faster reboot of Dell Server 2

[wfbtr]

Hello,
I have a Dell Poweredge 2650 and whenever I reboot it takes about 15-20 minutes, with the bulk of the time on shutting down everything. It's a DC in my AD and has my Exchange on it. So I'm wondering what I can do to make the reboot quicker, as this is a bit ridiculous.
thanks for any tips.

 

[BuckWeet]

Get another server, and seperate AD from Exchange

other than that, you're SOL

 

[Albion]

If you don't want to wait forever for your Exchange server to shut down go into Services and stop all of the Exchange services first. There are about 9 of them and they all start with "Microsoft Exchange"

Good Luck

-Al

 

[rye8261]

Yes you can speed it up. You have to stop the exchange services before the computer shuts down. Here are some links that can help. I had a bat file that I ran before shutting down the computer and it stopped the services then shut the computer down. It saves a lot of time off the shutdown.

http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip704.htm

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Accelerating_Exchange_Shut_Down.html

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[wfbtr]

fantastic.
i used the batch file and it only took 10 minutes instead of 20. i was shutting down some of the exchange services, but not all of them.
thanks, much appreciated.