Back to back scheduled tasks

[JayDee]

I may be missing something simple... I want to run 2 tasks
daily at (say) 8:00 am. It seems that when one starts it
blocks the start of the other task until the next day.

Not sure if I have that right... so comments would be appreciated.

JD

[Froggie]

I believe it can only run 1-task at a time, and the only remediation offered is if you miss a scheduled backup is to run it the next time your System does a StartUp... which I think is what's happening to you.

[JayDee]

I think a work around (yet to be tested)
1. run full back task 1 and then full backup task 2
2. schedule the tasks (now incremental) separated in scheduled
time by (say) 30 minutes or so
Just pick sufficient time for a successful incremental backup.

It would be far better to have the tasks in a queue tho'
so the second one would start as soon as the first is finished.

The missed schedule option seems to only apply to reboot (?)

JD

[admin]

I may be missing something simple... I want to run 2 tasks
daily at (say) 8:00 am. It seems that when one starts it
blocks the start of the other task until the next day.

Not sure if I have that right... so comments would be appreciated.

JD

Technically, two tasks will be executed consecutively, are you sure only one of them will be executed?

[JayDee]

Only one was executed....

Now I'm not sure... an additional test both were executed
I'll do further testing to be sure what I did wrong when they
didn't both execute.


A work around:
  * create a .cmd script listing tasks
  * schedule the .cmd script

[JayDee]

Further testing:
All tasks scheduled for the same time completed without error.
Cannot recreate the issue I had previously
HBS works great!!

JD

[admin]

Further testing:
  All tasks scheduled for the same time completed without error.
  Cannot recreate the issue I had previously
  HBS works great!!

JD

Glad to hear that. Have a nice day.