Status of task schedule about shadowspawn

[candera]

What happens if you run it manually with /verbosity=4?

[kevindd992002]

Is that switch a shadowspawn switch?

[candera]

Yes. See https://github.com/candera/shadowspawn#usage for full usage.

[kevindd992002]

Can I email you the results of the script with the verbosity switch?

[candera]

Sure. [email protected].

[kevindd992002]

I just sent the email. Thanks.

[candera]

Looking at the logs, those both seem to be successful runs, and I don't see any weird things like other backup utilities that can occasionally screw things up. Unfortunately, I don't run Windows 8.1, so I don't have experience with it to say what might be the issue. There are a few links on the hobocopy troubleshooting page that might be helpful: https://github.com/candera/hobocopy/wiki

[kevindd992002]

I know, right. Like I said, manually running the script gives me a 0x0 successful result but when it runs by the schedule then it gives me that error code. Should I file a case in hobocopy?

[candera]

If you're using shadowspawn there's no need to file an issue in hobocopy. I suspect this is somehow related to security, as scheduled tasks run in a different context than interactive ones. I can't think of a reason that it would fail intermittently, though. But like I said I'm not running Windows 8.1. I run it scheduled under Windows 7 all the time. I think there are some compatibility settings you can mess with in Task Manager that might help, but really, I'm not sure what the problem is.

Truthfully, I haven't touched this tool in several years, so I'm not super optimistic about being able to figure out what this is. Sorry about that, but I barely use Windows at all in the last five years.

[kevindd992002]

i understand. Do you think the "configure for" setting in the task schedule itself has something to do with it? I had it running without an error code in Windows 7 also.

What does task manager have to do with task schedules?

[candera]

Sorry - I mistyped. I meant "Task Scheduler" not "Task Manager". I have no idea whether the "configure for" setting would help or not - just a sort of lame suggestion as to something to try tweaking.

[xhelilajk]

Just try to run it from the command line, if it works there, then there is some settings from Task Scheduler that have to be changed.