With the help you below power shell script you check windows service's status and can restart, stop etc. even on remote servers.
[string]$computerName
## Create a log file
$LogFile = "E:\Logs\logs_"+(Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd')+".txt"
## Count: 3
[string[]]$computerNames ="ServerName1", "ServerName2", "ServerName3"
try {
function LogWrite
{ param([string]$Message)
((Get-Date).ToString() +
" - " +
$Message) >>
$LogFile;
}
Write-Host "Execution started"
LogWrite -Message "Execution started";
ForEach (
$computerName in
$computerNames ) {
Write-Host "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
-ForegroundColor Magenta
try {
$svc = get-service -Name "ServiceName" -computername $computerName
#check if service’s
current status is stopped if yes then start it
if ( $svc.Status -eq "Stopped")
{
(Get-Service
-Name "ServiceName"
-Computername $computerName).Start();
Write-Host
$computerName -NoNewline
Write-Host
": the service has started successfully"
LogWrite -Message "$computerName : the service has started successfully"
}
else{
Write-Host
$computerName -NoNewline
Write-Host
": the service is already up and running"
LogWrite -Message "$computerName : the service is already up and running"
}
}
catch
{
LogWrite
-Message "$computerName :
service reset failed- $_"
Write-Host
": service start failed"
Write-Host
"Error : $_"
}
}
Write-Host "Execution finished"
LogWrite -Message "Execution finished"
}
catch {
LogWrite
-Message "$computerName :
service reset failed- $_"
Write-Host
": service start failed"
Write-Host
"Error : $_"
}
