Guest TonyCC Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 When I restart my Windows Server 2003 SP2 server via remote desktop (terminal services) my session will close but the server won't restart. But reconnecting via RDP is not possible anymore. The only solution is by going to the console locally or via the remote Dell DRAC board, and then do a restart from there. The Shutdown -r from a command prompt also works. Any ideas?
Guest Dave Patrick Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Trouble Restarting via RDP What state is the machine when you get there? Event log entries? -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "TonyCC" wrote: > When I restart my Windows Server 2003 SP2 server via remote desktop > (terminal > services) my session will close but the server won't restart. But > reconnecting via RDP is not possible anymore. The only solution is by > going > to the console locally or via the remote Dell DRAC board, and then do a > restart from there. The Shutdown -r from a command prompt also works. > Any > ideas?
Guest TonyCC Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: Trouble Restarting via RDP Well I've been using other methods to restart while logged in via RDP for a while now. I either use shutdown /r from a command prompt or reboot while logging into the console via Dell DRAC. If I remember correctly there wasn't anything obvious in event manager. When logged in via RDP, it made no difference if I clicked OK to reboot after Windows Updates installed, or if I cancled that & went to Start>Shutdown. Logging into the server with the Dell DRAC console after a failed RDP restart attempt, the server appeared normal with a few services shutdown. Using the DRAC console, I was able to restart normally from Start>Shutdown. I will have to initiate a normal restart again from RDP & check for any errors on my next reboot cycle. "Dave Patrick" wrote: > What state is the machine when you get there? Event log entries? > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > > "TonyCC" wrote: > > When I restart my Windows Server 2003 SP2 server via remote desktop > > (terminal > > services) my session will close but the server won't restart. But > > reconnecting via RDP is not possible anymore. The only solution is by > > going > > to the console locally or via the remote Dell DRAC board, and then do a > > restart from there. The Shutdown -r from a command prompt also works. > > Any > > ideas? > >
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