batch file in 2k

[homer15]

hey everyone,

can someone help me write a batch file that will check to see if a service is running, and if it's not, it'll start it? i have one particular service that stops for seemingly no reason, and until i can find a permanant solution, i figured i could have a batch file run hourly to start it up.

[Force Flow]

What service?

Start > run type "services.msc"

Double click on the service and set it to "automatic"

[homer15]

the microsoft information store service on an exchange server. it's set for automatic. it will fail, and the only thing the log says is "this service failed unexpectedly" microsoft has a patch, but when i install it my whole server stops working.
that's why i'd like to run a batch file hourly to check the service, and start it if necessary until i can find a solution.

[mairving]

You would have to use the Net commands to get it to work.

net start ServiceName

I assume that you could also put a conditional statement in there to test if the service is up first although it probably wouldn't matter if it was already up as it would just error out when trying to start.

[doctorgonzo]

You can also use the sc command:

sc start "Service"

I tried to make a batch file that piped the sc query command through findstr to see if the service was running, but Windows doesn't like putting that kind of construct in an IF statement. What a pain. I think mairving has the right answer in just starting the service without checking to see if it is running yet.

[homer15]

thanks guys. it won't try and restart the service with that command, will it?

[mairving]

Just run it at the command line to test it. All it should say is that the service is already running.

What kind of errors are you having in the event log?
What version of Exchange?

[Doobie]

@ECHO OFF
FOR /F %%F IN (C:\PROCS.TXT) DO (
 SET PROC=%%F
 CALL :PROCESS
)
GOTO :EOF

:PROCESS
PSLIST | FIND /I "%PROC%" > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
 ECHO Service is not running!
 Echo Starting Service Now!
 net start "Your Service"
)

download PList and add it to the folder where you bat is in.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pslist.shtml

make a file called PROCS.TXT with the service you want to check if it exits... Im having a little bit of trouble starting the process but im sure someone here can help.

[homer15]

ok, i have it setup. hopefully when i come in tomorrow, the information store is running.
it's exchange 2000. here's what gets logged:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7031
Date: 07/21/2004
Time: 9:44:45 AM
User: N/A
Computer: Exchange
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: No action.

informative, huh? a search of the ms knowledge base says i need the post sp3 rollup, which when installed on my computer, corrupts store.exe so it won't start at all. i've tried redownloading the patch to no avail.

[doctorgonzo]

If you go to the Service Manager and check on the properties for the service, on the Recovery tab, do you have it set to restart automatically if it fails?

[mairving]

What AV program are you running?

[homer15]

yes, i have it setup like that, but unless i manually start it, it won't start. it doesn't give any failure error in the logs, it just won't start. i'm hoping the batch file helps, but my gut is telling me it won't.

i'm running norton antivirus corporate edition server on this particular machine.