Having trouble running ImgBurn with Scheduled Tasks

[Jesse]

I may be going about this the wrong way, but this is what I've done so far. I have a large SQL database dump that I need to backup to a BD-RE each morning. I have a created a bat file to do this, and the bat file runs fine on its own. I've added a scheduled task to Windows (running Vista) to execute the bat file every morning at 5:00 am, and assigned it to a domain admin account and told it to run whether or not I am logged into the computer. After creating the task, I ran it manually while logged into the computer. It copied over my SQL dump, but then nothing happened. ImgBurn did not load or burn the disc. What am I missing here?

 

Here's my bat file:

@ECHO OFF
:START
ECHO Mapping T:...
net use T: \\san\archive
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Copying the SQL .bak file...
copy "T:\SQL Backup\itiserver_db_*.bak" "D:\burn"
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Changing to the IMGBURN directory...
C:
cd "C:\Program Files\ImgBurn"
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Starting the Burn...
ImgBurn.exe /MODE BUILD /SRC "D:\Burn" /DEST G: /ERASE /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.01" /VOLUMELABEL "Director SQL Backup" /SPEED 2x /VERIFY YES /DELETESOURCE NO /EJECT YES  /WAITFORMEDIA /START /ROOTFOLDER YES /CLOSESUCCESS /NOIMAGEDETAILS
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Backup complete.
ECHO Flushing the Burn folder...
del /Q D:\burn\*.*
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO All Done!
pause
exit

:QUIT
echo There was an error!
pause
exit

 

Thanks for a great program!!

[mmalves]

Instead of changing to ImgBurn's directory, try calling it straight like this:

@ECHO OFF
:START
ECHO Mapping T:...
net use T: \\san\archive
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Copying the SQL .bak file...
copy "T:\SQL Backup\itiserver_db_*.bak" "D:\burn"
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Starting the Burn...
"C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe" /MODE BUILD /SRC "D:\Burn" /DEST G: /ERASE /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.01" /VOLUMELABEL "Director SQL Backup" /SPEED 2x /VERIFY YES /DELETESOURCE NO /EJECT YES  /WAITFORMEDIA /START /ROOTFOLDER YES /CLOSESUCCESS /NOIMAGEDETAILS
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Backup complete.
ECHO Flushing the Burn folder...
del /Q D:\burn\*.*
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO All Done!
pause
exit

:QUIT
echo There was an error!
pause
exit

Also, if you want to tweak the message shown after ImgBurn's operation have a look here

[Jesse]

I made the change, but it didn't help. The bat file still works on it's own, but not through a scheduled task. Can ImgBurn even be called through Task Scheduler?

[mmalves]

Then I guess ImgBurn doesn't work if it can't display its window

[Jesse]

Is there another method I can use to schedule an automated burn?

[mmalves]

I was wrong, ImgBurn works fine being called from a scheduled task, just tried it now and it burned a disc while no user was logged on

 

Try this:

@ECHO OFF
:START
ECHO Mapping T:...
net use T: \\san\archive
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Copying the SQL .bak file...
copy "T:\SQL Backup\itiserver_db_*.bak" "D:\burn"
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Starting the Burn...
"C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe" /MODE BUILD /BUILDMODE DEVICE /SRC "D:\burn" /DEST "G:" /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.01" /VOLUMELABEL "Director SQL Backup" /SPEED 2x /ERASE /TESTMODE NO /VERIFY YES /DELETESOURCE NO /EJECT YES /START /CLOSESUCCESS /WAITFORMEDIA /NOIMAGEDETAILS /ROOTFOLDER YES
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO Backup complete.
ECHO Flushing the Burn folder...
del /Q D:\burn\*.*
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO QUIT
ECHO All Done!
pause
exit

:QUIT
echo There was an error!
pause
exit

You might need to use Task Manager to kill any ImgBurn.exe process(es) that may be stuck from previous attempts.

[Jesse]

Hmm...

It works if I choose 'Run only when the user is logged in' but doesn't work if I choose 'Run whether user is logged in or not'. I guess I just won't log out of the computer

[mmalves]

When it doesn't work and you log back on, is there a ImgBurn.exe in memory?

[Jesse]

I'm not logging out, I'm manually starting the task to make sure it works. When "Run whether user is loggin in or not" is checked - even if I'm still logged in - ImgBurn does not load. It isn't in my list of processes. The bat file is being launched though, I can see that my file copy runs and a new copy has been moved over, but its like the process pauses when it comes to actually launch imgburn.

 

I'm not that worried about it, I usually never log out anyway, I just lock the screen. As long as it works with "Run only when user is logged in" I'm happy.