SMS: Smsboot.exe Description and Syntax

• Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SUMMARY

Smsboot.exe, included in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit: Part One, 1996, restarts a remote computer that runs Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation.

Smsboot.exe runs on the following hardware platforms: Alpha, MIPS, x86.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is a sample command line. The description of each option or switch is included below.

   smsboot  -n:remote_computer  [-d:delay]  [-f]  [-m:"message"]  [-r] 

• -n:remote_computer specifies the NetBIOS machine name of a remote computer to restart. Note that SMSBOOT cannot restart the local computer.



• -d:delay specifies the number of seconds before shutdown of the remote computer. The default is 30.



• -f specifies that SMSBOOT will not wait for applications with pending changes. The default is to wait for each application with a pending change.



• -m:"message" specifies a message to be displayed on the remote computer console. The default is "Remote shutdown initiated."



• -r specifies that SMSBOOT will not prompt the remote computer console to restart after shutdown. The default is to prompt before restarting.



• /? provides a usage statement.

Additional query words: prodsms reboot rebooting rebooted

Keywords : smsutil
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo