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Parameters
Parameter
Description
job
The job's display name or GUID.
target
Use either SERVER or PROXY.
scheme
Use one of the following:BASIC. Authentication scheme where the user name and password are sent in clear-text to the server or proxy.DIGEST. A challenge-response authentication scheme that uses a server-specified data string for the challenge.NTLM. A challenge-response authentication scheme that uses the credentials of the user for authentication in a Windows network environment.NEGOTIATE (also known as the Simple and Protected Negotiation protocol). A challenge-response authentication scheme that negotiates with the server or proxy to determine which scheme to use for authentication. Examples are the Kerberos protocol and NTLM.PASSPORT. A centralized authentication service provided by Microsoft that offers a single logon for member sites.
Examples
To remove credentials from the job named myDownloadJob:
bitsadmin /removecredentials myDownloadJob SERVER BASIC
bitsadmin replaceremoteprefix
Changes the remote URL for all files in the job from oldprefix to newprefix, as necessary.
Syntax
bitsadmin /replaceremoteprefix <job> <oldprefix> <newprefix>
Parameters
Parameter
Description
job
The job's display name or GUID.
oldprefix
Existing URL prefix.
newprefix
New URL prefix.
Examples
To change the remote URL for all files in job named myDownloadJob, from http://stageserver to http://prodserver.
bitsadmin /replaceremoteprefix myDownloadJob http://stageserver http://prodserver
Additional information
Command-Line Syntax Key
bitsadmin command
bitsadmin reset
Cancels all jobs in the transfer queue owned by the current user. You can't reset jobs created by Local System. Instead, you must be an administrator and use the task scheduler to schedule this command as a task using the Local System credentials.
Note
If you have administrator privileges in BITSAdmin 1.5 and earlier, the /reset switch will cancel all the jobs in the queue. Additionally, the /allusers option isn't supported.
Syntax
bitsadmin /reset [/allusers]
Parameters
Parameter
Description
/allusers
Optional. Cancels all jobs in the queue owned by the current user. You must have administrator privileges to use this parameter.
Examples
To cancel all the jobs in the transfer queue for the current user.
bitsadmin /reset
bitsadmin resume
Activates a new or suspended job in the transfer queue. If you resumed your job by mistake, or simply need to suspend your job, you can use the bitsadmin suspend switch to suspend the job.
Syntax
bitsadmin /resume <job>
Parameters
Parameter
Description
job
The job's display name or GUID.