Tips for Using Microsoft Scheduler to Schedule an Automatic Backup

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When using Microsoft Scheduler to schedule an automatic backup, here are a few tips.

Enter the scheduled time for the backup

To set up the scheduled time for the backup:

Enter the time and frequency that the backup should be run. Make sure no other tasks are scheduled to run at the same time.
Click OK on the Schedule Backup window.
Enter a Windows user name and password.
Click OK.

Enter a Windows user name and password
To schedule a task, a Windows user name and password must be entered. This is a Windows user name and not a Sage 50 user name. You will be prompted to enter this information when you click OK on the Schedule Backup window.

In order for the automatic backup to run properly, the Windows user entered for the backup task must have access to Log on as a batch job. This is because Microsoft Scheduler will log the user in as a batch user when trying to run scheduled tasks such as the automatic backup. This is the way Microsoft Scheduler works and has nothing to do with Sage 50. Please see your Administrator or Windows help for more information. Tell me more.This Windows user setting is found at Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Local Security Policy>Local Policies>User Rights Assignment>Log on as a batch job.

Verify the backup was created

After scheduling a backup, you should verify that the backup actually occurred. To do this, you should browse to the location you specified for the backup to be created and make sure it is there.

You can also make sure the backup was created by looking at the Sage 50 Automatic Backup log file. To access this file:

Go to File>Automatic Backup from within Sage 50 or select the Sage 50 Automatic Backup Configuration icon from your desktop.
Click Open and choose the configuration you want to verify a backup was made for. Configurations are saved with a .ptc extension.
When you have the configuration open on the Sage 50 Automatic Backup screen, click View Log to see information about the backups that have been created for this configuration. If no backup has ever been created, the View Log button will be disabled.

Why aren't my backups being created?

Remove backup from Microsoft Scheduler if Sage 50 is uninstalled

Microsoft Scheduler is separate from Sage 50. If you uninstall Sage 50, you should remove the scheduled backup task from Microsoft Scheduler.