Comments on: Various ways to reboot a Windows Server remotely http://www.binarywar.com/2009/11/various-ways-to-reboot-a-windows-server-remotely/ My KB. If it helps someone else who is searching for answers...great! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Aaron http://www.binarywar.com/2009/11/various-ways-to-reboot-a-windows-server-remotely/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Aaron Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:34:19 +0000 http://www.binarywar.com/2009/11/various-ways-to-reboot-a-windows-server-remotely/#comment-7 Thanks. you are right, there was an unspoken assumption there that IIS is installed. i'll add a note for that, and also one for network kvms. Thanks. you are right, there was an unspoken assumption there that IIS is installed. i’ll add a note for that, and also one for network kvms.

]]> By: Eli http://www.binarywar.com/2009/11/various-ways-to-reboot-a-windows-server-remotely/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Eli Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:05:38 +0000 http://www.binarywar.com/2009/11/various-ways-to-reboot-a-windows-server-remotely/#comment-6 Great list. I forgot that there were that many tools. The out of band tools like the PDU and DRAC/iDRAC/io devices are also great for telling you if something else is wrong (temperature, fan speeds, voltage issues) plus they are really the only way to make this really platform independent. Sometimes, even ESX fails and it is good to have a way to kill it when you can't get it to respond. network KVM's while often painfully slow, can help as well. Quick note about IISReset, you obviously have to have IIS installed. Since most MS technologies rely on it in some way, it is not a stretch to assume it is there. Also, any time you kill processes quickly, you risk data loss, so before you pull the plug, do everything you can to verify your backup. Great list. I forgot that there were that many tools. The out of band tools like the PDU and DRAC/iDRAC/io devices are also great for telling you if something else is wrong (temperature, fan speeds, voltage issues) plus they are really the only way to make this really platform independent. Sometimes, even ESX fails and it is good to have a way to kill it when you can’t get it to respond. network KVM’s while often painfully slow, can help as well.

Quick note about IISReset, you obviously have to have IIS installed. Since most MS technologies rely on it in some way, it is not a stretch to assume it is there. Also, any time you kill processes quickly, you risk data loss, so before you pull the plug, do everything you can to verify your backup.

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