JSI Tip 5177. How do I shutdown a Windows 2000 Terminal Server?

Jerold Schulman

April 15, 2002

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If you simply shutdown a Windows 2000 Terminal Server, users are NOT notifiedthat their sessions will end.

The proper ways to shutdown a Windows 2000 Terminal Server is to use the tsshutdn command.

The syntax of the tsshutdn commands is:

tsshutdn wait_time [ /server: ] /reboot /powerdown /delay: log_off_delay /v

where:

Parameter

Description

wait_time

How long to wait after the user is notified before logging the user off. The default is 60 seconds.

/server:

Specifies which Terminal Server to shutdown. The default is the local Terminal Server.

/reboot

Shutdown and restart the Terminal Server. This is the default action.

/powerdown

Shutdown and power off the Terminal Server, if the computer supports APM (Advanced Power Management).

/delay: log_off_delay

Specifies how long after the users are logged off to wait before beginning the shutdown. The default is 30 seconds.

/v

Displays verbose status messages.

Examples

To wait 60 seconds after notifying all clients, shutting down and restarting the local Terminal Server 30 seconds after the clients are logged off:

tsshtudown

        or

tsshtudown /v

NOTE: The users will receive System is shutting down in 60 seconds.

To wait 5 minutes after notifying all clients, shutting down and restarting the local Terminal Server 1 minute after the clients are logged off:

tsshutdn 300 /reboot /delay:60 /v

NOTE: The users will receive System is shutting down in 300 seconds.

To wait 2 minutes after notifying all clients of JSI002, shutting down and restarting the Terminal Server 1 minute after the clients are logged off:

tsshutdn 120 /server:JSI002 /delay:60 /v 

NOTE: The users will receive System is shutting down in 120 seconds.



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