I would do it for all TS systems. Depends on the applications and users, obviously - some will run for weeks and weeks without issues, others need constant attention.
But generally, IME, the longer these systems run for (unless you aggressively clean up sessions, profiles, data, etc.) the more they exhibit general weirdness and instability. That's why (in XenApp anyway) you get policies for scheduling restarts - because it's a common thing to do. I prefer to combine the regular reboot with a technology like PVS that returns the system to a pristine image state on restart. Cheers, JR On 25 February 2014 15:26, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > is this your M.O. for XenApp only, or all TS servers? > > I ask because I have XA fundamentals XA PS4 , 2008r2 RDS and 2012 RDS > servers I maintain. > > Thanks > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:54:13 +0000 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Maintenance Reboots of Guest VM's. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > On a XenApp server, a weekly reboot is probably not enough. > > Most I've seen are on 48-hour or even 24-hour reboot schedules. The > multi-user nature of the things (which means users invariably leave hung > sessions, abandoned sessions, runaway processes) more or less necessitates > this as a support function. > > So XenApp would get rebooted (physical or virtual) but I wouldn't do it > for any other server. > > My two cents' worth. > > > > JR > > > On 25 February 2014 14:51, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > > I inherited a VM on an ESX host, and it has the Sunday night 1 am reboot > scheduled (2008 xenapp/ts) > > I figured if thats they way they had it for years why change it. > > I will add that I have since deployed a number of hyper-v guests (DC's, > File Servers Exchange, on 2012 servers and have no reboots scheduled > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Maintenance Reboots of Guest VM's. > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:35:26 -0500 > > > I'm trying to get some straight information on doing maintenance reboots > of virtual systems. Some people I've talked to say yes, others say no. > > I've been doing systems admin work for a long time now, but only recently > have had to get up close and personal with VM's on ESX hosts. > > Yes? No? Why or why not? > > Learning new stuff is a good thing. > > John M. > > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > --------------------- > RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization > Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk > -- *James Rankin* --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk
