If a scheduled task fails on Windows Server 2003, is anything written to the event log? And if so, what Event ID does it have so I can set an Event Trigger to look for it, and email me?
Event ID for Scheduled Task Failure in Windows Server 2003
scheduled-taskwindows-event-logwindows-server-2003
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Best Answer
No, Scheduled Tasks in Server 2003 do not make use of the Event Log. They log to a text file,
SchedLgU.txtunder\Windows\Tasks\. The simplest way I've found to generate emails based on that log is with PowerShell.Select-String "\* error"should be able to find any failures in the log, and after that, it's just a matter of triggering an email when that's found... and ironically, yes, it's probably easiest to run your script to scan for Scheduled Tasks failures as a Scheduled Task.