Re: Server reboots in the night

From: Robin Linton (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:32:31 -0700

There is no cleaning staff. Yes we do have a UPS box.
The only other scheduled task is our anti virus software
gets updated nightly, but it's not suppose to require a
reboot.
>-----Original Message-----
>First, check to make sure your cleaning staff isn't doing
something stupid
>like plugging their vacuum cleaners into your UPS or
anything like that. Do
>you have a UPS with a management cable to handle power
failure/power
>conditioning? Any other scheduled tasks run at night?
>
>Robin Linton wrote:
>> We recently setup a Windows 2003 server in our office.
>> Every morning when we come in, the server has rebooted
and
>> we have to logon again. I'm not sure when the server is
>> rebooting. I checked the event log and the only thing I
>> can find that even remotely resembles my problem, is the
>> tape backup software logging off and on as
administrator.
>> I disabled the tape backup totest this theory and the
>> server still rebooted. I have the latest and greatest
>> Norton Anti Virus software and no virus has been
>> detected. Does anybody have any suggestions for me to
>> try? Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

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