View status of job run

[axcairns]

Hi,

Is there any way to view the status of a particular instance of a job running?

I am tearing my hair out trying to set up a job to move files from one directory to another. I am using a DOS batch file containing the following -

move %1 I:\record\

I can run the batch file at command line fine but when I configure it in DirMon nothing happens. I see the job go through the Queue and execute and note it in the activity log but no move happens and no warning of why it went wrong.

Has anybody got a move working? How did you do it? Failing that, any way to diagnose this?

Thanks,

Allan

[axcairns]

I played around and it seems to be related to the fact that I: is a network drive. When I changed it to move it to C: it started working. Is there something special about referencing network drives in bat files?

Allan

[Jere_Jones]

It probably has to do with permissions and accounts. When you run DM2 as a service, you can run it as a local service or as a user.

If you run it as a local service, then the programs you run will be able to interact with the desktop (for example, SA can put an icon by the clock) and it has fairly high permissions on the computer running it, BUT NOWHERE else. The service is running in a "space" that doesn't have the drives mapped because it isn't a user. If you were to use UNC paths instead, then you will need to make sure that the permissions on that path are set to allow access to the computer running DM2, not a user.

If you run it as a user, then you will have access to the mapped drives (because you are running in a "space" as a user), but the jobs won't have access to the desktop (SA can't put an icon by the clock). A side "benefit" is that none of the jobs can steal focus! For this to work, you have to ensure that user has the "Log on as a service" right. I don't know of anyway to do this programatically. The easiest way I know of is to right-click on My Computer and go to Manage. Expand "Services and Applications" and click on "Services". Find DirMon2 and double-click on it. The property sheet should appear. Go to the "Log On" tab. Set it up for the account you want. Click on "Apply" and a window should pop up saying the account has been granted the "Log on as a service" right.

Did that help? Did that even make sense?

Jere

[axcairns]

Thanks I'll give it a go