You could always create a prescheduled job to export all tasks, those could be 
imported back if there is a problem down the road.

Take a look at 

http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/1474-export-and-import-all-scheduled-tasks-in-windows-server-2008-windows-7


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Alex Paschal
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:55 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backing up Windows scheduled tasks in 2003 & 2008

Hi, Steven.  There are some drawbacks to backing up the *.job files from the 
c:\windows\tasks directory, especially with regard to passwords, but necessary, 
you should be able to back up those *.job files by using a prescheduled command 
to copy the *.job files from the c:\windows\tasks directory to some other 
directory that you can back up, say, q:\important\tasks.  Your backup job can 
then pick them up from there.

Alternatively, you might consider using a batch file containing schtasks 
commands to redefine your tasks whenever you need to.  This way you can store 
your passwords in the task definition.

On 10/23/2013 7:50 AM, Steven Langdale wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I have a requirement to backup scheduled tasks on a couple of windows 
> servers.  I though I may be able to get away with just 
> C:\Windows\Tasks (and a list of the relevant passwords), but that dir 
> is an OS exclude on
> 2008 (only one I've tried so far)
>
> Has anyone else needed to do this?  If so, how did you go about it?
>
> My current test platform is 2008 + 6.4.0.11 client
>
> Thanks
>
> Steven
>