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I'm trying to do what I believed would be very simple: have a .bat
file that rename two folders on a network drive. The script works fine when running from prompt, but not from the scheduler. Any ideas why?
Setup
Network drive \\NAS\Backup
mapped as B:
Folders in Backup
that should be renamed: Current
and Previous
- \\NAS\Backup\Current
- \\NAS\Backup\Previous
Task XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.3" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<Date>2013-12-12T16:01:26.5634611</Date>
<Author>nivis-server\nivis</Author>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<CalendarTrigger>
<StartBoundary>2013-12-12T00:00:05</StartBoundary>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<ScheduleByWeek>
<DaysOfWeek>
<Saturday />
</DaysOfWeek>
<WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval>
</ScheduleByWeek>
</CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
<Principal id="Author">
<UserId>nivis</UserId>
<LogonType>Password</LogonType>
<RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</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>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
<Exec>
<Command>C:\script\SwitchNivisCurrent.bat</Command>
<Arguments>> execution.log</Arguments>
<WorkingDirectory>C:\script</WorkingDirectory>
</Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>
Script
Located in c:\script
rename B:\Current tmp
rename B:\Previous Current
rename B:\tmp Previous
========== UPDATE: Solution - courtesy of techie007 ==========
techie007 provided the solution and the script now looks like:
net use x: \\10.22.0.105\nivis-nas ****PWD**** /user:nivis
x:
rename Current tmp
rename Previous Current
rename tmp Previous
net use x: /d
#2 here is important. A good example of this would be mapping a drive in Explorer, and then starting an admin command prompt - note that the drive mappings do not exist in that context. – ernie – 2013-12-12T16:58:38.813
1I tried your second proposal and it worked. Thanks! – nivis – 2013-12-12T20:34:28.733