Hi Bob,

>>Have you set the "run as" setting for the Scheduled Task?
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> Yes, that is set to the administrator account.
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>>Further, you may need to schedule a WSF (Windows Script File) in
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> order
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>>for your scheduled task to run correctly.
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>>I have found that the task scheduler does not always provide a full
>>'environment' for tasks. AS such, GBAK falls over when the server
>>console is not logged in.
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> Bingo. I think that's it. I am usually logged in as administrator on
> the console (this is just a dev server), but had rebooted and not
> logged back in when I encountered these problems.
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> Off to the WSF tutorials..

I didn't follow the entire thread, but one golden rule when using the
task scheduling facility of Windows with Firebird is using a TCP/IP
connection, even if your database resides locally. This usually works
always. ;-)



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