Server needs a darn good reboot!

[gibbo_ap]

i really need to reboot one of our servers! explorer.exe has crashed and as im using the remotedesktops mmc i cant load taskmanager - or anything.

 

this server has no users on now (except guest users and random others - no staff/students)

 

but it does have print audit which im trying to configue

 

meh may just give it a hard reboot.

 

what do u lot do when you cba wait till the end of the day as work on that server is 'todays job' and other jobs are dependant on this

 

 

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[CyberNerd]

hard reboot, hope for the best, then build a new one from scratch so it doesn't happen again

[sted]

reboot at break/dinner if at all possible.

So far today at the school im in ive rebooted the only server about 4 times (had issues mainly wsus logs filling up the c drive requiring a temp shift of pagefile then shifting it back dns deciding to croak been a fun day)

 

would a remote shutdown command work? shutdown -m \\server

[penfold]

If it needs a reboot then reboot it. Do as much as you can to ensure users don't get interrupted(at break or lunch if it can wait - or try to inform them if not), but these things happen. No system is 100% and as long as it doesn't happen all the time don't worry about it. As the other say if it needs rebooting regularly then you may have a bigger problem anyway:p

[sted]

If it needs a reboot then reboot it. Do as much as you can to ensure users don't get interrupted(at break or lunch if it can wait - or try to inform them if not), but these things happen. No system is 100% and as long as it doesn't happen all the time don't worry about it. As the other say if it needs rebooting regularly then you may have a bigger problem anyway:p

 

i ahd one with explorer errors turns out id installed some windows updates months and months ago and never got round to doing a restart lol

[Cools]

i'm with penfold on this... JUST DO IT..

Guest users don't need to be told there guests..

 

Crap happens..

[gibbo_ap]

have loads of printers on this server lol, just hard rebooted - its still being gehy tho. late night ahead me thinks. cant event get to control pannel. the desktop loaded but i cant even click start.

 

looking on taskman performance there 0-1%cpu and 665mb ram used perhaps im asking to much of this 1 1/2 year old server. meh:confused: