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Missed Schedule support - JayDee - 11-08-2025
I have been using 2 tasks (one for C drive & one for D drive) - full disk backup
Both have been scheduled for 8:00am and the option to run if missed was enabled.
The computer is usually started some time shortly after 8:00
I was finding that the C drive task usually ran first and would fail every now and then.
The D drive task was pretty reliable.
I had wondered if timing was an issue... let's say the computer was started at 8:01
and the HBS task activates before the USB drive was fully on-line.
My work around that seemed to give me more reliable backups:
- disable the HBS schedules
- create a .cmd task that include the 2 backup tasks
- use Windows scheduler to activate the .cmd
Unfortunately the new home release does not have CLI support so I will have to go back
to HBS scheduling. I will monitor my backups more closely to see if I can
find any pattern to the failed updates. (Comment: It would be nice to have CLI
support in the home version)
JD
RE: Missed Schedule support - admin - 11-08-2025
(11-08-2025, 09:30 AM)JayDee Wrote: I have been using 2 tasks (one for C drive & one for D drive) - full disk backup
Both have been scheduled for 8:00am and the option to run if missed was enabled.
The computer is usually started some time shortly after 8:00
I was finding that the C drive task usually ran first and would fail every now and then.
The D drive task was pretty reliable.
I had wondered if timing was an issue... let's say the computer was started at 8:01
and the HBS task activates before the USB drive was fully on-line.
My work around that seemed to give me more reliable backups:
- disable the HBS schedules
- create a .cmd task that include the 2 backup tasks
- use Windows scheduler to activate the .cmd
Unfortunately the new home release does not have CLI support so I will have to go back
to HBS scheduling. I will monitor my backups more closely to see if I can
find any pattern to the failed updates. (Comment: It would be nice to have CLI
support in the home version)
JD
If there are any issues with the backup scheduling in Hasleo Backup Suite, we want to identify and resolve them. Of course, if you prefer to use .cmd files for backups, as a longtime user of the forum, we would be happy to provide you with a free upgrade to the professional license.
RE: Missed Schedule support - JayDee - 11-09-2025
Using the HBS scheduling, I've now set the HBS service to delayed start
Theoretically, that should fix any issue that might be related to
the USB drive being fully activated,
JayDee
RE: Missed Schedule support - al3x - 11-09-2025
(11-09-2025, 04:55 AM)JayDee Wrote: Using the HBS scheduling, I've now set the HBS service to delayed start
Also: In the main settings there is this option:
Delay time before execution of scheduled backup tasks at system startup
This will delay the execution of scheduled backups as well.
It's set to 1 minute by default, choosing a higher value might fix it for you?
RE: Missed Schedule support - admin - 11-09-2025
Yes, setting a longer delay time ensures the USB drive is ready before HBS attempts to access it.
@JayDee, hopefully increasing that delay time does the trick. Please keep us posted!
RE: Missed Schedule support - JayDee - 11-18-2025
Although this is not a definitive test result, setting the HBS service as Automatic (delayed start) seems
to have fixed my issue of missed scheduled backups that depended upon
"Run missed schedule at the next system startup"
when the computer was started after the scheduled time.
It would appear that the delayed start of HBS allows the USB device to be fully activated before HBS attempts
the backup.
HTH
JayDee
RE: Missed Schedule support - JayDee - 11-18-2025
I missed Al3x's comment...
I will have to try that setting as well
Thanks,
JayDee
RE: Missed Schedule support - admin - 11-18-2025
(11-18-2025, 04:56 AM)JayDee Wrote: Although this is not a definitive test result, setting the HBS service as Automatic (delayed start) seems
to have fixed my issue of missed scheduled backups that depended upon
"Run missed schedule at the next system startup"
when the computer was started after the scheduled time.
It would appear that the delayed start of HBS allows the USB device to be fully activated before HBS attempts
the backup.
HTH
JayDee
I'm glad to hear that.