Background
I have ten Windows 10 servers which are used to run regression scripts 24/7. There is another machine which has a controller software which sends scripts to be executed to the 10 servers. When a regression run starts the following happens
1) The controller copies the build to the 10 servers using robocopy
2) After all the 10 build copies are successful, scripts are sent to each server to be executed
3) Once a script finishes execution on a server, the next script is sent to the server.
Problem
Some of the servers seem to go into a sleep/hung state unless someone is remotely connected (via RDC). I have done the following
1) Before a run is started, logout from all remote connections
2) Wait for 5-10 minutes and start the run
3) The build copy mentioned above starts for few machines. For the others it does not. I verify this from the logs on the controller
4) The build copy usually takes about 10 minutes. After waiting 15 minutes, I login to the machines which have issues (build copy not happening) via RDC
5) The moment I login, the build copy to these machines also starts and finishes in 10 minutes
6) For now, I am logged into all the machines 24/7
What I have tried
I assumed this could be a Power setting problem. So I have made the following changes
1) Turn off hard disk after to never
2) Sleep after to never
3) Hibernate after to never (Some machines don't have this option. I tried the steps in this link Windows 10 Hibernation not available but got a "firmware does not support this option" error on the servers. The machines that have the hang problem don't have this setting)
I am not sure what other setting to change. Hoping someone has faced this problem and will be able to provide a solution
