Script to restart SDL Tridion Docs content manager services. This covers the Windows services, component service and IIS application pools. Something similar can be done with the ISHDeploy module from https://github.com/sdl/ISHDeploy.

Restart-Docs.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Restarts Docs Content Manager services

.EXAMPLE
    Restart-Docs 
    Restart-Docs -WindowsServices
    Restart-Docs -ComponentServices
    Restart-Docs -ApplicationPools
    Restart-Docs -ComponentServices -ApplicationPools

.NOTES
    Author: Jan Horsman
#>

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Restart Windows services")]
    [switch]$WindowsServices,
    [parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Restart component services")]
    [switch]$ComponentServices,
    [parameter(Mandatory=$false, HelpMessage="Restart IIS application pools")]
    [switch]$ApplicationPools)

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

if($WindowsServices -ne $true -and $ComponentServices -ne $true -and $ApplicationPools -ne $true)
{
    #default to restarting everything
    $WindowsServices = $true
    $ComponentServices = $true
    $ApplicationPools = $true
}

if($WindowsServices)
{
    Write-Host "Restarting Trisoft services"
    $services = Get-Service | Where { $_.DisplayName.StartsWith("Trisoft") }

    if($services -eq $null)
    {
        Write-Warning "Could not find Trisoft services"
    } else 
	{
        foreach ($svc in $services)
        {
            if($svc.Status -eq "Running")
            {
                Write-Host ("   restarting {0} " -f $svc.DisplayName)
                Restart-Service $svc.name -Force
            } else {
                Write-Host ("   ignoring {0}, it is {1}" -f $svc.DisplayName, $svc.Status)
            }
        }
    }
}

if($ComponentServices)
{
    Write-Host "Restarting component services"
    $comAdmin = New-Object -comobject COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog
    $apps = $comAdmin.GetCollection("Applications")
    $apps.Populate();
    # restart only Trisoft-InfoShare-Author because the other component services are libraries
    $apps = $apps | Where-Object { $_.Name.Equals("Trisoft-InfoShare-Author") }
    if($apps -eq $null)
    {
        Write-Warning "Could not find Trisoft-InfoShare-Author component service"
    } else 
	{
        foreach ($app in $apps)
        {
            $comAdmin.ShutdownApplication($app.Name)
            Write-Host "  Stoped " $app.Name
            $comAdmin.StartApplication($app.Name)
            Write-Host "  Started" $app.Name
        }
    }
}

if($ApplicationPools)
{
    Write-Host "Restarting application pools"
    Import-Module "IISAdministration"
    $appPools = Get-IISAppPool | Where-Object { $_.Name.StartsWith("Trisoft") }
    if($appPools -eq $null) {
        Write-Warning "Could not find Trisoft app pools"
    } else 
	{
        foreach ($pool in $appPools)
        {
            if($pool.State -ne "Started") 
			{
                Write-Host "   ignoring "$pool.Name", it is"$pool.Status
            } else {
                $result = $pool.Recycle()
                Restart-WebAppPool $pool.Name
                if($result -eq "Started")
                {
                    Write-Host "  Recycled " $pool.Name
                } else
                {
                    Write-Warning ("Unexpected result while recycling app pool {0}: {1}" -f $pool.Name, $result)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}