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Script that achecks for users before rebooting Citrix XenApp server.

I have some Citrix XenApp servers provisioned via PVS.
I have a group of users who run simulations that may take several days to run.
I want to reboot my Citrix XenApp servers every night IF one of these users are not connected. If they are connected I will just wait until tomorrow for the reboot.
I can end idle sessions for the non-simulation users easily enough with a group policy leaving only the users from Engineering running simulations.
I am thinking of running a scheduled task that does this:

IF user connected
then exit
else shutdown /r /t 0
end

I just need to know that exact commands and syntax to make this work.
Thanking you in anticipation of your assistance.

Regards,
Mark :-)

Sekar Chinnakannu

You can try with powershell script to schedule Citrix server reboot. Test the same in test environment and then plan for PROD.
https://github.com/wingnut1000/CitrixScripts
https://www.geekshangout.com/citrix-xenapp-rolling-reboot-script/

Mark Ellis

ASKER

Both links are valid but a bit more complex than what I was looking for. I am not sure I would feel safe using the load evaluator as the method to determine if I still had users logged on is fool proof. I will be in trouble if I kill someone's session to do a reboot.

Rather than a central script I would looking for something that runs on each server.

All the same good work but not quite what I was looking for.

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