Batch, log and task scheduler export for restarting a windows service that has gone down for whatever reason (on event 0 + random checks every 30 minutes)

restart_service_with_log.bat

@echo off

setlocal
set LogPath=<logpath>


NET START "SERVICE_NAME" > TEMP_netstartout.tmp 2>&1
set /p NETSTARTOUT= < TEMP_netstartout.tmp
rem 2182 means "service already started", so we'll check for that
type TEMP_netstartout.tmp | FIND "2182" > TEMP_findout.tmp
set /p FINDOUTPUT= < TEMP_findout.tmp
del TEMP_netstartout.tmp
del TEMP_findout.tmp
IF NOT "%FINDOUTPUT%"=="" GOTO :nolog

rem Service was not already started, so log output.
set LogFileExt=.log
set LogFileName=<log_filename_prefix>%LogFileExt%
set MyLogFile=%date%
set MyLogFile=%MyLogFile:/=-%
set MyLogFile=%LogPath%%MyLogFile%_%LogFileName%

echo %time% NET START "SERVICE_NAME":  %NETSTARTOUT% >> "%MyLogFile%"

:nolog

Windows Task Scheduler service restart export.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2014-02-20T16:20:55.1120404</Date>
    <Author>[account]</Author>
    <Description>Attempts to start SERVICE_NAME. Logs the attempt to start it to a log file if the service was not started.</Description>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <EventTrigger>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <Subscription>&lt;QueryList&gt;&lt;Query Id="0" Path="Application"&gt;&lt;Select Path="Application"&gt;*[System[Provider[@Name='SERVICE_NAME'] and EventID=0]]&lt;/Select&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/QueryList&gt;</Subscription>
    </EventTrigger>
    <CalendarTrigger>
      <Repetition>
        <Interval>PT30M</Interval>
        <StopAtDurationEnd>false</StopAtDurationEnd>
      </Repetition>
      <StartBoundary>2014-02-21T06:00:23</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByDay>
        <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
      </ScheduleByDay>
    </CalendarTrigger>
    <BootTrigger>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <Delay>PT15M</Delay>
    </BootTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>[SERVICE_ACCOUNT]</UserId>
      <LogonType>Password</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>[path-to-batch]\restart_service_with_log.bat</Command>
      <WorkingDirectory>[path-to-batch]\</WorkingDirectory>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>