Vista - stopping and starting service

I am new to powershell and I was wondering if there is a way I can use
powershell to notify me when a particular service on a server has stopped.

The short answer is yes, but to be honest it is not the right tool for the
that job.

Long Answer, If you want to monitor Process,Mem,Service or pretty much anything
you want a persistent application running that goes off in timed intervals.
In this case a Service is really a better option.

If you want to use Powershel then something like this

while($true)
{
if((Get-WmiObject Win32_service | where{$_.name -match $service}).State
-ne "Running")
{
#Do notification of choice
}
}


Brandon Shell
---------------
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m> I am new to powershell and I was wondering if there is a way I can
m> use powershell to notify me when a particular service on a server has
m> stopped.
m>

Marco pointed out that I forgot a sleep statement Without this would loop
pretty fast
while($true)
{
if((Get-WmiObject Win32_service | where{$_.name -match $service}).State
-ne "Running")
{
#Do notification of choice
}
start-sleep 300 # 5 Min
}

Brandon Shell
---------------
Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject

BS> The short answer is yes, but to be honest it is not the right tool
BS> for the that job.
BS>
BS> Long Answer, If you want to monitor Process,Mem,Service or pretty
BS> much anything you want a persistent application running that goes
BS> off in timed intervals. In this case a Service is really a better
BS> option.
BS>
BS> If you want to use Powershel then something like this
BS>
BS> while($true)
BS> {
BS> if((Get-WmiObject Win32_service | where{$_.name -match
BS> $service}).State
BS> -ne "Running")
BS> {
BS> #Do notification of choice
BS> }
BS> }
BS> Brandon Shell
BS> ---------------
BS> Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
BS> PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject
m>> I am new to powershell and I was wondering if there is a way I can
m>> use powershell to notify me when a particular service on a server
m>> has stopped.
m>>

Brandon Shell [MVP] wrote:And a quick and dirty notification could be via email:

http://mow001.blogspot.com/2005/11/s...-from-msh.html

"Monad" was the original "codename" for PowerShell. Some things will
still work as is with the current PowerShell version.

You can also set up a balloon tip:
http://blog.sapien.com/current/2007/...owershell.html

Marco


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If it's a 2003 server, you should be able to use a Powershell script to send
you an email notification, and the options on the services Recovery tab to
invoke the script if the service fails.

"maquinaloca" wrote:

"Rob Campbell" <RobCampbell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E83C1770-07DE-4FAD-8698-2663D5D42081@xxxxxxThis is the right way to "think" about this. Use the Service options OR an
EventTrigger to start a program (custom, powershell, etc).

Writting a (new) service would likely be overkill for this, and Powershell
is
just one of the choices for responding to such events.


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I agree... this is a great idea. Only caveat would be all servers need
powershell installed.

"Herb Martin" <news@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%2312OxbpEIHA.4400@xxxxxx

"Brandon Shell [MVP]" <a_bshell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BC656C20-24BD-4C3E-982A-7E661DFB1986@xxxxxxRight and that is one of the reasons for the poster to understand that
Powershell is only one way to respond (and perhaps not the best one
for eveyrone.)

Simple batch or even a custom program might be preferable since
EventTriggers can call any of these when the event occurs.


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