We use the APC strip units - they are very nice. Beats having to go in at
3am to manually reboot a server.
Randy Armbrecht
Global Web Solutions, Inc.
(804) 346-5300
(877) 800-GLOBAL
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From: "Clarence Heier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 12:37 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OFF-Topic: forced reboot over TCP/IP port
> I have had grear luck with Compaq's Remote Insite Board - Lights out
edition
> that let you do it all including power down the server. Also there are
> powerstrips that you can telnet into to powercycle (APC makes some).
>
> Clarence Heier
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>
> Hi Matt - thanks for your message,
>
> > NTRESKIT has a utility called "SHUTDOWN".... It functions much
> > like the Nix
> > command.
>
> Yes, I know, I have actually done a reboot.bat, that first stops all
> important services using the "net stop service" command and then I execute
> the Shutdown.exe.
>
> >
> > What I did in a situation where I needed a remote reboot... Is I would
SSH
> > into one of my linux boxes, and then from there I would Telnet to my NT
> > server. [(Telnet) is another tool that is bundled with
> > NTRESKIT...] and run
> > "SHUTDOWN /R /Y /T:0"
>
> Unfortunatelly shutdown doesn't work always as it shoulds.
> My server is now hanging since 8 hours, noone of the italian hosting
company
> is available (imagine: the company is quoted at the italian stocks
market).
>
> Most services are stopped and not responding anymore - but some still are
> alive.
> I have also installed the Web Administration Kit for NT from MS, that
allows
> to reboot the server using a html-form, but with that sometimes I have the
> same problem.
>
> The tool I am looking for just waits on port xxxx for an incoming
> connection. When telnetting to it it asks a username/password, if that is
> correct the server is software-resetted.... this would be the tool I need.
> I will look out and let you know when I found it.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> Sifrael
>
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