auto reboot TS?

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Hi,
Is it right that the TS should be rebooted regularly? If this is correct how
can I get it to do this automatically, say at 4am once a week?
Cheers
Lenny
 
Re: auto reboot TS?

This used to be best practice, but it isn't any longer, unless you
have a good reason to reboot.
In the days that most applications were not compatible with TS, you
often had memory leaks (caused by applications which didn't return
used memory to the system on exit). That was the main cause for
regular reboots.
Nowadays, most appliactions are a bit better and this doesn't occur
as often. But it's still not uncommon. So if you have a memory leak
(inspect available memory during a week or so, when no users are on
the system), then by all means reboot the server once a week.

You can create a scheduled job to execute the shutdown /r command.
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"lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote on 30 jul 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi,
> Is it right that the TS should be rebooted regularly? If this is
> correct how can I get it to do this automatically, say at 4am
> once a week? Cheers
> Lenny
 
Re: auto reboot TS?

lenny wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it right that the TS should be rebooted regularly? If this is correct how
> can I get it to do this automatically, say at 4am once a week?
> Cheers
> Lenny
>
>


Absolutely not. The only reason to reboot a server is if there is a
problem or you are experiencing something like a memory leak. Earlier
versions, for example, of Citrix MetaFrame required regular reboots. I
know of admins who rebooted every night...

If you *are* in a situation where rebooting regularly is necessary, you
should be spending your efforts in identifying the reason and resolving
it that way.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
 
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