There are several events clearly visible in the event viewer that
show when a server rebooted. However, a far simpler method
to compile stats is to use the Task Scheduler on each server to
invoke the following batch file:
@echo off
echo %date% %time% %ComputerName% Reboot >>
\\CentralServer\SomeShare\%ComputerName%.log
(the second line is one single long line!)
Now get your technicians to examine these log files each day.
Very quick, very convenient!
"Steve" <Steve@community.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Ok thanks, is there anything in the event viewer I can look at as well to
> tell me of the server rebooted?
>
> what i'm doing is creating a utility to allow some folks to look at the
> status of servers (database servers and windows server) to get stats on
> them, such as when and if it rebooted, SQL jobss, etc. so if there is
> something I can read in the eventviewer for this, that would be better
> then having to log into 15 or so servers to determine if they rebooted or
> not every week.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Vc0bkP2HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Steve" <Steve@community.nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23ETT$IP2HHA.5740@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I have servers that get rebooted on a weekly basis, it is now my task to
>> confirm that the servers did in deed reboot. Now I just got this task and
>> I'm no server admin, so how can I tell if a server did actaully reboot or
>> not?
>>
>> ================
>>
>> Run this command from a Command Prompt:
>>
>> net statistics server
>>
>> It will tell you how long the server has been running.
>>
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