Maintenance

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Maintenance

Running Mode

There are 2 other optional Running Modes, which can be used when the Administrator needs to do some maintenance, software update, etc.

Message

Prior to changing the Running mode, or for example prior to rebooting the server, the Administrator can send a Message to all users.

Logoff

After sending the Message to all users (and giving them some time...) the Administrator can forcefully logoff all users.

See also ViewUsers

Reboot, ShutDown

The Administrator can Reboot or ShutDown the Server.

Connections

As shown in the example above, AADS Demo can handle 3 sessions, and currently there is 1 session active.

Boot Time

The Boot time and Uptime of the AADServer is shown.


About Reboot and Shutdown

Reboot or Shutdown does always not work

Unfortunately Shutdown or Reboot on Windows does not always work, because:

For all kind of reasons, hardware vendors, together with Microsoft and other software companies, do define new specifications for hardware, power, bios, etc.

UEFI is an example of a specification which is related to this problem. Older hardware might not adhere to the latest UEFI specifications, while a modern version of Windows do expects this.

The reverse is also applicable: an old version of Windows, for example Windows XP or Windows 7, might not have the drivers suitable for a modern piece of hardware including modern ACPI, UEFI, modern bios, etc, with the result that this "old" Windows is not able to shutdown or reboot the server properly.

Behind the AADS buttons "Reboot" and "Shutdown" is some logic that attempts to do the Reboot / Shutdown job in 3 different ways. In total this might take up to 90 seconds.

A proper Shutdown / Reboot is important

It is still (very much) desirable to do a proper Reboot / Shutdown when working with Windows, because otherwise files, disk, registry, etc, might get damaged if Windows is not shutdown / rebooted in a proper way.

If your default Windows buttons / menu for Reboot or Shutdown do not work properly, use the AADS buttons in AADS Control for Reboot / Shutdown, and see if the AADS buttons do work OK and do indeed Reboot / Shutdown the server. Again, it might take up to 90 seconds before AADS has found a way to Reboot or Shutdown the server properly.

Virtualization

Virtualization attempts to mimic virtual hardware, including the same details as mentioned here above: ACPI, UEFI, bios, etc.

Virtualization can bring the benefit that you might be able to choose between:

Please consult the manual and / or website of the Virtualization software on how to handle this issue.

Example:

When running Windows 10 inside a VM, using an "old" Virtualbox host, it might be required to choose "Minimal" for the Paravirtualization interface. Otherwise Windows 10 will not boot.


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