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job
The job's display name or GUID.
Examples
To retrieve information for the job named myDownloadJob and wrap the output text:
bitsadmin /wrap /info myDownloadJob /verbose
bitsadmin
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10
Bitsadmin is a command-line tool used to create, download or upload jobs, and to monitor their progress. The bitsadmin tool uses switches to identify the work to perform. You can call bitsadmin /? or bitsadmin /help to get a list of switches.
bitsadmin /?
bitsadmin /help
Most switches require a <job> parameter, which you set to the job's display name, or GUID. A job's display name doesn't have to be unique. The /create and /list switches return a job's GUID.
<job>
By default, you can access information about your own jobs. To access information for another user's jobs, you must have administrator privileges. If the job was created in an elevated state, then you must run bitsadmin from an elevated window; otherwise, you'll have read-only access to the job.
Many of the switches correspond to methods in the BITS interfaces. For additional details that may be relevant to using a switch, see the corresponding method.
Use the following switches to create a job, set and retrieve the properties of a job, and monitor the status of a job. For examples that show how to use some of these switches to perform tasks, see bitsadmin examples.
Available switches
bootcfg addsw
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012
Adds operating system load options for a specified operating system entry.
Syntax
bootcfg /addsw [/s <computer> [/u <domain>\<user> /p <password>]] [/mm <maximumram>] [/bv] [/so] [/ng] /id <osentrylinenum>
Parameters
Term
Definition
/s <computer>
Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer (don't use backslashes). The default is the local computer.
/u <domain>\<user>
Runs the command with the account permissions of the user specified by <user> or <domain>\<user>. The default is the permissions of the current logged on user on the computer issuing the command.
/p <password>
Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter.
/mm <maximumram>
Specifies the maximum amount of RAM, in megabytes, that the operating system can use. The value must be equal to or greater than 32 Megabytes.
/bv
Adds the /basevideo option to the specified <osentrylinenum>, directing the operating system to use standard VGA mode for the installed video driver.
/so
Adds the /sos option to the specified <osentrylinenum>, directing the operating system to display device driver names while they are being loaded.
/ng
Adds the /noguiboot option to the specified <osentrylinenum>, disabling the progress bar that appears before the CTRL+ALT+DEL logon prompt.
/id <osentrylinenum>
Specifies the operating system entry line number in the [operating systems] section of the Boot.ini file to which the operating system load options are added. The first line after the [operating systems] section header is 1.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
/s <computer>
/u <domain>\<user>
<user>
<domain>\<user>
/p <password>
/mm <maximumram>
<osentrylinenum>
<osentrylinenum>
<osentrylinenum>
/id <osentrylinenum>
Examples
To use the bootcfg /addsw command:
bootcfg /addsw /mm 64 /id 2
bootcfg /addsw /so /id 3
bootcfg /addsw /so /ng /s srvmain /u hiropln /id 2
bootcfg /addsw /ng /id 2
bootcfg /addsw /mm 96 /ng /s srvmain /u maindom\hiropln /p p@ssW23 /id 2
bootcfg copy
Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012
Makes a copy of an existing boot entry, to which you can add command-line options.
Syntax
bootcfg /copy [/s <computer> [/u <domain>\<user> /p <password>]] [/d <description>] [/id <osentrylinenum>]
Parameters