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~Pippy Prenisonoopsi
Apr 19, 2016, 1:23 PM
2 Posts

Win Update restart server without waiting for Domino

  • Category: Domino Server
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 9.0.1
  • Role: Administrator
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  • Replies: 3

Hi

One of my clients Windows Server Administrators have decided to let Windows Update restart the server automatically. The thing is that it doesn't seem to shut down the Domino server correctly. It shuts down the service but it seems like it doesn't wait for Domino to shut down properly.

When I shut down the service manually in Service Manager, it takes a couple of seconds until it says "stopped". When I shut down Domino from the console it can take a couple of minutes before it is shut down, so I guess that Win Think that Domino have closed as soon as the service have stopped.

Is there a way to solve this? Maybe some sort of delay? I am not very good at Windows and the guys administrating Windows say that this a Domino problem.

The server is running Windows Server 2008 R2 standard.

Thanks in advance.

/J

~Tanita Nonfreeski
Apr 21, 2016, 5:59 PM
9 Posts
Shutdown script

You can create a Windows shutdown script in AD GPO or local server's policy settings. In the case below, Domino was installed on D drive.

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~Pippy Prenisonoopsi
May 16, 2016, 6:51 AM
2 Posts
Thanks. We will test and see if we can get it to work.

 

~Vera Zekfoogengon
Aug 5, 2016, 4:55 PM
196 Posts
Some additional things you can try to make shutdown happen more quickly

I would also shut down IBM Domino Diagnostics and IBM License Metric Tool in the shutdown batch file. These run as Windows services, and can be shut down with net stop >service name> as the Domino server task itself can be. 

Another approach to the shutdown delay is to use program documents to stop Domino tasks on the server based on the schedule followed for Windows Updates. For example, if Windows Updates are installed at 1 am on Sundays, then schedule the shutdown of tasks such AMgr, Router, HTTP, Indexer, Replica, AdminP, etc., through program documents for 12:50 am. With most or all tasks listed in the ServerTasks= line of the server's Notes.INI shut down, you will find that Domino should not take long to shut down completely.


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