Send e-mail alert when Windows Server reboots

Here is how you can send an e-mail alert when a Windows Server reboots. This has been tested on Server 2008, Small Business Server 2008, and Small Business Server 2012. It should work for Server 2012, but I have not had a chance to test this.

1. Download sendemail.exe file and save it to a folder on server. I like to save it to a folder called C:\Scripts
2. Open Notepad/Wordpad/Text Editor and add the following:
   c:\Scripts\sendemail.exe -f localadmin@domain.com -t alerts@yourdomain.com;alerts2@yourdomain.com -u "SERVERNAME rebooted" -m "SERVERNAME has rebooted!" -s smtp.ispsmarthost.com
3. Save the file as rebootalert.cmd in the C:\Scripts folder.
4. Open Task Scheduler.
5. Add a new Task and call it Reboot Alert. Set the User to be SYSTEM. Set Trigger to be At System Startup. Set Actions to be Start a Program and add the path C:\Scripts\rebootalert.cmd.

Test the script by rebooting the server. You should receive an e-mail alert that the server rebooted.

Other helpful links:
http://glazenbakje.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/exchange-2013-how-to-configure-an-internal-relay-connector/

http://www.bluecompute.co.uk/blogposts/configure-email-notification-for-windows-server-backup/

Steps to upgrade Wordpress to latest version

Here are the steps to upgrade Wordpress to the latest version using SSH terminal.

1. Download the latest version of Wordpress:
   

   http://wordpress.org/download/

2. Backup Wordpress install:
   

   [/home/user/public_html] $ tar -cz wordpress > wordpress.tar.gz

3. Backup MySQL database:

   [/home/user/] $ mysqldump --add-drop-table -h localhost -u username -p databasename > mysql-backup-datehere.sql

4. Compress the sql backup file and store elsewhere:
   

   [/home/user/] $ tar -cz mysql-backup-datehere.sql > mysql-backup-datehere.sql.tar.gz

5. Extract new Wordpress files overwriting existing files:
   

   [/home/user/] $ tar -zxvf wordpress-version.tar.gz

6. Visit the Wordpress upgrade page and perform database upgrade:
   

   http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php

Fin.