I am having trouble with a scheduled backup on Windows Server 2008 R2. I have a scheduled task created in the command prompt with the following syntax: schtasks /create / sc weekly /mo 2 /d sun /tn biweeklyserverOSbackup /rl highest /st 03:00 tr "wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:\\drobo-fs\drobo\serverOSbackup 2\ -include:c: -nonrecurseinclude:c: -allcritical -systemstate -noverify -user:***** -password:********* -noinheritacl -vssfull -quiet The command prompt tells me the task is successfully created. To test the task I attempted to run it manually with the following syntax: schtasks /run /tn biweeklyserverOSbackup At this point another command prompt type window opens labeled taskeng.exe and a ton of text rapidly scrolls through in about 5 seconds. Then the original command prompt tells me "SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "biweeklyserverOSbackup" Success??? IT DIDN'T RUN THE BACKUP!! Why not? Help please.

Hello, schtasks /create / sc weekly /mo 2 /d sun /tn biweeklyserverOSbackup /rl highest /st 03:00 tr "wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:\\drobo-fs\drobo\serverOSbackup 2\ -include:c: -nonrecurseinclude:c: -allcritical -systemstate -noverify -user:***** -password:********* -noinheritacl -vssfull -quiet Schtasks http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725744(v=WS.10).aspx According to the Microsoft KB above, the switch /tr should be followed with a scrip, batch or executable. BTW, why not use the build-in Windows Server Backup tool to schedule automatic backup? Configuring Automatic Backups http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731517.aspx Thanks Zhang