Automatic shutdown after full scan.
Created: 26 May 2009 | 18 comments
I am posting this for someone who had this idea in the forums. The problem was that he did not like to leave the clients machines on all night, but he was not able to run a full scan during the day because it would max the CPU of the client machine. He suggested an option that would allow you to run a full scan and then shut the machine off afterward. Seemed like a good idea to me so I thought I would post it here for him.
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Go one further and include a
Go one further and include a WoL utility in the SEPM. This would allow a properly configured network to use Wake on LAN to turn on workstations at 2AM, scan and then shut down again. That would be a great feature to have.
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Yes, I like Grant's or some unnamed user's idea to have the option to automatically shutdown after scanning. The only obstacle I see in this is when SEP encounters a malware it cannot handle. Will it call for attention or just ignore and move on.
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In Agreement
I like the idea too, and it was proposed some time back as well...
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/shut-down-after-scheduled-scan
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/new-feature-request
De facto when AV does something, it starts jumping up and down, waving its arms, and shouting "Hey! I found a virus! Look at me! I'm soooo goooood!"
this is good but what if this
this is good but what if this is still used by a client?
it would disrupt operations?
Your right. This was part of
Your right. This was part of the issue surrounding implementing this. What would happen was administrators would schedule a scan for the middle of the night, thinking no one is there it doesn't disrupt any work and we get to save power. Great! The problems was that people would forget to leave their computers on at the end of the day (or maybe called in sick and their computers never got turned on) so the scan would get missed. After the scan gets missed it automatically would kick off the next morning and as you stated would shut the computer off. This wasn't ideal, and would have to be looked into before trying to implement this. But I think it can be done, and overall would add a useful feature.
Cheers
Grant
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I've thought of a workaround for this :D
If ever the "Shutdown computer after scan" is implemented. Admins can then configure it to ignore the action if the specified time (e.g. 18:00 to 22:00) has elapsed.
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I am somewhat passing on what
I am somewhat passing on what I have heard from this. I was thinking the same thing as you when I heard this, but apparently there is some issue surrounding this beyond just the scope of what I have posted : ) I actually hope they can come up with a good procedure for this. To me it seems like such a basic idea that I can't see exactly why it hasn't been implemented before. This whole idea would be even better if you could "wake" the clients up from being off, run the updates, and then shut them off. Imagine how sweet that would be. Hopefully with enough votes/demand for this it will get implemented.
Cheers
Grant-
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very simple
Create .bat file to shutdown forcely and scheduled it.
Create autoshutdown.bat
open with notepad and type "shutdown /s" and save it.
Goto control panel-scheduled task
Missing the point
You may be on the right track here by creating a batch file. But you did specify it to shutdown by force which would also terminate the scanning if it hasn't finished yet.
What Grant wants and the others who voted is for SEP to shutdown the OS after completing the scan and not at a set time.
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
thanks for suggestion
taskkill can terminate the scanning process
I really liked this idea...
I could be wrong, but I think we could implementing this as:
Example: If the scan is set to 08: 00 AM Monday > at the the first shutdown initiated after 08:00 AM Moday > a complete scan would trigger after which the system would shutdown.
Thanks :-)
Kedar Mohile http://kedarmohile.blogspot.com
Any progress?
Has there been any progress towards implementing this solution?
Weekend Scan
This is what my users have suggest as well. Possibly the first shutdown on a friday would trigger it in our case. Other suggestions were the WOL at an early time and have the scan done before users arrive. I'm researching automated shutdown tools right now but there is the chance of a conflict. Be careful that the batch file is configured correctly and does not include a shutdown of the server.
Dialog box
I know I am bringign this back from the dead but I have yet to see any more development on the functionality.
Would it not be possible to add a dialog box at the end of a scan that would run for a specified period of time warning of a shutdown. This would only leave the work station online for another 60 seconds or so and would be very easy to cancle if the station was in use when the scan finished.
I would still very much like to see this function added, as it seems many others would aswell.
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This idea hasn't even been reviewed yet.
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As Service
As a followup to my previous reply, is there a way to run the client as a service or does the user need to be logged in. My thought is that if you can run the scan as a service by utilizing WOL then the user could come in at the tail end of the scan and the interruption would be less.
Ummm...
If it can't be an option, maybe let us have the the ability to add batch scripts that is loaded into SEPM and then sent to clients as needed.
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I agree :-)
I agree :-)
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