Pre-Job Script

[Tecbil]

Hi everyone

I'm trying to run a pre-job script to remote shutdown a virtual machine inside the domain before backing it up but it just won't work.
The .bat-file I've created looks like this:

shutdown.exe -m \\[computername] -s -f -t 1

If I run the script manually with the domain-admin-account it works fine so it seems that Backup & Replication does not have the rights to shutdown the remote-computer. Anyone knows how I can give it the rights so the script will be executed at the target machine?

Thanks

[veremin]

What happens if you execute manually the very same script again, but this time under Veeam service account? Thanks.

[Tecbil]

The veeam service account? You mean the user with whom I log in to manage backup & replication? It's a memeber of the domain admin group and it works fine this way.

[veremin]

Nope, the one under which Veeam-related services are running.

[Tecbil]

Oh, now I got you. When I try to run it with the local system account (that's the "user" the veeam backup service is running on) it says "permission denied" in the command prompt.

[veremin]

Account lacks required permissions - this is the reason why automatically executed pre-job script fails. Thanks.

[Tecbil]

Do you know how I can give the "System" the rights to execute that batch file successfully?
Or is it better to run the Veeam-Service as a user that has these rights?

[veremin]

Or is it better to run the Veeam-Service as a user that has these rights?

This. Thanks.

[Tecbil]

ok, i did it and it works now. thank you.

[veremin]

Pre/Post job scripts are executed under account specified for Veeam-specific services. Thus, everything started to work, as soon as you granted it required permissions.

Glad to hear that you're up and running now.

Thanks.