The Problem
A frequent issue on servers is when services that are supposed to start simply haven’t started.
There’s a simple one-liner that can show you the services that meet these requirements for you:
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Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Startmode = 'Auto' AND State = 'Stopped' AND ExitCode != 0" |
Want to directly start up these services? Not a problem!
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Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "Startmode = 'Auto' AND State = 'Stopped' AND ExitCode != 0" | Start-Service |
The Function
I prefer to make my solutions re-usable because well.. I’m lazy.
In case you have the same feeling, here’s the function I’ve created for this with some added functionality.
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function Get-AutoStartService { <# .SYNOPSIS Display all the services which should start automatically, but have incorrectly stopped .DESCRIPTION Using WMI display all the services on a computer which have a StartMode of Auto, but are currently Stopped with an error code .PARAMETER ComputerName Provide the computer name of the machine[s] you would like to query. Default value is the local machine .PARAMETER Restart A switch parameter, if included will try and automatically restart the services which are incorrectly stopped Do note that this requires Admin privileges on the machine you are accessing .NOTES Name: Get-AutoStartService.ps1 Author: Robert Prüst DateCreated: 02-07-2015 .EXAMPLE Get-AutoStartService -ComputerName localhost -Restart #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True)] $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME , [switch]$Restart ) $StoppedServices = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -ComputerName $ComputerName -Filter "StartMode = 'Auto' AND State = 'Stopped' AND ExitCode != 0" Write-Output $StoppedServices if (!$StoppedServices) { Write-Output 'All services seem to be running as intended' } if ($Restart){ foreach ($StoppedService in $StoppedServices){ Write-Verbose "Starting Service $($StoppedService.Name)" $StoppedService | Start-Service Write-Output "Service $($StoppedService.Name) has been started again. Please re-run the Get-AutoStartService to see if it remains running" Get-Service $($StoppedService.Name) } } } |
If you have any questions about the function, pieces of code used or perhaps tips [if you have any, please do share!!], let me know and leave a comment.
Happy scripting! 🙂
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