Backups in cron not running

I'm trying to run rsnapshot through cron to automate my backups but it's not actually running rsnapshot for some reason . Here's my crontab:
brian@brian-laptop:/var/log$ sudo crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!! USE crontab -e INSTEAD.
# <minute> <hour> <day> <month> <dow> <command>
01 * * * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
02 00 * * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
22 00 * * 0 /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.weekly
42 00 1 * * /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.monthly
00 * * * * pacman -Sy
00 00 * * * rsnapshot sync && rsnapshot daily
30 23 * * 0 rsnapshot weekly
00 23 1 * * rsnapshot monthly
And here's one of my logs:
14-Sep-2009 00:02 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 01:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12703 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 01:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 01:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12859 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 02:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 21677 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 02:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 02:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 21817 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 03:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 30278 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 03:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 03:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 30442 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 04:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 6681 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 04:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 04:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 6818 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 05:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15516 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 05:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 05:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15671 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 06:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 24200 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 06:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 06:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 24342 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 07:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 400 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 07:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 07:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 547 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 08:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9408 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 08:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 08:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9546 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 09:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 18144 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 09:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 09:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 18284 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 10:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 27364 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 10:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 10:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 27503 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 11:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 3767 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 11:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 11:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 3908 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 12:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12373 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 12:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 12:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12523 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 13:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 20993 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 13:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 13:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 21135 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 14:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 29677 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 14:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 14:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 29846 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 15:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 6484 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 15:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 15:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 6642 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 16:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15169 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 16:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 16:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15313 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 17:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 23857 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 17:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 17:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 24008 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 18:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 32527 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 18:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 18:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 32665 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 19:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9080 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 19:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 19:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9224 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 20:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 17660 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 20:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 20:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 17804 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 21:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 26715 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 21:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 21:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 26856 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 22:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 3354 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 22:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 22:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 3505 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
14-Sep-2009 23:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12142 cmd pacman -Sy
14-Sep-2009 23:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
14-Sep-2009 23:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12305 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 00:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 20952 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 00:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 20953 cmd rsnapshot sync && rsnapshot daily
15-Sep-2009 00:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 00:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 00:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 21098 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 00:02 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 21246 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
15-Sep-2009 00:02 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 01:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 29584 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 01:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 01:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 29724 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 02:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 5588 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 02:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 02:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 5731 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 03:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 13934 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 03:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 03:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 14077 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 04:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 22329 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 04:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 04:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 22463 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 05:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 30917 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 05:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 05:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 31057 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 06:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 7217 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 06:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 06:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 7369 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 07:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15704 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 07:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 07:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15853 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 08:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 24531 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 08:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 08:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 24668 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 09:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 600 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 09:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 09:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 734 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 10:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9376 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 10:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 10:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9517 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 11:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 18141 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 11:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 11:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 18300 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 12:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 27232 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 12:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 12:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 27381 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 13:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 3772 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 13:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 13:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 3913 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 14:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12270 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 14:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 14:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 12411 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 15:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 20925 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 15:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 15:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 21063 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 16:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 29606 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 16:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 16:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 29750 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 17:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 5996 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 17:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 17:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 6157 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 18:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 14779 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 18:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 18:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 14935 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
15-Sep-2009 19:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 23745 cmd pacman -Sy
15-Sep-2009 19:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
15-Sep-2009 19:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 23927 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
I'm not sure why it's not working, I can run rsnapshot from the command line and it creates a backup in the appropriate place .
-SMRT

20-Sep-2009 00:00 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 7384 cmd /usr/bin/rsnapshot sync && /usr/bin/rsnapshot daily >> /home/brian/cronerrors 2>&1
20-Sep-2009 00:00 unable to exec /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, user -oem, output to sink null
Well it didn't output it to a file .
EDIT: Same thing happened again, however, this time it created a file but it's blank.
Last edited by iamsmrt (2009-09-21 05:11:06)

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If scheduled task automatically set by Windows Backup software is duplicated (copied) and set manually it runs fine as 'administrator' and as 'nt authority\system' (subject that 'nt authority\system' is added to the 'Backup Operators' AD group).
Here is an export of the current pre-set schedule task, is there any settings that need to be changed to make it works?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
    <Author>MYDOMAIN\SERVER1</Author>
    <SecurityDescriptor>D:AR(A;OICI;GA;;;BA)(A;OICI;GR;;;BO)</SecurityDescriptor>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger id="Trigger 1">
      <StartBoundary>2014-07-14T21:00:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByDay>
        <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
      </ScheduleByDay>
    </CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet</Arguments>
    </Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>
Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Once again, the issue is not to run the backup manually from the command line but to have it run via the scheduled task setup by the Windows Backup software.
By default, the schedule task is to be run as NT Authority\System, and when run under this account, the backup does not start (even though account is member of Backup Operators) and job can manually be run via elevated command prompt. This is not a normal
behavior and constitute a major bug in Windows Server 2012.
From my understanding the NT Authority\System account is a built-in account from Windows that should by default be part of the Administrators group (built-in) even though it does not explicitly appears like it in AD by default.
This account shall have by default Administrators rights and Backup Operators rights (via the Administrators group) without being explicitly added to those groups (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ms684190%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). By design
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As said previously and as you confirmed, currently by default NT Authority\System on Windows 2012 server cannot start backup manually via an elevated command prompt unless it is manually added to Backup Operators (or Administrators) group. But wouldn't that
constitute a bug of Windows Server 2012?
Our server has not yet been restarted since I added NT Authority\System account to the Administrators group explicitly manually so I cannot yet confirmed it would sort the issue. Indeed it is heavily in use so cannot easily be restarted. Will confirm when
done.
We also have an additional problem where after a while of last reboot, part of the Exchange ECP can no longer be properly loaded in the web browser due to compilation error (compilation is done via NT Authority\System account which seems to no longer have
sufficient right to compile .NET code). What is strange is that it works at first and then stop working at some point... I am hopeful that adding NT Authority\System to the Administrators group would sort this issue as well but once again, that shall not be
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So using really helpful advise from Brad Harris (http://www.selfcontained.us/2012/04/27/backup-iphoto-with-google-drive/) and a few tweaks added myself (with a bit of help from a UNIX DBA at work, he hasn't got a Mac though) I copied my iphoto library to a Dropbox folder and set up the following as a cronjob to sync the copy with the real iphoto library, however it doesn't seem to run as on updates get copied over and the log file doesn't get updated:
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SHELL will be set to /bin/sh
PATH will be set to /usr/bin:/bin
MAILTO will be set to Nick
LOGNAME will be set to Nick
USER will be set to Nick
HOME will be set to /Users/Nick
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Path- can be a gotcha if the command you want to use is not in /bin or /usr/bin
Mailto- can spam your email. Set MAILTO as follows:
MAILTO=""
You can use the other variables in your commands. Such as in your paths
$HOME/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library/
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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