Schedule Windows Server 2008 R2 to boot and shutdown

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I just set up Win Server 2008 R2 + SQL Server 2008 R2, and i'd like to schedule two tasks.
One for shutting it down, or putting it to hibernate at a certain time, and one to wake him up.
Both tasks should run every day.
For booting up the system i tried to set up a scheduled task in the BIOS using the internal clock of the machine, but had no luck.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

For this you'll probably need a twofer.

  1. A schedule task in the OS firing off shutdown /h /t 2 at your scheduled time.
  2. One of the following:
    1. A BIOS timer to turn on your server.
    2. Leverage Wake-on-LAN and issue a Wakeup packet at the exact time you want that server powered back on.
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