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Powershell Script to Start SharePoint Timer Service
Karthik Muthu Karuppan
Mar 04
2015
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StartTimerService.zi
$LogTime = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm
$LogFile =
".\StartSPTimerServicePatch-$LogTime.rtf"
# Add SharePoint PowerShell Snapin
if
( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $
null
) {
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
}
$scriptBase = split-path $SCRIPT:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -parent
Set-Location $scriptBase
#Deleting any .rtf files in the scriptbase location
$FindRTFFile = Get-ChildItem $scriptBase\*.* -include *.rtf
if
($FindRTFFile)
{
foreach($file
in
$FindRTFFile)
{
remove-item $file
}
}
start-transcript $logfile
$global:timerServiceName =
"SharePoint 2010 Timer"
$global:timerServiceInstanceName =
"Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Timer"
# Get the local farm instance
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm]$farm = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm]::get_Local()
Function StartSPTimerServicesInFarm([Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm]$farm)
{
Write-Host
""
foreach($server
in
$farm.Servers)
{
foreach($instance
in
$server.ServiceInstances)
{
# If the server has the timer service then stop the service
if
($instance.TypeName -eq $timerServiceInstanceName)
{
[string]$serverName = $server.Name
Write-Host
"Start "
$timerServiceName
" service on server: "
$serverName -fore yellow
$service = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $serverName Win32_Service -Filter
"DisplayName='$timerServiceName'"
$serviceInternalName = $service.Name
sc.exe \\$serverName start $serviceInternalName > $
null
# Wait until this service starts running
write-host
"Waiting for "
$timerServiceName
" service on server: "
$serverName
" to be started"
-fore yellow
do
{
Start-Sleep 1
Write-Host -foregroundcolor DarkGray -NoNewLine
"."
$service = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $serverName Win32_Service -Filter
"DisplayName='$timerServiceName'"
}
while
($service.State -ne
"Running"
)
write-host $timerServiceName
" service on server: "
$serverName
" started successfully"
-fore green
break
;
}
}
}
Write-Host
""
}
StartSPTimerServicesInFarm $farm
stop-transcript
SharePoint
SharePoint Timer Service