I scheduled a task to perform a windows backup of a single disk on the my server. When I tested it, the task ran successfully – no problems, no errors; just as I expected.
However, when the task ran as scheduled, it failed with error value 2147943645. I wondered was this the answer to life, the universe and everything in it? No. That is 42.
After doing some research and reviewing the task configuration, I realize that the task will only run if the user of logged on:
So, this was the answer!! I have to configure the task to run whether the user is logged or not. Or, else I’ll get that nasty error value.