Remotely Stop Services

[enjay]

Is it possible to stop services on a remote computer (via a script or batch command), or can that only be done locally?

[sidewinder]

netsvc should do it. I think its on the resource kit

[enjay]

Yes, netsvc seems to do what I want, thanks - any offers where I can download it from? If I ever had a Win2K Resource CD, I've long since lost it...

[Jona]

Maybe here: http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm ?? File link: http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/netsvc.zip

 

or

http://www.dynawell.com/support/Reskit/download/w2knetsvc.asp

[mac_shinobi]

you can use computer management I would of thought to do that - right click my computer ( provided you are logged in as domain admin ) and go to manage and then the services section.

 

To do this on a remote machine , just right click where it says this computer in side of manage my computer and click on connect to.

 

Then navigate through there services and restart or stop or w/e

 

If you need a vbscript to do it, look at this :

 

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vbscript/wmi_services.htm

 

If that does not work then you may need a bit more in the script to provide admin credentials ( If so post back )

[OutToLunch]

Good old Sysinternals tools also work - in this case psservice, although I often forget it exists and do psexec \\pcname net stop "servicename"

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897542.aspx

[Valentine]

sc \\pcname stop "servicename"

 

Think this should do it?

[enjay]

Good old Sysinternals tools also work - in this case psservice, although I often forget it exists and do psexec \\pcname net stop "servicename"

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897542.aspx

 

Thanks OutToLunch - that does exactly what I want, and is nice and quick to install.

[enjay]

The next trick is whether it is possible to stop all SQL services in one go, or whether I have to stop each one individually. Any offers?

[m2d2]

The next trick is whether it is possible to stop all SQL services in one go, or whether I have to stop each one individually. Any offers?

 

Unless there are depencies (i.e. lots of services depending on one service) then probably not.

[Michael]

Start > Run > MMC > Add Snap-in > Services > Specify Workstation

 

This works with any 2000/XP/2003 workstation/server. I'm reluctant to say Vista as MS appear to have changed everything!

[enjay]

Michael,

 

That does work, and with Vista too!, but I was after an automated way of doing this.

 

I'm looking to stop various SQL services ahead of the backup and restart them afterwards - obviously this is easy enough with scheduled tasks, but I wanted the neatness of having them in one place and also the time-efficiency of only having them stopped for as short a time as necessary.

[Ryan]

PsTools are awesome Just had a little play with them, very nice.

 

It says you should put the files in the "Executable path", is that the win32 dir?

[enjay]

PsTools are awesome Just had a little play with them, very nice.

 

It says you should put the files in the "Executable path", is that the win32 dir?

 

I just put them on a share on the network and run them from a UNC path, which worked fine.

[Ryan]

I'll only ever be running them from this PC. I'll try chucking 'em in Win32 dir (Edit: Mong - i obv. mean 'System32')

[Nick_Parker]

I've just tried to use pslist on a Windows 7 machine and it doesn't work anymore