Is there a way to schedule server reboots using Active Directory?

[hervebin]

Is there a way to schedule server reboots using Active Directory?

Thanks

 

[jrbarnett]

Using Active Directory, no, but using the task manager and the shutdown command it is perfectly possible.

Create a task to run out of hours when there are no overnight processes - eg backups - running, then use

shutdown -r -c "Weekly Reboot"

to schedule it once a week at that time.

It needs to be run under the context of an account with permission to shut down the computer.

John

 

[58sniper]

Just curious as to the need to reboot servers on a scheduled basis?

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)

 

[hervebin]

Because I use WUS to update my servers.
And sometimes they need to reboot with theses updates.
So I would like to perform a reboot a time per week, to maintain my servers up to date.

Thank you for your answer.

RV

PS: sorry for my english, but I am french

 

[terry712]

wus should only update once a month though

 

[hervebin]

I need to maintain my servers the most up to date!!
not once a month through.
And some security patches ask to reboot servers.

If I make a scheduled task, with a specific username, when I will change the password of this account, I will need to change all task on each server.
With one hundred servers...

RV

 

[porkchopexpress]

MS only release patches once a month tho so you should only have to reboot them once a month, also with 2k3 sp1 alot of patches don't require a reboot.

As for the rebooting you could use PSShutdown this tool will only need to be installed on one box, you can then run a script on that box to remotly reboot the other servers. All you do is list the other servers in a text file and it runs through rebooting them remotly, i use this for shutting down all of our workstations at the end of the day.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsShutdown.html

 

[hervebin]

You are right !
In fact I'll search the same functionnality that in my Citrix farm.
The script is the best solution.
Thanks everybody.

See you next time.

RV

 

[ScottCr]

Or...following on from jrbarnett's advice you could just schedule a batch file on one server with the following

shutdown -r -m \\server1 -c "Monthly Reboot"
shutdown -r -m \\server2 -c "Monthly Reboot"
shutdown -r -c "Monthly Reboot"


This will reboot servers 1 and 2 and then itself.

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Windows and NT Admin.