Some questions: What version of Windows?
What time does the task start, and what time does the task end? What are the parameters of the task? Does the same thing happen if you alter the start time of the task by a few minutes in either direction? What do the Scheduled Task Jobs say? Regards, *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* *Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market…* * GPG: *1AF3 EEC3 7C3C E88E B0EF 4319 8F28 A483 A182 EF3A On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Melvin Backus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > > > I’ve been debugging a process we run via scheduled task every night. > Since it deals with a variable size data set it runs for different periods > every night which is expected. However I discovered while I was reviewing > logs that it doesn’t always finish. It appears that a good portion of the > time it’s getting killed after 8 hours by the system. This has happened > about a dozen times since mid-December. The stop time is exactly 8 hours > after the task started, but the task is configured to run for up to 3 days > before being stopped. > > > > Any ideas on what might be going on or pointers on where to look for > additional info? My google results have shown a couple of similar > questions but no resolutions. > > > > For now I’ve disabled the “Stop the task” portion so that it should run > indefinitely if needed. > > > > Thanks > > > > -------------------- > Melvin Backus | Sr. Systems Engineer | Byers Engineering Company | > 404.497.1565 > > Service Desk | 404-497-1599 | http://servicedesk.byers.com > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > >
