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#12429 How to set up cron job on windows 2008 server with iis?

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 25 May 2012 17:04 CDT

Friday, 25 May 2012 16:29 CDT

parelweb
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Description of my issue:
How do i set up a cron job for automated backup on a windows 2008 server with IIS?

Friday, 25 May 2012 16:33 CDT

nicholas
I really don't have much experience with Windows Server, but I believe the Microsoft equivalent of CRON jobs is called Scheduled Tasks. Setting up such a scheduled task should require you to log in with Administrator rights in your server and create said task. If this is not possible you'll have to ask your host. Due to the lack of standardised control panels for Windows-based servers it's nigh impossible for me to provide exact steps for creating scheduled tasks.

IMHO, it's much easier if you just use webcron.org and the front-end backup URL as described in the "Automating your Backups" section of our documentation.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Friday, 25 May 2012 16:42 CDT

parelweb
Thanks for your quick respond. I'll check out the webcron.org way.

Hans

Friday, 25 May 2012 16:49 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Friday, 25 May 2012 17:02 CDT

parelweb
I'm using the pro version of akeeba. Is webcron still the best solution?

Friday, 25 May 2012 17:04 CDT

nicholas
If you can't find a way to set up a scheduled task on your Windows server, webcron.org is the best solution. Obviously, if you can get a scheduled task working, using the cli/akeeba-backup.php script is the optimal solution.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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