Re: V2 Win32 scheduler on Win95 stops
1998-06-24 14:17:42
We have had the same problem here, but still continue to use polling
because the stopping occurs very infrequently. I have both the version
2 client and the V3 client on my device. The V3 does not stop when the
ALT key is pressed.
Jennifer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie Phinney [SMTP:jphinney AT HUMANA DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 1:53 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: V2 Win32 scheduler on Win95 stops
>
> Hi Wanda, we have that problem here. It happens to users who jump
> around
> using Alt-Tab. (which, for whatever reason, halts the clock until
> they
> press enter.) The only way we got around it was by switching to
> PROMPTED
> mode (advice I got from this list).
> I have V3 on my machine now and it looks like it doesn't do that.
> Does
> anyone know if V3 fixes it?
> Julie
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> "Prather, Wanda" <PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU> on 06/24/98 12:43:02
> PM
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> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc: (bcc: Julie Phinney/Green Bay/Humana)
> Subject: V2 Win32 scheduler on Win95 stops
>
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> Our Win95 users have the ADSM V2 Win32 client scheduler in their
> Windows
> "startup" group.
> When they boot up, they have the Win32 scheduler running minimzed on
> the
> task bar.
>
> We have just ONE user who now is unable to get scheduled backups.
> Every day his scheduler contacts the server and gets a start time (we
> run
> in
> Polling mode).
> Then his scheduler "clock" starts counting down to the backup time,
> but
> stops.
> So his backup doesn't ever get fired off.
>
> We have had other users get this problem occasionally (maybe once a
> year!),
> but this user has had it happen every DAY for the last 2 weeks.
>
> He can restart it by maximizing the Scheduler window and pressing
> ENTER,
> but
> that does somewhat defeat the purpose of using the Scheduler at all!
>
> We have no idea what is stopping the scheduler.
> Anybody have a clue?
>
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> Wanda Prather
> Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
> 443-778-8769
> wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
> "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
> - Scott Adams/Dilbert
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