Schedule and multiple disks

[speedlever]

MD 4.27 running on Vista Ultimate 64 bit and XP home/pro/sp.3.

In several instances, I have multiple hard disks installed per computer. I see how to initiate a manual defrag and specify each HD singly or check all HD to defrag. How do I do a scheduled task to run a script to defrag/optomize multiple HDs in one computer?

I know how to set up a scheduled task, but don't know how to tell the script which HD to perform the operation on.

[jeroen]

You can specify the disks on the Commandline, or you can make a script that selects the disks inside the script itself, for example with the Name volumeboolean.

[speedlever]

I looked at the examples under CommandLine but don't understand how to modify the scripts to do what I want. I understand what scripts do.. I just don't know enough about them to have any comfort level with what to do.

I may be better off using defraggler for my computers with multiple drives. But I'd like to understand how to modify MD to make it work like I want it to.

Thanks anyway.

[jeroen]

I may be better off using defraggler for my computers with multiple drives. But I'd like to understand how to modify MD to make it work like I want it to.

Open the properties of your scheduled task and add the disks to the commandline.... it's as simple as that. If the commandline is now

Code:

"c:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD"

then it would become

Code:

"c:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD" C: D: E:

or whatever disks you want. Notice that you have to specify the disks outside the quotes.

[speedlever]

Thanks. That seems pretty straightforward.

However, it seems to conflict with the instructions under CommandLine:
The MyDefrag script interpreter ("c:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\MyDefrag.exe") accepts the following commandline parameters. The parameters can also be used with scripts, for example "OptimizeWeekly.MyD -v C:".

The drive parameter is inside the quotes.

[jeroen]

However, it seems to conflict with the instructions under CommandLine:

In that example the quotes are there to show which part is text and which part is commandline. The quotes are not part of the commandline.

[chucko]

minor thread hijack:

Running V4.27 on Server 2003.

I modified the default scheduled task as you described previously to include the drive letters of the drives that I wanted to defrag.

"c:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD" C: F:

and saved the modified task properly.  This task is the only MyDefrag task that I have defined on the system.

The problem is that when the task runs it still attempts to defrag all of the drives on the system  (C: D: F: Z:).

Am I doing something wrong or is this a glich in the matrix?

[BloodySword]

Check your VOLUMESELECT block:

VolumeSelect
  CommandlineVolumes() //Selects only the volumes that are in the commandline.
  and Mounted(yes) //Adds a condition to the volume select wich means that the volumes from the commandline MUST be mounted.
VolumeActions
//...

It seems that your script says "all" inside of the VolumeSelect. The commandline volumes are then ignored and all volumes on the system will be selected.

[chucko]

I was just using the default daily defrag script that comes with MyDefrag.  Looking at that script, I see the following:

  CommandlineVolumes()
  and Removable(no)
  and Writable(yes)
  and Mounted(yes)

So if I'm understanding you correctly I should change the script to this:

  CommandlineVolumes(yes)
  and Removable(no)
  and Writable(yes)
  and Mounted(yes)

Correct?

[BloodySword]

Normally it should work like you combined it in the first place. Don't know why all drives are selected even if you only given two special...

[jeroen]

Am I doing something wrong or is this a glich in the matrix?

To determine the color of the pill you could take a look at the debug logfile. See I have a problem! for instructions.

[chucko]

OK, here is what I've found so far.

This is the command line from the scheduled task:

"C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD" C: D:

and here is what the beginning of the mydefrag.debuglog file shows:

Version: MyDefrag v4.2.7
Date: 2010/01/16 01:00:00
Windows version: v5.2 build 3790 S
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\MyDefrag.exe" "C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD"
Working Directory: C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts
Userid: administrator
InstallPath = C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\
01:00:00 Debug = 47
01:00:00 BatteryPower = ask
01:00:00 DiskmapFlip = ON
01:00:00 FileMoveChunkSize = 1073741824
01:00:00 OtherInstances = ask
01:00:00 PreventPowerSaving = ON
01:00:00 PreventScreenSaving = ON
01:00:00 Process priority is now NORMAL.
01:00:00 Slowdown = 100.000000
01:00:00 WhenFinished = wait
01:00:00 WindowSize = restore
01:00:00 Finished executing the script.
01:00:00 Original ScreenSaverTimeout = 1800
01:00:00 Original PowerOffTimeout = 3600
01:00:00 Running script: C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD
01:00:00   Locating file: C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD
01:00:00     Found: C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD
01:00:00   Loading file into memory: C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD
01:00:00   Converting from UTF-8 into Unicode.
01:00:00 Replacing macros.
01:00:00 Script:

It does not appear that it is picking up the two drives from the command line.  All drives were in fact defragged again when this ran.

[BloodySword]

The VolumeSelect will be shown in the part AFTER the script was parsed, not at the beginning of the log.

[chucko]

Here is the applicable part of the log regarding volumeselect:

01:00:00 Compiling the script.
01:00:00 Executing the script.
01:00:00 WhenFinished = exit
01:00:00 Read key 'Software\MyDefrag\WindowPosition' from registry: '192 792 38 538 0 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1024 768'
01:00:00 Starting VolumeSelect (at line 19 column 1).
01:00:00 Loading list of volumes...
01:00:00   Volume found: \\?\Volume{ca9d68a4-e812-11de-8c21-806e6f6e6963}\
01:00:00   Volume found: \\?\Volume{ca9d68a5-e812-11de-8c21-806e6f6e6963}\
01:00:00   Volume found: \\?\Volume{26f8d2c3-e74e-11de-add7-806e6f6e6963}\
01:00:00   Volume found: \\?\Volume{26f8d2c2-e74e-11de-add7-806e6f6e6963}\
01:00:00   Volume found: \\?\Volume{f2435494-e7a5-11de-addb-505054503030}\
01:00:00 Matching volumes with drives...
01:00:00   Volume '\\?\Volume{26f8d2c2-e74e-11de-add7-806e6f6e6963}\' is mounted on 'A:\'.
01:00:00   Volume '\\?\Volume{ca9d68a4-e812-11de-8c21-806e6f6e6963}\' is mounted on 'C:\'.
01:00:00   Volume '\\?\Volume{ca9d68a5-e812-11de-8c21-806e6f6e6963}\' is mounted on 'D:\'.
01:00:00   Volume '\\?\Volume{26f8d2c3-e74e-11de-add7-806e6f6e6963}\' is mounted on 'E:\'.
01:00:00   Volume '\\?\Volume{f2435494-e7a5-11de-addb-505054503030}\' is mounted on 'G:\'.
01:00:00 Matching volumes with mountpoints...
01:00:00 Starting VolumeBoolean for 'A:' ('\\?\Volume{26f8d2c2-e74e-11de-add7-806e6f6e6963}').
01:00:00   Volume medium is removable.
01:00:00   Finished VolumeBoolean: FALSE
01:00:00 Starting VolumeBoolean for 'C:' ('\\?\Volume{ca9d68a4-e812-11de-8c21-806e6f6e6963}').
01:00:00   Volume medium is not removable.
01:00:00   Volume is writable.
01:00:00   Volume is mounted.
01:00:00   Finished VolumeBoolean: TRUE
01:00:00 Testing if volume 'C:\' is hybernated.
01:00:00   No, not hybernated.
01:00:00 Counting zones.
01:00:00   There are 5 zones.
01:00:00 Starting VolumeActions.
01:00:00 Processing disk C:
01:00:00   Cleaning up old data from memory.
01:00:00     Finished cleaning up old data from memory.
01:00:00   Starting to analyze volume 'C:' (\\?\Volume{ca9d68a4-e812-11de-8c21-806e6f6e6963})
01:00:00     NTFS reserved area: from Ă806432 to 1806592 (160 clusters).
01:00:00     BytesPerSector (from IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_GEOMETRY): 512
01:00:01     This is an NTFS disk.

and the end of the log:

01:51:11 Finished VolumeSelect.
01:51:11 Finished with disk G:
01:51:11 Finished executing the script.
01:51:11 Resetting ScreenSaverTimeout to 1800
01:51:11 Resetting PowerOffTimeout to 3600

[BloodySword]

You cuttet the VolumeSelects for the other drives out. But I noticed, that the parameters c: and d: are ignored somehow:

"C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD" C: D:

Version: MyDefrag v4.2.7
Date: 2010/01/16 01:00:00
Windows version: v5.2 build 3790 S
Commandline: "C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\MyDefrag.exe" "C:\Program Files\MyDefrag v4.2.7\Scripts\OptimizeDaily.MyD"

Could it be that the sheduler did not save the additional parameters?