SBS2011 (Windows Server 2008 r2) Correct way to Schedule reboot

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I'm after the correct way to schedule a reboot on an SBS2011/WS2008r2 box.

External support company created a reboot.bat file and added a scheduled task to run it at 6am every Monday morning.

reboot.bat contains:

shutdown -r -f

The batch executes correctly and reboots the server cleanly, yet upon reboot the Server is left with the following screen:

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What is the best way to schedule this reboot?

This reboot is to solve performance problems due to running database reports on a Sunday afternoon. I am fully aware about the problems we have by running additional databases on an SBS box (if it were my choice we wouldn't be).

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Best Answer

You should provide the /d option to give a reason for the shutdown in advance.

You can get a list of the reasons available to you by running shutdown /? in a terminal. However, given your scenario I'd use shutdown /r /f /d p:4:1 for "Application maintenance (Planned)".

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