Is the server configured to favor foreground applications or background tasks?
* * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]>wrote: > Turns out that the Windows 2008 Task Scheduler starts tasks at a lower > than normal priority by default.**** > > ** ** > > Best of all you can’t see or change this through the GUI, you have to > export the task to an XML file, edit the priority in the XML file, then > import it again.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 20 January 2012 17:19 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Task Scheduler "throttling" tasks?**** > > ** ** > > Again, I’m personally patchy on the details as I’ve not been given many > yet, but the guy who looks after this box will know more about the in’s and > out’s of the apps running on it than I do. He’s telling me all things are > equal other than the *way* he’s calling the task, which for now I shall > take his word on.**** > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 20 January 2012 16:40 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Task Scheduler "throttling" tasks?**** > > ** ** > > Is there a time differential? Are you running the batch file at the same > time as it would run as a scheduled task? What happens when you run the > batch file manually at that time? What happens when you run the scheduled > task immediately, not at it's normally scheduled time?**** > > **** > > In a networked environment, it's rarely a "batch file that does 'stuff.'" > There are a lot of variables left out. The task may be irrelevant, the > timing may not. Or vice versa, or both, or neither!**** > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Paul Hutchings < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Appreciate that, but I don’t know any more myself yet. It’s a general “If > you’re just running a batch file that does “stuff”, would you expect a > scheduled task to behave differently to an interactive task if you hadn’t > done something specific to tell it to?” for now.**** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 20 January 2012 16:00 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Task Scheduler "throttling" tasks?**** > > **** > > I think we need more details to of the scheduled job as well as what the > task does that might be different under a scheduler vs interactively. > **** > > *ASB***** > > *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker***** > > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Paul Hutchings < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > We have a task (not one of mine so not sure entirely what it is/does that, > when run interactively takes a certain amount of time to complete.**** > > **** > > The same task when run via a scheduled task, takes much longer to > complete. Apparently it’s entirely reproducible and along the lines of a > batch file being run.**** > > **** > > Any ideas why this might be assuming the info I’m being given is accurate > and it’s the exact same command/script is being called via the schedule > task?**** > > **** > > The OS is 2008 R2 SP1.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > Paul**** > ------------------------------ > > *MIRA Ltd***** > > **** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
