Remote Server Reboot – How to Reboot When Not Local

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When you are remoted into a server that may be an hour away, and you have to reboot it, what is the best way to reboot it?

Best Answer

@KCotreau: Your method is no guarantee that the server won't get hung up on the shutdown. It may seem more likely that it will reboot successfully but I doubt there's any data to support that supposition. If you want to make absolutley sure that you can remotely reboot a server and recover it if it hangs, you need remotely controlled power and an IP kvm.

Personally, I reboot our servers the usual way and if one of them hangs up I deal with it... that's part of the job. I can tell you that in my 11 years in the IT field that the instances of a server hanging up on a reboot could be counted on 1 hand.

I get where you're coming from but if I spent my time worrying about something that might happen, without evidence showing that it's likely to happen, I'd never leave the house.

At any rate, you've worked out a method for yourself and it looks sound, so I say if it makes you comfortable to do it that way then carry on.

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