JSI Tip 0462 - How do I move scheduled jobs to a different Server?

If you need to take a computer offline, it may be useful to copy the scheduled jobs to another server.

Note: In addition to the procedure describe below, you will have to manually copy programs and files used by the scheduled jobs.

To move the schedule from MachineA to MachineB:

On MachineA:

Use Control Panel / Services to navigate to the Schedule Service and Stop it.

Run Regedit.exe and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule

On the Registry menu, choose Export Registry File and save the file as MachineA on a share accessible to both servers or on removeable media.

Start the Schedule Service.

Use a text editor (Notepad) to edit the MachineA.reg file created and remove the

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule] line and the Values listed below it, so that only the sub-keys of the Schedule Service and their Values remain. Example:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule22CDB7B4]
"Schedule"=hex:c0,42,c0,00,00,00,00,00,40,01,00,00
"Command"=""C:\Program Files\NAVNTavwnt" /L"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule4DCBA1C7]
"Schedule"=hex:00,7c,92,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Command"="C:\scrnsave.cmd"

Change the sub-keys so that they are unique on MachineB. I prefer to just number them. This makes them easily identifiable for subsequent removal. Example:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule01]
"Schedule"=hex:c0,42,c0,00,00,00,00,00,40,01,00,00
"Command"=""C:\Program Files\NAVNTavwnt" /L"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule02]
"Schedule"=hex:00,7c,92,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Command"="C:\scrnsave.cmd"

On MachineB:

Use Control Panel / Services to navigate to the Schedule Service and Stop it.

Double click the MachineA.reg file to install it.

Start the Schedule Service.