Re: Give End User Ability to Reboot Server

From: John Savidge (wh_at_t)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:59:51 -0000

There are no issues as such. We had a couple of power failures and there was
a fault with our UPS which has now been recitified.

What I am facing is a knee-jeck reaction to this essentially.

John

"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
news:eIvTTK80EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> John, what kind of problems are you having with your system that's causing
> this issue to be raised in the first place? Frankly, most SBS servers run
> just fine for weeks and months without a need to be rebooted (except when
> installing new service patches). Furthermore, if there is a specific
> problem, simply doing a reboot without doing an initial diagnosis is not
> good, as you may lose vital information as to what's causing the problem.
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "John Savidge" <wh@t> wrote in message
> news:uBUoCC70EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>I forgot to mention a couple of this that might help. Office staff in our
>>company start at 9am. Our design office starts work at 7am. I am an
>>experienced SBS admin so am clued up on terminal services etc for remote
>>login.
>>
>> The problem is that if a problem occurs before I turn up at the office in
>> a morning the design office are left unable to do any work.
>>
>> To be honest this is a silly managerial thing which I have to do and will
>> never really be made use of.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any options as this is something I've never had to
>> consider before.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in
>> message news:O8qQoY60EHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> I understand your situation, but you will have to explain your boss that
>>> what he wants can do more harm than good. And there are other ways to do
>>> things.
>>>
>>> Why would a server need to be rebooted and why would anybody need access
>>> to
>>> the console for that?? Everybody can find the reset button and push it.
>>> No
>>> need to be an administrator for it.
>>>
>>> If an assistant has limited computer knowledge, how do you expect
>>> him/her to
>>> do basic diagnosting on a server???
>>>
>>> You do know that you can remote into the server and do anything from
>>> anywhere except push the reset buttton (but you can reboot if from the
>>> menu)
>>> and feed a CD?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Marina
>>> Microsoft SBS-MVP
>>>
>>> "John Savidge" <wh@t> schreef in bericht
>>> news:e$ufwE60EHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> My Boss has asked me to train an assistant to reboot our servers and to
>>> some
>>>> basic server diagnosis. The trainee has limited computer knowledge so I
>>> want
>>>> to keep them restricted in what they can do to/with the server.
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking about giving him backup user rights on the servers. Will
>>> this
>>>> be enough to view server configurations and reboot while not giving
>>>> them
>>>> full admin rights and access to client PCs/files etc?
>>>>
>>>> I don't particularly want to do this but am under instruction to make
>>>> this
>>>> possible.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks In Advance
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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