Question for server people out there...

I'm trying to see if it's possible to send a force (or script or something) from a server that will cause all the clients (preferably a list of them ) to do a defrag. Does anyone know if this is possible...or, if so, where I could look to figure out how to do this?

Thanks,

LT
_________________
" I reject your reality and substitute my own!" - Adam Savage - Mythbusters

Login scripts, use something like PsExec from Sysinternals, Group Policies/Reg-settings.

I've done this to all the WIndows machines I've build or maintained over the years... ....start a batch file that is copied to each machine.

1. open note pad:
2. copy below to it

@echo
defrag C: -f

3. save as "****.bat" (you pick name)

then run it as a scheduled task at any given time.

you can also run Disk Clean Up from same batch file.

1. go to each machine and Run:
"cleanmgr /sageset:15" (check all desired options)

2. add to batch file(preferably before defrag line):
"cleanmgr /sagerun:15"

I used to schedule work machines to run it during the employee's lunch, and private machines to run it after 4am. After that batch file runs a couple nites in a row, it only takes a few minutes to complete.

Just make sure it runs while it is not being used by someone. That's not hard if you schedule it at night, but then you have the chance they shutdown the pc every night. ugh users suck

Modulok wrote:

Just make sure it runs while it is not being used by someone. That's not hard if you schedule it at night, but then you have the chance they shutdown the pc every night. ugh users suck

For those that did shut theirs down, I pinned to their start menu a shortcut for them to run it every once in a while. All my clients knew the benefits of a defrag'd and cleaned up system - so my shortcut to the batchfile made their lives easier.

share your batch, maybe I'll use it on some old/slow pcs.

and GL getting users to remember to do the defrag, many of the users I support don't even empty deleted emails from outlook...EVER!

Just unzip, extract to C: , then right-click-edit.

Change the "defrag" drives to fit your needs.

cleanup.zip
Description:		Download
Filename:	cleanup.zip
Filesize:	168 Bytes
Downloaded:	401 Time(s)

before run it, be sure to

RUN> cleanmgr /sageset:15

Select the options you want.

It would be extremely easy with Novell/Netware Login Scripts, all you would have to do is put in for it to execute the defrag utility. 1 easy line of code.
_________________
ABAP? What did you call me?

I miss HPFS. It never required defrags and performed better than NTFS or FAT. Damn IBM and Bill for not pursuing OS/2!