Topic: Is there a way to schedule automatic shut-downs?

[mackayr]

Here's my situation.  I had an old box sitting around (K6 2-450) which I've converted into a backup solution.  I've installed SME 7 pre1 (for testing purposes as well) and created an ibay.  Every morning, I do a 911 backup (backup2ws) into an ibay.  However, I'd like to have the computer turn on (just before 1 am) automatically and turn off when it's complete.  I know roughly when it completes, so I can just set a time to turn off if that's easier.  For turning it on, I can set that in the computer bios.

Are there any panels/contribs that will allow me to turn off the server at certain times?

Thanks for any advice!

Rob

[byte]

how about creating your own script and run via cron to your time you wish to shutdown?

[AndyCocker]

How would you get it to turn on automatically? Something like Wake On Lan?

Andy

[byte]

How would you get it to turn on automatically? Something like Wake On Lan?

Have look at this not tried on 7.0x http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/Wake-Up-On%20LAN

[mackayr]

Turning on the machine is not the problem.  I can do that through the bios.  I have tried WOL previously, but had no luck getting it to work.  It was on an advanced DHCP panel.  I think my hardware was not compatible, though I had the WOL wires attached to the card and the bios set to allow WOL.  In any event, I don't recall that it had scheduling ability.

My problem is turning it off.  I considered a cron job, but I've never worked with those before.  Where can I get a good primer on that?  Are scripts hard/long to write, or is is just a matter of a few simple lines of code?

Thanks again!

[byte]

all i would use is...

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#!/bin/sh
shutdown -h now

Then enter into a cron job and set the time and path to where your script is