Reboot schedule

[KDaniel]

Looking for recommendation for reboot as part of maintenance
for CTX 1.8 on TSE. Currently rebooting 2 wks interval.
Should it be shorter???Longer???

 

[CitrixEngineer]

It really depends on your own needs - some sites I visit have daily reboot schedules, a very few others are fine for a month. Most stick to once a week - but if you are not having major issues, then your cycle should be fine.

 

[KDaniel]

Thx,I am experiencing blank screens and a very high thread count at times. I am now rebooting every 2 weeks as a result. Looking for a reboot script tried a couple found on web already not very good.

any suggestions appreciated.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

You can use the AT command that comes with NT;

AT [\\computername] time [/INTERACTIVE] [/EVERY:date[....] | /NEXT:date[....]] "command"

Type AT /? in a cmd window to get a full description of this command. Note, it must be used in conjunction with the NT task scheduler.

There are other tools available, but this works, with a bit of playing, and you've already paid for it ;-)

I hope this helps

 

[DaveNamou]

You should also create a batch file that runs before the reboot to cleanup the server a bit. You can then schedule the batch file to run using the AT command. Here is an example

==Night.bat==
RD U:\Temp /S /Q
MD U:\Temp
Del U:\WTSRV\*.tmp
Shutdown 60 /Delay:15 /reboot
==end========

Line 1 Removes the Temp directory and anything in the Temp directory that is orphaned. /S is to include the subdirectory. /Q is to disables the confirmation promt.
Line 2 recreates the temp directory.
Line 3 deletes all the temp files created for Terminal Services for each user. You should see quite a few of them in the Systemroot.
Line 4 reboots the server and gives a 60 second warning.

Dave Namou, MCSE CCEA