Schedule GAM command in Windows task Scheduler

[Cheryl Kiras]

I have read some of threads on this subject.   I put my GAM commands in a batch file.  I can run them manually and using the batch file.  I am struggling with getting it  scheduled to run in the Windows Task Scheduler.

Please share your experience and wisdom.

Thank you,

Cheryl

[Maj Marshall Giguere]

Cheryl;

You may find this Tom's how to helpful

https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-task-scheduler-on-windows

Personally I find Window task management to be a pain.

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[Cheryl Kiras]

Thank you.  The article is a bit basic.  I use task scheduler successfully on windows systems.

The issue is running GAM commands with it.    Thanks

Cheryl Kiras 

Senior Systems Engineer

Mount Holyoke College

      

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[Cheryl Kiras]

I resolved the issue, it was related to the windows account running the GAM commands.   I used the fixes in this article.

Now I can schedule the GAM commands using a batch file and running as a service account.   Yahoo!

Reference: https://groups.google.com/g/google-apps-manager/c/ff8v5a6xpKw?pli=1 

1. Copied these files to the user profile of the service account    client_secrets.json, oauth2.txt, oauth2service.json

2. Copied the .gam folder to the service account profile

3. update any path information: cache_dir, config_dir, drive_dir

4. ran command: gam config drive_dir c:\gamwork save

All on the same servers.  Not multiple servers

Cheryl Kiras 

Senior Systems Engineer

Mount Holyoke College

      

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[Cheryl Kiras]

Thank you Ross!

The problem was that I needed to create System variables in Windows Control panel when installing GAM.

I had created User variables only, so only that user could run GAM.

Now the GAM commands run from Windows task scheduler as the service account.   Yay!