Script the shutdown command with the required parameters, using a service account with the necessary credentials. As long as you have got a list of your servers, you should be good to go. you could run this as a scheduled task deployed via 2008 Group policy preferences if you wanted a GPO method.
There are many other ways however - Citrix Presentation Server Console and VirtualCenter scheduled tasks are two that are currently used here that come to mind 2009/7/22 Tom Miller <[email protected]> > Hi Folks: > > Suggestions on server reboot methods? I've tried a number over the years > and none seem to be 100% perfect (user's logged in, expired password)? > > Suggestions? I'd really like to be able to control it via a GPO if > possible. > > > > Tom Miller > Engineer, Information Technology > Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board > 757-788-0528 > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
