Start and Stop services on a remote server 1

[DougInCanada]

Is it possible to execute Net Stop and Net Start for services on a remote server using VB Script from another server?

 

[TheLad]

You can and there should be examples of this if you search the forum, but you can also consider PSEXEC from the PSTools suite:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx

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[markdmac]

Yes, just use WMI.

strComputer = "[red]RemoteServerNameOrIPAddress[/red]"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Service where Name='NetDDE'")
For Each objService in colServiceList
    errReturn = objService.StopService()
Next

Wscript.Sleep 20000

For Each objService in colServiceList
    errReturn = objService.StartService()
Next

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[DougInCanada]

Awesome! Thanks for the direct and concise answer, Marc!