run task in the background

Asked Jun 02 '22 at 08:03

Active Jun 02 '22 at 14:57

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i have powershell script that check if the service is up and of not it starts it up,

$ServiceName = 'mapguideserver3.1'
$arrService = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName

while ($arrService.Status -ne 'Running')
{

    Start-Service $ServiceName
    write-host $arrService.status
    write-host 'Service starting'
    Start-Sleep -seconds 60
    $arrService.Refresh()
    if ($arrService.Status -eq 'Running')
    {
        Write-Host 'Service is now Running'
    }

}

i tried to use it in a task scheduler as system startup and right click and run , by setting "allow it to run on demand"

i saw that the task status is "running" and after some time it changes to "ready", when i checked after some time the task doesn't changes back the service if its stopped.

how can i run the script that it will run forever?

edited Jun 02 '22 at 14:57

Greg Askew

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asked Jun 02 '22 at 08:03

Shay Rahamim

Why don't you just configure the service to be restarted automatically? – Gerald Schneider Jun 02 '22 at 08:16
It start automaticlly after reboot but some times the service stops – Shay Rahamim Jun 02 '22 at 08:19
And you don't have a recovery action configured for that service? – Gerald Schneider Jun 02 '22 at 08:28
Ok i didnt know thats possible thanks – Shay Rahamim Jun 02 '22 at 08:32
`i saw that the task status is "running" and after some time it changes to "ready", ` Some time? Like minutes or hours? Tasks have a maximum run time. That should be checked/validated first. Also if the while loop is false, the service is running and the script exits, that is the expected behavior. – Greg Askew Jun 02 '22 at 14:44

run task in the background

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