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backup jobs in a row - each job triggers the next one

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Hi,
I want to run several backup jobs in TIH2011 each after the other without schedule. Each job should trigger the next one. When job1 ends it should trigger job2, after job2 ends this one should trigger job3 ... and so on.
How can this be accomplished?
thanks
haddat

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Interesting question. I don't think you can do this from within ati. No easy way to do this otherwise. In older version you could call sequentially, in a batch file, trueimagehomeservice.exe and pass as paramater an ATI task with /scripts:["path\filemname"] without the brackets. I don't think you can do this in ati2011. Each call should run once the prior call finishes.

Or you could sequentially call a windows task manager task, sequentially, each Windoes TM task being a call to trueimageservice.exe with the appropriate task file as the parameter.

Since ati2009, Task files don't work the same way as in prior versions. A secondary task file appears to be made that takes into account any prior backups in the target directory and you lose that if you use Windows Taks manager. Result is each time you call ati via Windows Task manger, it overwrites the last backup.

You can't automatically chain the jobs, which is what I think he was after; but your suggestion is a reasonable workaround.

Still worth noting that, compared to pre ati2009 versions, it's a bit tougher, you have to load up the ati interface, wait for it to do it's database thing, and then click off each of the tasks manually. In the older versions one could do this in just one click, and without the wait for the interface and database.

Otoh, the later versions have much better bootCDs and some other features that folks find useful.
And I think most foslk that want this much automation probalby want to run scheduled backups., which ati2011 allows one to do, even if ati needs to wake the pc from standby or hiberation.