Reboot Server with Scheduled Task

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Mar 14, 2024
1 min read
Description of Issue

Basic task schedule for a one time server reboot.

Context

  • Time & Attendance

  • Application Server

  • Task Scheduler

  • Reboot Server

Cause

Question to TSM about setting the application server for a controlled reboot?

Resolution

Step-by-step guide to setting a basic Reboot task on a server

  1. Open Task Scheduler

  2. Import Task - Reboot_Once.xml 

  3. General > Security options

    1. Change user to an admin account

    2. Run whether user is logged on or not

    3. Run with highest privileges

    1. Triggers

      1. Select a time, date and occurrence(s) of scheduled task

Additional Information

It is recommended that all Time and Attendance Servers for On Premise Clients are rebooted every 30 days as well as applying Microsoft Windows Updates. The order that they should be rebooted in is as follows:

Database Server(s)
Application Server(s)
Infrastructure Server(s)