Hi,
Is there a way to run a batch file that would shutdown and restart Lotus Domino server at night ?
Thanks is advance
Subject: Why do you want to do this nightly?
Subject: Stop and restat
It is the only time that there is no one on the system.
Subject: Re: batch file to shutdown and restart Domino server
I just got into this myself.
A few thoughts…
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Using the Windows scheduler requires an ID/Password and it must be updated every time the password changes (often a regular occurance for security reasons). That may or may not be an issue in your environment.
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Using a program document in Notes has the advantage of being able to run without having to manage the ID/password issues. It has some limitations, however, in what can be done since the commands only run while Domino is up.
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If you are running under VM, you may be able to use the VM hypervisor to restart the system (if you need/want to reboot Windows). That may be able to run without an ID/password as well.
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Warning: if you use a program document, do not use command=‘nserver’ parms=‘-q’ — Instead, use command=‘nserver’ parms=‘-C “quit”’ (omit the single quotes). This is because the “-q” doesn’t return until the server is shutdown…but the server won’t shutdown until the program document finishes (a deadlock–and ugly).
Subject: Stop and start
If installed as service on Windows :
net stop “DominoServiceName”
net start “DominoServiceName”
by default “DominoServiceName”=“Lotus Domino Server (LotusDominoData)”
Subject: “restart server” at Domino Console also works.
You could create a program record that runs nightly and does the following
server -c “restart server”
-c is just a command line option to send the followind command to the domino console.
Subject: nserver -q
Running :
\nserver.exe -q
always used to shut down the domino server. I’m assuming this still works in 8.5.