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Powershell Script to reboot computer after I can ping it and it's online

I need a script to continuously ping a specific computer until it pings successfully and send a reboot command to reboot the same computer.

I know this is an odd request to reboot a computer when it first comes up but I need to do this to complete an install.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Jeremy Weisinger

You could use something like this:

$targetname = "Server1"

do {
    If(Test-Connection $targetname -Quiet){shutdown /r /t 0 /f /m \\$targetname}
    sleep 5
    } while ($true)

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Just change to the server's name. This loop won't stop until you cancel it (ctrl+C).

DBThomson76

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Thank you!

Can it also tell me what date and time in rebooted?

Jeremy Weisinger

Sure.

$targetname = "Server1"

do {
    If(Test-Connection $targetname -Quiet){
        shutdown /r /t 0 /f /m \\$targetname
        Get-Date
    }
    sleep 5
    } while ($true)

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DBThomson76

ASKER

I tried the script and it worked but if it is unattended it will reboot the computer again once it is back up.

I just need it to reboot once after it comes online.

Thanks!

Jeremy Weisinger

Ok, we can do that too.

$targetname = "Server1"
$a = $true
do {
    If(Test-Connection $targetname -Quiet){
        shutdown /r /t 0 /f /m \\$targetname
        Get-Date
        $a = $false
    }
    sleep 5
    } while ($a)

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DBThomson76

ASKER

Worked great.

Once last request. Can the date and time of when it rebooted be sent to a file for later review?

Thanks!

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