PowerShell function to start Splunk

splunkutils.ps1

Function Start-Splunk {
    try {
        Get-Service splunk* | Start-Service -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    catch [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ServiceCommandException] {
        Write-Verbose "Command must be run in an elevated session, invoking new session."
        Start-Process -Verb Runas -FilePath powershell.exe { Get-Service splunk* | Start-Service -Verbose -ErrorAction Stop; Start-Sleep 5 }
    }
}