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SC Query output

Hi

Could someone please enlighten me as to how do the following.
From time to time I need to shut down an application that runs as a service on a large number of servers, the service that requires shutting down can take anything from 30-60 mins and following a successful shutdown I need to run a súpplíed batch file that will that will run updates against this application.
Where I am stuck is on how to get a batch file to pick up on sc query "state stopped" on each server and if the service has stopped for the batch file to kick in.

So I am assuming the simplified order of this is.

1.Shutdown Service
2.Run sc query
3.If state stopped then run supplied_update.bat
4.If not wait or check again in 30 mins etc

Many Thanks

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Bill Prew

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Gerwin Jansen

The sc query command could look like this:

sc \\ServerName ServiceName | findstr /i "stopped"

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After the sc command, check %ERRORLEVEL% to determine whether the service was stopped, 0 would mean is has stopped, 1 would mean that it has another state. You could also explicitly check for "running" before you attempt the sc stop command.

I agree with Bill on using a servername list, you could add a status file per server to keep track of the service's state on each server.

steveuk71

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Thanks Bill and Gerwin, Bill I agree with your comment and if there is any chance of some assistance with this matter it would be most appreciated.
Gerwin,the status file per server sounds interesting, could you please elaborate if possible.
Thanks

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