PowerShell script to check the status of a windows service, send an alert and start it if it is stopped.

serviceMon.ps1

# Created by: Amir
# Date: 14 December 2012
# Description: Check Win Service to see if it is running and start it otherwise
# Usage: powershell -Command "C:\Scripts\serviceMonitor.ps1 | Out-File C:\Scripts\ServiceMonitor.txt -append"
 
 $serviceName = "SampleServiceName"
 
 $service = Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $serviceName }
 write-host "Service Status is" $service.status  
 
 if ($service.status -eq "Stopped")
 {
    write-host "Sending waring email"
    
    $smtpServer = "smtp.server.name"
    $msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
    $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
    
    $dateString = get-date
    
    $msg.From = "noreply@example.com"
    $msg.To.Add("amir@example.com")
    $msg.subject = "Service " + $service + " is " + $service.status
    $msg.body = ([string]$dateString) + " Service " + $service + " is " + $service.status 
    $smtp.send($msg)

  #Starting the service	
    Start-Service $serviceName
    
 }

Thanks, this worked great. Exactly what I was looking for, short and simple 👍

This works for me as well thanks .................................:)

This really worked well. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your help!!.

How to check with multiple services.

Can someone help me with few modification where script check series of windows services status and restart the services If its not running? I would also like to send one consolidated email.