I have to login into SAPBW application via SAPGUI but at specific times and I want that to happen without Windows Task Scheduler. If it's possible to code something within the bat file, then please suggest something. Open to other suggestions as well.
I don't know why you don't want to use task scheduler (since it is the easiest way to schedule your batch file) but you will need at least a 3rd party software as a scheduler and task scheduler happens to be the most convenient one. If it's the case that you don't want any 3rd party software I've seen it once where someone put the batch file in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE with the files that are executed on start. So he just restarted hes server every day and then the batch file was executed on start, but you will need to be creative to find good ways around 3rd party software.
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I am trying to create a scheduled task to run a batch file. I know that my batch file runs fine, because I have no problem running it manually. However, when the task calls it, it says that it's running, but it's not. The reason I know that it's not running is because it calls a python script, and the python script sends an email saying that the process has started. And I'm not receiving that email.The python process doesn't take too long (maybe 5 minutes at most), and the task keeps saying that it's "Running" after an hour.
I have the current settings with "Run whether user is logged on or not" (doesn't seem to work at all if I have it as "Run only when user us logged on", because the status never changes from "Ready" even if I tell it to run). I also have the setting with "Run with highest privileges", and just the name of the batch file under "Program/script" and the path to the batch file under "Start in". I also want to note, that I have the user account as "DOMAIN\Administrator".
However, I've tried other ways of calling it. I've tried putting the entire path with the batch file under "Program/script" (G:\GOM3_Update\FeatureServices\copies\test.bat), or putting the path to the python program, and then putting the path to the python script as an argument, but that doesn't seem to work either.
I'm not sure if this issue is caused by some major security settings with windows 10, or something minor in the task scheduler settings.
Here are my current settings:
Full path of the Start in is: "G:\GOM3_Update\FeatureServices\copies\"
The batch file:
"C:\Users\Administrator.DOMAIN\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\python.exe" "G:\GOM3_Update\FeatureServices\copies\database.py"
I would include a full path to batch file here:
From my personal experience it is usually the environment problem, aka things like current working directory etc..
Also, make sure to click the refresh button in the right pane of Task Scheduler because it is known for not updating the status of task unless you manually refresh. You may see it change from 'running' to 'ready' sooner if you do that.
The reason why I feel like your screen is not refreshing is because normally Task Scheduler does not allow any scheduled task to execute for longer that 1 hour and you said yours was still saying 'running' after an hour.
What does the exit code and messages say under tasks history?
Exit code 0 means no errors captured by Task Scheduler.
Another idea is to log the start of batch script (inside batch) to a log file before you do anything. And do the same for python file. This will help you narrow down the problem.
I struggled with this one also a lot, changing the User Account
AND Group. User Account alone was not enough for me.
This helped for me:
And then clicking on the Locations...you'll have to choose "WINSTADM"
I have a few files i want to make sure I keep up to date using Tortoise SVN. I've used commandline and also created a batch file and both run successfully when I user-execute them.
However, when I use Windows Task Scheduler to try and schedule an automation for the batch script, it doesn't run successfully; it just hangs and runs endlessly. The log file looks just the same whether using the automation or not. That said, I have to manually end the automation in task scheduler and then run an SVN cleanup command to remove the locks that remain on the file from the incomplete task.
What is causing this, and how do I make it so that the automation successfully runs and doesn't have the file-locking problem?
My back script's code is below:
svn update --accept theirs-conflict C:/MyFolder/myfile.R
For transparency, I've tried changing the option 'theirs-conflict' to other settings (and removing it completely). The symptoms are the same in every scenario.
I have some trouble keeping alive a background process when launched by TFS.
Usually I use a batch that launch a java server (new window), as long as I keep this window open it works properly.
C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\server.bat
In order to make my process automatic, I include this in TFS. In the step I call a batch that contains the following:
cd C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk // necessary to find the batch
start C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\server.bat
In my task manager, I can see in background tasks that java is launched (no new window is opened), exactly as it behaves when launching directly the batch. But after a few seconds, when TFS switches to the next step, it stops.
Then the next step carries on but fails as it requires the server to be launched.
Is there a particular way of doing it in TFS ?
thank you
Alexandre
It's suggest to launch the .bat file from a relative path not directly use cd to hard code the path.
Also recommend you to use Run Batch File task not Run Command Line task to launch the .bat file.
According to your description, seems you are using a run command line task in your build pipeline. Then run the command under the working directory c:\Build_work\5\s, the command cd to C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\ on the build agent, find the server.bat, run the server.bat.
First check if the .bat file is located at the path you are specifying on the build agent. Not sure if the bat file have to run under C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\, guess you are also hard code the path in your server.bat file. Suggest you change all the path to relative path, you could use some built-in variable in TFS.
As for your workaround in comment, seems you want to chain builds in TFS. The official docs literally say "not yet" and have a uservoice in planed. However you could use some workaround, such as create or use other's customize extension (use rest api) to call another build. Detail ways please refer huserben's answer in this question: How to chain builds in TFS 2015?
Note sure you have to go deep into this area for your original issue. Just add some related info in case you are interested or need.
Well,
Just in case someone else goes through the same kind of issue, I found a workaround:
I wish to mix different command line steps, some of them launching Python scripts:
I have one step for launching the server that is required for my testing tool, one step for my testing tool and one Python step for differential testing
I realized that I could embed everything in a Python script.
It can handle server launching process in a separate window (with subprocess), launch my Python part and launch another process for my validation tool.
I have to test the whole chain but, at least, I solved my problem of launching a background process and detach it from TFS
I have a web project that picks up the report generated using batch and streams to the servletOutputstream. This batch is run using task scheduler at regular intervals. The problem here is, the report that the user downloads is not real time.
Generating and downloading the report on a click of a button without using batch is not possible as the server is not capable of it-Multiple DB calls and multiple cursors are being used and the application goes OOM, memory tuning didn't work at all-(weblogic10.3.6, jrockit1.6). The batch is set up such that it uses Sun JVM, with 1024m heap space and it is working well.
Now, I want to call this Batch on click of a button and I want it to run on the JVM specified in the .bat file-Sun JVM1.6- not the already loaded Jrockit. Is it possible to do this? If yes, how?
Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks!
For those who don't know what SCCM is, a little information, to understand better what i want to know. SCCM is an application, with you can deploy software packages. It is also possible to create a so called "Task Sequence". A Task sequence can contain multiple packages, which will be installed one after the other.
The Task Sequence execution occurs in Session 0. Of course the packages query some processes, if they are running. If they are, a window will pop up, to ask the user to close the application.
Here comes the problem. If an administrator deploys packages using task sequences (and they do), the users won't see the window, and won't close the required process. If the process is not closed, the script execution aborts.
I found this Link, and created a simple exe, according to the description. This simple exe is able to start a process from session 0 in session 1(or above), where the user is logged on(i know the security risks). So far so good, but how do i get the packages to display their windows? Obviously i could change the command line, so my exe will start the installation of every package, but this is not an option. There would be to much work.
The ideal solution would be if my exe would be the first in the task sequence, it would do "something" so the windows could be visible.
And that's where i am stuck.
Does anyone has any idea how i could achieve what i want?
Thanks in advance!