Scheduled tasks

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I have a .bat file to back up files to a mapped network drive, using robocopy seen below. Works perfectly. It also works using this network address: \\PC-BACKUP\PC-Backup instead of mapped drive.


echo off

setlocal

echo %DATE%_%TIME%

robocopy F:\ Y:\ /NDL /MIR /XD /NP "$RECYCLE.BIN" "System Volume Information" "RECYCLER" /R:0 /W:0 /FFT /A-:SH

rem rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

endlocal

<<<The following scheduled task is made with the hope that it will run in sleep mode early AM while I am asleep, and I have tested it completely an thoroughly both with computer awake and in sleep mode.>>>


I set up a scheduled task to run this .bat file. It always works when run manually. It works sometimes when scheduled, and that's what has me baffled. I have found that it works mostly all the time when scheduled anytime during the day, 7am to midnight. But if I schedule it for early morning 1-6am it fails with the dreaded, "The operator has refused the request" error.


I have another scheduled task that does this same thing but backs up to a local drive. It ALWAYS works. So this leads me to think it is something on the network drive end.

The only thing I can come up with is that my windows 10 PC is in some deeper sleep mode at 4am or the linux machine I am backing up to is doing maintenance or in some kind of hyper sleep mode.


Any help will be appreciated.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">

<RegistrationInfo>

<Date>2019-10-25T10:43:48.9800929</Date>

<Author>DENNIS-LAPTOP\dwage</Author>

<URI>\Backup Weekly</URI>

</RegistrationInfo>

<Triggers>

<CalendarTrigger>

<StartBoundary>2019-11-13T23:59:00</StartBoundary>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

<ScheduleByWeek>

<DaysOfWeek>

<Wednesday />

</DaysOfWeek>

<WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval>

</ScheduleByWeek>

</CalendarTrigger>

</Triggers>

<Principals>

<Principal id="Author">

<UserId>S-1-5-21-770257158-204139670-28269216-1001</UserId>

<LogonType>Password</LogonType>

<RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>

</Principal>

</Principals>

<Settings>

<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>

<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>

<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>

<AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>

<StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>

<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>

<IdleSettings>

<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>

<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>

</IdleSettings>

<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

<Hidden>false</Hidden>

<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>

<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>

<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>

<WakeToRun>true</WakeToRun>

<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit>

<Priority>7</Priority>

</Settings>

<Actions Context="Author">

<Exec>

<Command>C:\Users\dwage\Desktop\Backup-Weekly.bat</Command>

<Arguments>&gt; C:\Users\dwage\Desktop\Log-Weekly.txt</Arguments>

</Exec>

</Actions>

</Task>

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