Re: Server reboots in the night

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 15:58:44 -0400

Try disabling the AV update temporarily and see if the problem recurs.

Robin Linton wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> .