Batch or VBscript : stop/start tomcat locally

If they are a member of a domain most easily then don't need to authenticate to each and can just use SC.exe

e.g. stop service, wait 10 secs, start it again.

sc \\servername stop "Service Name"
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10
sc \\servername start "Service Name"
sc \\severname query "Service Name"

The Service name is the one shown in a list from sc query and may not match what you see in services GUI.

If you have a handful of machines you can just list the commands, or do it as a subroutine for each, or read from a text file, e.g.

@echo off
set error=
set logfile=logfile.txt
del %logfile% 2>NUL

call :restart Server1 "ServiceName"
call :restart Server2 "ServiceName1"
call :restart Server3 "ServiceName1"

if "%error%"=="" (
  echo No errors
) ELSE (
  echo Errors:
  echo %error%
)
START "" "%logfile%"
pause

exit /b

:restart
REM Restart service listed
sc \\%1 stop %2
if errorlevel 1 set error=%error%[%1 - %2 - %errorlevel% STOP],
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5
sc \\%1 start %2
if errorlevel 1 set error=%error%[%1 - %2 - %errorlevel% START],
sc \\%1 query %2 >> %logfile%
exit /b

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To read a text file instead, replace:

call :restart Server1 "ServiceName"
call :restart Server2 "ServiceName1"
call :restart Server3 "ServiceName1"

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with a for loop to read the file:

for /f "delims=," %%a in ('type yourtextfile.txt') do call :restart %%a %%~b

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and your text file formatted as:

Server1 "ServiceName"
Server2 "ServiceName1"
etc.

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Hello Steve Knight,

I tried your sc solution and it works. What is the pourpose of  "ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10"?

Concerning the second solution Is it possible to:
add an a specific path to ouput the log file ? And have a script just for stopping the tomcat and another for the restart?

Thank you in advance .

Sure. Ping just to add delay betwern stop and start. Probably not needed for most, remove it and see.

You can just save batch again leaving out the sc stop or start line.

Can post example but on phone at mo.

Steve