Start service remotely via script

Question

Hey all,

I am trying to figure out how to start services remotely via a PS script. I have a good 40ish computers that need a service started, and I don't wanna go to each one individually. I have used ForEach scripts in the past for certian PS functions, but this is my first time messing with services, and apparantly you can't use -tosession as part of the command.

My origional script looks like this:
$computers = get-content C:\Users\user\Desktop\computers.csv

ForEach ($computer in $computers) {

$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $computer

Set-Service -name service -StartupType Automatic -ToSession $session

} 

However, I'm getting this error:

"Set-Service : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'ToSession'."

I was thinking of piping the commands via an enter-pssession, but my last attempt at that was bad and looked like this:

enter-pssession -computername $computer | set-service -name service -startuptype automatic

Any and all help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Or this...

 ForEach ($computer in $computers) {
    Set-Service -name Your-Service -StartupType Automatic -ComputerName $computer
 } 

Note that the script will only configure the start type and not actually start the service. To start you need to run:

ForEach ($computer in $computers) {
    Get-Service -name YourServiceName -ComputerName $computer | Start-Service 
 } 

Answer 2

Hi @Alex Warren ,

maybe this helps:

$Cred = Get-Credential  
foreach ($computer in $computers) {  
    Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -Credential $Cred -ScriptBlock {  
        Set-Service -Name service -StartupType Automatic  
    }  
}  

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten