As a random aside, I've written corporate policies before where, if I found you arbitrarily logging on to a server "itself" (either physically, or via RDP) to "check something", when the management console was available on your desktop, I'd start you on the path to termination. With you doing this stuff in a way that leads to reboots, I doubt I'd even need more than one call to HR.
Leave the server alone. Use your workstation and the remote tools properly. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:29 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, yeah... but I don't choose to load down my workstation with a whole > bunch of management consoles and associated crap. :D > > > > From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:23 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > > Agreed. I can run the VIPRE console on the server but choose to do it from > my desktop machine instead. It's rarely open on the server. > > > Roger Wright > ___ > Dr. Seuss is my favorite rapper! Cat - Hat... sheer genius! > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > Why on earth have the console running all the time, then? > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:14 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> > wrote: > Nope... it's not the Vipre server that's the problem, it's the console. > Guess I'll just have to live with manually shutting down the console if I > want to reboot the server. It's not that big a deal now that I've decided > not to automatically reboot the server weekly. > > > > From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > > how about a "net stop <vipre services>". I can't test right now, but that > seems like it would stop the console too. there's two key vipre services, > by the way. If you can "net stop", there's no reason to taskkill > ________________________________________ > From: Andrew S. Baker [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > Well, if they (app vendor) offer no programmatic way to shut the console > down, and they (app vendor) are suggesting that you kill the task, then > your > only other alternative will be an application that programmatically manages > the dialog boxes. This approach will likely be complicated by the state > of > the server (e.g. workstation locked). > > Process killing is rarely fraught with peril... > > ASB > http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:44 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose there’s no real reason to reboot the server on a scheduled basis… > THAT server has never had any real issues… As for not running the Console > remotely, I really don’t wish to install it on another machine as it’s a > bit > of a resource hog. As far as taskkill, I just don’t like killing off a > process “just because”, and that’s what that seems like to me. > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:25 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Vipre console hangs server on reboot > > A - Why are you rebooting the server on a scheduled basis? > > > B - Why are you not running the Vipre console remotely? > > C - What's wrong with Taskkill (assuming you don't wish to address the > previous two issues)? > ASB > http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to manually shut down Vipre Enterprise Console if I want the server > to come up on a scheduled reboot, otherwise it hangs the server and I have > to manually power-cycle the server to get it to work. I checked with > Sunbelt > support and they said there is no way to *programmatically* close the > console when I reboot the server (scheduled task, so it's non-interactive.) > They suggested using Microsoft's TaskKill. Anyone got any better > suggestions? 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