Re: PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup

Your service is not starting, check you have given proper password while
installing pgAgent service.
the password should be OS password for postgres user and not the database
user password

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vishal Arora" <aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: <Jayakumar_Mukundaraju(at)satyam(dot)com>; <ashish(dot)karalkar(at)info-spectrum(dot)com>;
<pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup

>
>>From: "Jayakumar_Mukundaraju" <Jayakumar_Mukundaraju(at)satyam(dot)com>
>>To: "Vishal Arora" <aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com>,
>><ashish(dot)karalkar(at)info-spectrum(dot)com>, <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>>Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup
>>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:21:58 +0530
>>
>>Dear Vishal/Ashish,
>>
>>Sorry to say that... Kindly give me the steps in widows format please...
>>I done as per your steps only..
>>
>>1. step i done it .. Its ran fine..
>>2. step also i done it. ( I replace the path of pgAgent from C:\Program
>>Files\Postgresql to D:\Program Files),
>
> What is your Connection String you have given to install PgAgent Service.?
>
>
>>3. Login using Postgres user account in windows.:- it is working fine.
>>4. Try to access pgAdmin III tool in that login. :- This is also working
>>fine ..I can connect with pgAdmin III
>>5. Login back to your normal account. :- Yes i login back in my normal
>>account and password
>>6. Start pgAgent service using the following command on command prompt
>>* Net start pgAgent :- Yes here only i face a problem the error is
>>(C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin> Net start pgAgent
>> the error is "The Service did not start due to
>> a logon failure."
>>
>>7. Create a new job using PgAdmin III :- Yes i created One new job here.
>>8. Under step tab click Add to add new step.
>>* Specify some name:- Yes here i given BACKUP
>>* Kind - SQL / Batch depending upon the kind of job to be performed.
>>: - Yes here i selected SQL only.
>>* Database on which the job is to be performed. :- Yes i selected
>>database name.
>>* Definition tab would contain a SQL command if kind selected is
>>SQL: Yes here i given pg_dump <database name> to D:\AGBACKUP\AG.SQL
>
> pg_dump is not a sql command so you have to create a batch file to execute
> this command. Kind is to selected as Batch and in definition tab give the
> path to that batch file.
>
>>* Definition tab would contain path of Batch file if kind selected
>>is Batch
>>
>>9) Under Schedule tab in Job window click Add to add new schedule for
>>the
>>job
>>* Specify some name : Yes here i given BCKP1
>>* Specify the start date & time:- Yes i given start date and time
>>* Specify the end date and time :- Yes i given end date and time
>>* Specify days or weekdays, months when the task needs to be
>>performed in
>>days tab :- Yes i given monday,wednesday,Friday
>>* Specify time hours & Minutes when you want the task to be
>>performed.
>>(Atleast One hour & minute to be selected.) :- Yes i given One hour and
>>30mnts
>
> If you have selected One Hour that means 1 'O' clock in night that is
> 01:30 HRS in night it would perform the task.
> Suggestion - to test remove check from hours and put some more in minutes
> so that every hour after some minutes the task is performed.
>
>
>>* Specify exception if any when you do not want the task to be
>>performed. :- No i didn't give any thing..
>>
>>Kindly guide me ....
>>
>>Thanks & Regards
>>Jayakumar M
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>>
>>From: Vishal Arora [mailto:aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com]
>>Sent: Mon 7/16/2007 12:38 PM
>>To: Jayakumar_Mukundaraju; ashish(dot)karalkar(at)info-spectrum(dot)com;
>>pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup
>>
>>
>>
>>Hi Jayakumar,
>>
>>PgAgent for windows
>>
>>
>>1) Run PgAgent.sql script in maintenance database (Postgres database
>>by
>>default).
>>2) Install PgAgent service using the following command on command
>>prompt -
>>* "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin\pgAgent" INSTALL pgAgent -u
>>postgres
>>-p XXXX hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=postgres user=Postgres
>>* Replace the path of pgAgent if you are not using default
>>installation path
>>of Postgres
>>* Replace XXXX with the password of OS User Postgres (One given
>>while
>>installing Postgres on windows)
>>* dbname=postgres (change if your maintenance database is
>>different.)
>>3) Login using Postgres user account in windows.
>>4) Try to access pgAdmin III tool in that login. (These two steps are
>>required to create pgpass.conf file under Postgres login account.)
>>5) Login back to your normal account.
>>6) Start pgAgent service using the following command on command
>>prompt
>>* Net start pgAgent
>>7) Create a new job using PgAdmin III
>>8) Under step tab click Add to add new step.
>>* Specify some name
>>* Kind - SQL / Batch depending upon the kind of job to be performed.
>>* Database on which the job is to be performed.
>>* Definition tab would contain a SQL command if kind selected is SQL
>>* Definition tab would contain path of Batch file if kind selected
>>is Batch
>>9) Under Schedule tab in Job window click Add to add new schedule for
>>the
>>job
>>* Specify some name
>>* Specify the start date & time
>>* Specify the end date and time
>>* Specify days or weekdays, months when the task needs to be
>>performed in
>>days tab
>>* Specify time hours & Minutes when you want the task to be
>>performed.
>>(Atleast One hour & minute to be selected.)
>>* Specify exception if any when you do not want the task to be
>>performed.
>>10) All set to work.
>>---
>>
>>_ Vishal
>>
>> >From: "Jayakumar_Mukundaraju" <Jayakumar_Mukundaraju(at)satyam(dot)com>
>> >To: "Jayakumar_Mukundaraju" <Jayakumar_Mukundaraju(at)satyam(dot)com>,
>> >"Vishal Arora" <aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com>,
>> ><ashish(dot)karalkar(at)info-spectrum(dot)com>, <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>> >Subject: Re: [ADMIN] PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup
>> >Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:32:15 +0530
>> >
>> >
>> >Dear Vishal,
>> >
>> >Sorry ... I didn't recvd any mails from you and Ashish...Kindly send me
>> >again..
>> >
>> >Thanks & Regards
>> >Jayakumar M
>> >
>> >
>> >________________________________
>> >
>> >From: Vishal Arora [mailto:aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com]
>> >Sent: Mon 7/16/2007 12:27 PM
>> >To: Jayakumar_Mukundaraju; ashish(dot)karalkar(at)info-spectrum(dot)com
>> >Subject: RE: [ADMIN] PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Which place exactly .. I had given you full step by step .. didn't you
>> >follow that? Be specific.
>> >
>> >_ vishal
>> >
>> >
>> > >From: "Jayakumar_Mukundaraju" <Jayakumar_Mukundaraju(at)satyam(dot)com>
>> > >To: "Vishal Arora" <aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com>,
>> > ><ashish(dot)karalkar(at)info-spectrum(dot)com>, <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>> > >Subject: [ADMIN] PgAgent Job Scheduling-Backup
>> > >Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:04:10 +0530
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Dear Vishal, Ashish,
>> > >
>> > >Still i am in that place only.. Kindly guide me...Give me some steps,
>>how
>> > >to automate the backup..
>> > >
>> > >Thanks & Regards
>> > >Jayakumar M
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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