Restarting server

CarNagE1

I have a nice windows machine set up for our server. It does crash. So I manually connect and restart the process. Is there any good tool to do it automatically? When restarting the server I just close and load the process again. Should I restart the machine (hard reset) not just the process?

SupaFred

@CarNagE1‌ The process is enough. I use EzUGCC to monitor and restart my servers on crash but it's probably possible to do it with a script or something. @ATF‌?

ATF

Quoting myself from another thread with better formatting:

Below is a simple batch script that will start / restart your server while copying timestamped logs into the specified folder. It runs independantly from your server, meaning nothing will break if you start / exit the script while your server is running. It can also perform automatic restarts if the server exceeds a specified memory usage.

Here's how to use it:
- Paste the script into a file and name it restartscript.cmd (make sure file extensions aren't hidden on your system)
- Create a .lnk file with the server.exe as the target and add the command line options
- Open the .cmd (with notepad++ for example) and edit the variables to your liking.

@ECHO off
::
:: DO NOT edit this file while the script is running!
::
SET serverpath=C:\Users\Obraxis\Desktop& REM Path of the .lnk to server.exe, which carries the commandline attributes
SET serverlnk=Startns2server.lnk& REM Name of the .lnk (avoid spaces)
SET serverexe=server.exe 
SET monitoringdelay=30& REM Check every n seconds if server.exe is an existing process. 
                         REM Can be no more than 59 sec for the daily leakcheck to work.
SET logarchivepath=D:\ns2ds-log-archive\& REM Path to archive log before starting/restarting.
SET dailyrestartenabled=true& REM Define whether you want the script to check for memleaks and restart if necessary.
SET dailyrestartat=10:30& REM Time of day to check for memleaks.
SET memleakthreshold=1750000& REM If server.exe uses more than n kbytes of memory, force a restart.
:: Variables below this line should not be modified.
SET initialserverstart=true
title NS2DS Restartscript 
ECHO Settings: %monitoringdelay%s interval, leakcheck at %dailyrestartat%am, threshold at %memleakthreshold%kbyte.
ECHO[ 
:BATCHSTART
TASKLIST /nh /fi "imagename eq %serverexe%" | FIND /i "%serverexe%" > NUL && (
  ECHO %date% %time% NS2DS found, starting monitoring.
  SET initialserverstart=false
  GOTO STATUSCHECK
  ) || ( GOTO COPYLOG  
  )
:CONTINUEINIT
TIMEOUT 15
START /D "%serverpath%" %serverlnk% 2> NUL && (
  ECHO %date% %time% Initial start. Logging: %logging%
  ) || (
  ECHO %date% %time% Cannot start NS2DS. Exiting. Logging: %logging% 
  GOTO ENDROUTINE
  )
ECHO[
SET initialserverstart=false
TIMEOUT %monitoringdelay% > NUL
GOTO STATUSCHECK

:STATUSCHECK
TASKLIST /nh /fi "imagename eq %serverexe%" | FIND /i "%serverexe%" > NUL && (
  rem
  ) || GOTO STARTSERVER
IF %dailyrestartenabled%==true TIME /t | FIND /i "%dailyrestartat%" > NUL && (
  GOTO DAILYRESTART
  )
TIMEOUT %monitoringdelay% > NUL
GOTO STATUSCHECK

:STARTSERVER
GOTO COPYLOG
:CONTINUESTART
START /D "%serverpath%" %serverlnk% 2> NUL && (
  ECHO %date% %time% NS2DS restarted. Logging: %logging%
  ) || (
  ECHO %date% %time% Cannot restart NS2DS. Exiting. Logging: %logging%
  GOTO ENDROUTINE
  )
TIMEOUT %monitoringdelay% > NUL
GOTO STATUSCHECK

:DAILYRESTART
TASKLIST /fi "memusage GT %memleakthreshold%" | FIND /i "server.exe" > NUL && (
  ECHO %date% %time% NS2DS leaks above threshold. Terminating.
  TASKKILL /IM %serverexe%
  ) || ( 
  TIMEOUT 60 /NOBREAK > NUL
  GOTO STATUSCHECK
  )
TIMEOUT 8 /NOBREAK > NUL 
TASKLIST /nh /fi "imagename eq %serverexe%" | FIND /i "%serverexe%" > NUL && (
  ECHO %date% %time% NS2DS unresponsive. Killing process.
  TASKKILL /F /IM %serverexe%
  TIMEOUT 15 /NOBREAK > NUL
  ) 
TASKLIST /nh /fi "imagename eq %serverexe%" | FIND /i "%serverexe%" > NUL && (
  ECHO %date% %time% Cannot kill process. Exiting.
  GOTO ENDROUTINE 
  )
TIMEOUT 60 /NOBREAK > NUL
GOTO STATUSCHECK

:COPYLOG
FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=." %%x IN ("%date%") DO SET LogDate=%%z%%y%%x
FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims=:," %%v IN ("%time%") DO SET LogTime=%%v%%w
COPY /Y "%appdata%\Natural Selection 2\log-Server.txt" "%logarchivepath%%Logdate%-%LogTime%.txt" >NUL && ( SET logging=OK 
  ) || SET logging=FAILED!
IF %initialserverstart%==true GOTO CONTINUEINIT
IF %initialserverstart%==false GOTO CONTINUESTART



:ENDROUTINE
TIMEOUT /T -1 /NOBREAK > NUL
:: prevents closing of window in case something goes wrong

Let me know if you need assistance.

There is no need to restart the box itself.