Hi Jason, This seems to be the most comprehensive solution. I've posted a comment on that article asking if Santos has any thoughts on working his process into my requirement of rebooting servers pending a reboot 30 mins prior to update installation. Here's hoping.
Daniel. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jason Wallace Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2014 9:15 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: Reboot servers pending a reboot prior to updates Hi John If you are looking for devices with a pending reboot then http://blogs.technet.com/b/smartinez/archive/2014/06/27/reboot-pending-report-how-to-create-the-report.aspx would offer you an end to end solution for any reboots pending Jason ________________________________ From: jaub...@norwoodmedical.com<mailto:jaub...@norwoodmedical.com> To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [mssms] RE: Reboot servers pending a reboot prior to updates Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:09:25 +0000 Mine isn't as complex as this, but it only checks for pending reboots from Windows Update. It wouldn't be hard to add the other pending reboot location in there as well. $reboot =Test-Path 'hklm:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired' if ($reboot -eq 'True'){Restart-Computer localhost -force}ELSE {} This is the command I push out to use it. I ran into issues with 32 vs. 64 bit powershell and hitting different parts of registry. %systemroot%\sysnative\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted .\NeedReboot.ps1 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Corkill, Daniel Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 2:32 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [mssms] Reboot servers pending a reboot prior to updates I want to advertise a script to servers during our maintenance window, 30mins prior to the updates deadline, that will check for reboots pending on the box and if there are any, reboot it. I've found the get-rebootpending PS script here: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Get-PendingReboot-Query-bdb79542#content but it's unclear to me whether this will pickup reboots pending from new device installs, which is important to us. Someone asks for this functionality in the comments but it's never subsequently mentioned. There also doesn't appear to be anyway to use this script to trigger a reboot if one is pending. Is anyone else using something similar? Daniel. ********************************************************************* This email, including any attachment, is confidential to the intended recipient. It may also be privileged and may be subject to copyright. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of the email. Any confidentiality or privilege is not waived. Neither the Council nor the sender warrant that this email does not contain any viruses or other unsolicited items. This email is an informal Council communication. The Council only accepts responsibility for information sent under official letterhead and duly signed by, or on behalf of, the Chief Executive Officer. Privacy Collection Notice Logan City Council may collect your personal information, e.g. name, residential address, phone number etc, in order to conduct its business and/or meet its statutory obligations. The information will only be accessed by employees and/or Councillors of Logan City Council for Council business related activities only. If your personal information will be passed onto a third party, Council will advise you of this disclosure, the purpose of the disclosure and reason why. Your information will not be given to any other person or agency unless you have given us permission or we are required by law. ********************************************************************* This email, including any attachment, is confidential to the intended recipient. It may also be privileged and may be subject to copyright. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of the email. Any confidentiality or privilege is not waived. Neither the Council nor the sender warrant that this email does not contain any viruses or other unsolicited items. This email is an informal Council communication. The Council only accepts responsibility for information sent under official letterhead and duly signed by, or on behalf of, the Chief Executive Officer. Privacy Collection Notice Logan City Council may collect your personal information, e.g. name, residential address, phone number etc, in order to conduct its business and/or meet its statutory obligations. The information will only be accessed by employees and/or Councillors of Logan City Council for Council business related activities only. If your personal information will be passed onto a third party, Council will advise you of this disclosure, the purpose of the disclosure and reason why. Your information will not be given to any other person or agency unless you have given us permission or we are required by law.
