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Restart a Remote Server Using Command Prompt


Launch command prompt (as administrator) and run the below command. User should have administrator permissions on the server.
   1: SHUTDOWN /r /f /t 0 /m \\Server Name
/r         Shutdown and restart the computer.
/f         Force running applications to close without forewarning users.
/t xxx     Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.
           The valid range is 0-600, with a default of 30.
/m \\computer Specify the target computer.
/c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.
If there aren’t any issues the system will be restarted
   1: C:\Windows\system32>;SHUTDOWN /r /f /t 0 /m \\xyz /c "Hotfix Installation"
Modify the above script parameters appropriately to copy the files successfully!
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