Re: Domain Controller Reboot

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Hi Dave

Thanks for the taking the time to respond.

So the users will definitely have to log off. I wonder how the system
operators with hundreds of users inform all the users to log off.

Thanks anyway
Richard

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A couple of ways.

From a command prompt;
net sess
net files

Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Computer Management(local)\System
Tools\Shared Folders
Sessions, Open Files

Generally you can just send a console message to all connected users
informing them to save their work because the server will be restarted in
5
minutes.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Richard" wrote:
| Hi
|
| We have a Win 2000 Server as the Domain Controller. After auto window
| updates, we need to reboot the machine. Right now, what I do is wait
when
| all users are logged off to reboot. Or request users to log off, reboot
and
| logon again. Or come back on weekends just to reboot the server.
|
| I was wondering if we were to expand and users need to log on most of
the
| time (24 hours for big corporations), I have always wondered the process
to
| reboot the machine.
|
| Can we use 2 machines as one Domain Controller? Even so, how would I
know
if
| the users are offline to reboot. If it ever comes to that situation, how
| would the administrators need to handle it? Advice appreciated. Many
thanks
| is advance
|
| Richard
|
|




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