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Powershell (or vbscript) to kill process if more than 1 exists
I have a process on a windows 2003 r2 enterprise server that runs once every 10 minutes. It will occasionally lock up and the following processes will launch and lock up as well.
I'm trying to write a Powershell script (or vbscript) that will run every 10 minutes to check if there is more than 1 process, and if so, kill them all. It seems pretty simple, but I'm not very experienced in Powershell and am trying to learn.
Any help would be appreciated.
I'm trying to write a Powershell script (or vbscript) that will run every 10 minutes to check if there is more than 1 process, and if so, kill them all. It seems pretty simple, but I'm not very experienced in Powershell and am trying to learn.
Any help would be appreciated.
This should do it for you
while($true)
{
Get-Process <name> | kill
Start-Sleep -Seconds 600
}
while($true)
{
Get-Process <name> | kill
Start-Sleep -Seconds 600
}
FYI: Powershell Zone: https://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/MSH-Monad/
ASKER
So this sees if it's running and kills it.
The problem is that one process SHOULD be running. But if any more than one is running, none should be running, because it has locked up. My problem is I need a way for the script to determine if there is more than one process with the same name running and only kill them all if that is the case.
something like:
(forgive me, this is just logic and obviously not syntactically correct... still learning)
The problem is that one process SHOULD be running. But if any more than one is running, none should be running, because it has locked up. My problem is I need a way for the script to determine if there is more than one process with the same name running and only kill them all if that is the case.
something like:
(forgive me, this is just logic and obviously not syntactically correct... still learning)
Get-Process | Where { $_.Name -Eq "ProcName" }
# it's gets shady right here...
if [ "$input" > "1" ]; then
Get-Process | Where { $_.Name -Eq "ProcName" } | kill
echo "$presenttime: locked processes were killed." >> lockedprocesskiller.log
fi
ASKER
also, wouldn't using the -name flag be a bit easier than piping to where?
is there a reason this:
Get-Process | Where { $_.Name -Eq "ProcName" }
is used instead of this:
Get-Process -name ProcName
?
is there a reason this:
Get-Process | Where { $_.Name -Eq "ProcName" }
is used instead of this:
Get-Process -name ProcName
?
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Awesome! That should finish it up. Thanks!
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/40/view.asp?id=10097