Pentaho Windows Task Scheduler - batch-file

Question

I am trying to schedule a job using a .bat file. When i run it it gets stuck on start of job execution. Does anyone know how I can fix this issue so I can run my jobs?
Does this have anything to do with Java? I do not have the variable PENTAHO_JAVA_HOME. I only have JAVA_HOME. Not sure if it has to do with my kitchen.bat file. I only using Spoon.bat.
I think its a problem with my Kitchen.bat (.kjb) because if i run the batch file with Pan.bat (.ktr) my file runs fine.
C:\Users\bxt0\Desktop>c:
C:\Users\bxt\Desktop>cd /d "C:\data-integration"
C:\data-integration>call Kitchen.bat
/file:C:\Users\bxt\Desktop\CCMStatsJob.
kjb "-param:TABLE_NAME=region" -logfile=C:\Users\bxt058y\Documents\Pentaho
Jobs\
ccmjob.txt
DEBUG: Using JAVA_HOME
DEBUG: _PENTAHO_JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_74
DEBUG: _PENTAHO_JAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_74\bin\java.exe
C:\data-integration>"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_74\bin\java.exe" "-
Xms1024m
" "-Xmx2048m" "-XX:MaxPermSize=256m" "-
Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" "
-Djava.library.path=libswt\win64" "-DKETTLE_HOME=" "-DKETTLE_REPOSITORY=" "-
DKET
TLE_USER=" "-DKETTLE_PASSWORD=" "-DKETTLE_PLUGIN_PACKAGES=" "-
DKETTLE_LOG_SIZE_L
IMIT=" "-DKETTLE_JNDI_ROOT=" -jar launcher\pentaho-application-launcher-
7.1.0.0-
12.jar -lib ..\libswt\win64 -main org.pentaho.di.kitchen.Kitchen -initialDir
"C
:\data-integration"\ /file:C:\Users\bxt058y\Desktop\CCMStatsJob.kjb "-
param:TABL
E_NAME=region" -logfile C:\Users\bxt058y\Documents\Pentaho Jobs\ccmjob.txt
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m;
sup
port was removed in 8.0
log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows.
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be
cast to
org.apache.log4j.Appender
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.ja
va:248)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurat
or.java:176)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfi
gurator.java:191)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOM
Configurator.java:523)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseCategory(DOMConfigurator.ja
va:436)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:1004)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java
:872)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java
:755)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.configure(DOMConfigurator.java:8
96)
at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.log4j.Log4jLogging.applyLog4jConfiguratio
n(Log4jLogging.java:81)
at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.log4j.Log4jLogging.createLogger(Log4jLogg
ing.java:89)
at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.log4j.Log4jLogging.init(Log4jLogging.java
:68)
at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.initLogginPlugins(KettleC
lientEnvironment.java:155)
at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.init(KettleClientEnvironm
ent.java:118)
at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.init(KettleClientEnvironm
ent.java:79)
at org.pentaho.di.kitchen.Kitchen$1.call(Kitchen.java:91)
at org.pentaho.di.kitchen.Kitchen$1.call(Kitchen.java:84)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows.
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be
cast to
org.apache.log4j.Appender
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.ja
va:248)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurat
or.java:176)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfi
gurator.java:191)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOM
Configurator.java:523)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseRoot(DOMConfigurator.java:4
92)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:1006)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java
:872)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java
:755)
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.configure(DOMConfigurator.java:8
96)
at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.log4j.Log4jLogging.applyLog4jConfiguratio
n(Log4jLogging.java:81)
at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.log4j.Log4jLogging.createLogger(Log4jLogg
ing.java:89)
at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.log4j.Log4jLogging.init(Log4jLogging.java
:68)
at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.initLogginPlugins(KettleC
lientEnvironment.java:155)
at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.init(KettleClientEnvironm
ent.java:118)
at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.init(KettleClientEnvironm
ent.java:79)
at org.pentaho.di.kitchen.Kitchen$1.call(Kitchen.java:91)
at org.pentaho.di.kitchen.Kitchen$1.call(Kitchen.java:84)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
2018/06/28 09:35:32 - Kitchen - Start of run.
2018/06/28 09:35:34 - CCMStatsJob - Start of job execution
2018/06/28 09:35:34 - CCMStatsJob - CCMStatsJob

Answer 1

I think its a problem with my Kitchen.bat (.kjb) because if i run the batch file with Pan.bat (.ktr) my file runs fine.

Answer 2

Windows does not like white spaces in file names (linux neither). Correct the -logfile.
The parameters must not be between quotes. Remove.
In Window the arguments are introduced by "/" not by "-" (as in linux). Change.
The command call executes the process in the background, so you will see nothing, no log not even a signal that the process has stopped. To check it did run correctly you need to type the logfile.
kitchen.bat /file:C:\Users\bxt058y\Desktop\CCMStatsJob.kjb /param:TABLE_NAME=region /logfile:"C:\Users\bxt058y\Documents\Pentaho Jobs\ccmjob.txt"