…

How-to: How can I schedule a server restart from command line on Windows 2012? #it #solution #answer

How can I schedule a server restart from command line on Windows 2012?

I would like to schedule a one-time server restart, e.g. to finish installing updates early in the morning. How can I do this from the command line on Windows 2012?

On Windows 2008, I would have used the at command,

at 2am shutdown -r -f -c "restart"

and taken the rest of the afternoon off.

But on Windows 2012, running this…

Fixed: Scheduled Tasks w/ GUI issue #computers #development #fix

Scheduled Tasks w/ GUI issue

Are there issues running Scheduled Tasks in Windows 2003 when the task has a GUI? I have one that worked fine in Windows 2000 but won’t run on Windows 2003.

Details:

I have a .bat job that ran every hour throughout the day on an old Windows 2000 server for many years. I finally retired that server last week and moved the job (and associated programs and files) to a…

Answer: Linux: Schedule command to run once after reboot (RunOnce equivalent) #development #fix #programming

Linux: Schedule command to run once after reboot (RunOnce equivalent)

I’d like to schedule a command to run after reboot on a Linux box. I know how to do this so the command consistently runs after every reboot with a @rebootcrontab entry, however I only want the command to run once. After it runs, it should be removed from the queue of commands to run. I’m essentially looking for a Linux…