Power control scrpt

markr1963 · 02-18-2009, 11:14 PM

Does anyone have a script that shuts down computers only if they are powered on? A client is trying this and is finding that when a shut down job is aimed at a PC that is powered off that job will run as soon as the device powers up. Not good!

I had a go using a run script job to ping the device but that returned a success code even though the machine was switched off.

TIA

Mark

snapdad · 02-19-2009, 08:39 AM

This may help:

http://www.altirigos.com/vbulletin/k...ly-turned.html

markr1963 · 02-19-2009, 08:26 PM

Yes, it will.

Many thanks.

nlptc · 03-18-2009, 01:17 PM

it works however if the computer is shut off the job wont reschedule itself to run the next day like i want. Any ideas on how to fix this?

andykn · 03-18-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nlptc

it works however if the computer is shut off the job wont reschedule itself to run the next day like i want. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Create a job to run daily that uses the "axsched" command to run the job on the Group you want to run on.

nlptc · 03-18-2009, 07:57 PM

sorry i am not familar with that how would i do that?

nlptc · 03-23-2009, 01:52 PM

Brandon · 03-23-2009, 02:31 PM

Use the agents available with Task Server to accomplish this. Just be sure to roll out the power control agent first.

andykn · 03-23-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nlptc

sorry i am not familar with that how would i do that?

You need to look up the syntax of the axsched command in the DS manual Appendix.

The create a new Job, Run Script Task, Run on Deployment Server, command line something like

axsched groupname jobname time

use 00/00/00 00:00 for immediate and schedule the task.

PWenham · 03-30-2009, 11:13 AM

I have just created a power management solution VB Script as I too had the same problems as you did.

My shutdown script checks the local time of the PC, if it is within 10 mins of the specified time, it will shut it down. If not, it assumes the PC was off at the time and so the task fails. It also only shuts down if the PC has no one logged in (windows PC at CTRL ALT DEL) as I didnt want to be responsible for loss of data.

I will have to check with my employer if I can post it or not as they have paid me to develop it, what I can say is that you need two functions, one to check the time and one to see who is logged on. If both return true, run a cmdline shutdown.

Petrucci914 · 04-04-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by snapdad

This may help:

That does work, but oddly it still powers on the machine if it is off..but the job errors out like it should. Weird.