True Image 2018 Windows Events?
I'm using a mix of True Image 2013, 2014, and 2018. Do any of these versions generate a Windows event when a backup job has completed? If so, would you please tell me which event number is generated for each of these versions? Also, which Windows event log should I look at to see these events?
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In reply to Bill, I cannot find any… by truwrikodrorow…

Thanks, Steve, for the quick response. The answer to your question is I'm developing an "enterprise grade" backup system for my very small startup using True Image. I need to trigger a Windows task to run a Windows command file with elevated privileges. As you may know, keeping the Windows UAC active (which I want) won't allow an elevation of privileges when starting a .CMD from the windows command line. My backup system solution is 100% command line, so I can't use the Windows GUI to run a .CMD file as an administrator. The Task Scheduler can run a .CMD with elevated privileges, but I need a trigger for the task that fires the task as soon as my True Image backup is completed. I was going to use a True Image event code as the task trigger if events were supported in True Image.
Am I correct that I can't launch a .CMD file with elevated privileges from True Image using the pre/post command option? I haven't tested that option, yet, even though the True Image backup job itself is run with a Windows account that has the rights to launch a .CMD file with elevated privileges.
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Bill, you may want to run a test, but I believe that any pre or post command is run at the same privileges that ATI is run at. ATI backup tasks have to be run with Admin privileges. If a backup task is launched with less than Admin privileges, it will popup a window asking for an Admin password.
So, add the task as a post command, and it should be launched with Admin privileges.
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In reply to Bill, you may want to run a… by truwrikodrorow…

Thanks, FtrPilot, for the response. I'll give that a try and post back my results.
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Bill, can you create a shortcut to the .cmd and then run the shortcut as a post command. I haven't tried it, but If that works you can specify the shortcut to run as administrator.
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Thanks, BrunoC, for the suggestion. You helped me figure out that True Image 2018 uses the Windows SYSTEM account to run scheduled jobs when no one is logged into the computer. Here's the link to that forum post:
However, when someone is logged into the computer, True Image 2018 uses the logged-in user account if it has administrative privileges. If the account doesn't have administrative privileges, the user must provide the password to one of the user accounts on the computer that DOES have administrative rights. There is more detail on how this works on the post I've linked to, above.
So, FitrPilot, you were correct that True Image 2018 uses an administrative account to run its jobs (either the logged-in user account, a UAC admin account, or the SYSTEM account). By virtue of that fact, the Pre/Post Commands run at elevated privileges. I didn't need to deal with events to trigger a scheduled task to run a Windows .CMD file with elevated privileges. I can just run the .CMD file as a Pre/Post Command in a True Image 2018 backup job and it automatically runs at elevated privileges. Perfect!
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