Shutdown Server via RasPlex

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Hi Folks,

I have a question, is it possible that my Raspberry turns off my Windows Server when it shuts down?

Thanks in advance.

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Remote shut down (within LAN) of a windows server from a linux client is a feasible task, there are tons of how-tos, e.g. http://www.howtogeek.com/109655/how-to-remotely-shut-down-or-restart-windows-pcs/

now put that in a linux script that is run prior shutdown (depending of your RPI distro)

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Hi C-Ion, i’m using Rasplex which is based on OpenELEC, and therefore (to my poor understanding of this topic) it is not possible to use the “apt-get install samba-common” command. When I try to use it, I get a system message from OpenELEC which tells me that I can not do that.

I’ve googled and read in other forums but couldn’t find an understandable solution for my issue.

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I don’t know or use openELEC but after a little googling around, I think, openELEC is “read-only” or extendable by plug-ins only… except maybe you compile it from scratch - not an easy task…

I’d look around if there are suitable oE plugins or maybe switch to an other distro…

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Would it be possible to use a program on my server who watches the traffic to/from my RasPlexClient and when the traffic goes below a certain rate shuts the server down?

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That’s now a different use case but feasible as well :wink:

But: Does the server run only, when the client is on?

If so, I’d not monitor the traffic to/from the client, I’d just ping the client. Once there is no echo, the server can shut itself down.

I’m not familiar with windows scripts, but I’m certain, that there are scripts / applications just for this kind of scenarios, e.g. you can shutdown your windows server running the command “shutdown -s -f -t 00”

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Thanks, will look into that over the weekend

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So I tinkered over the last two weeks, and i’m not so satified with my solutions. I now have the remote desktop app for windows on my phone and after I finished with watching I shut down the server via the app.

For whatever reason, I just read the rest of your posting and will look into this script/ping thing. Thanks again for your help and time, very much appreciated.

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… remote desktop might be one solution - not my preferred either…

for manual shutdown: did you have a look at e.g. http://www.techverse.net/how-to-remote-shutdown-pc-anywhere-using-phone/

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I may have a scripted solution. Is the PI and server on the same LAN? Does the PI have a static IP, and if not, can you set one for it?