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Check if Service is Running or Stopped and Output accordingly

I'm just starting off with Powershell and want to run some basic scripts.

I'm starting off by writing a script to see if MSSQLSERVER is running or stopped and out a message accordingly.

This is what I have so far...

Write-Host "Checking if SQL Server is running.."

function FuncCheckService{
param($MSSQLSERVER)
$arrService = Get-Service -Name $MSSQLSERVER
if ($arrService.Status -eq "Running"){
Write-Host "Service is running" 
}
if ($arrService.Status -eq "Stopped"){ 
Write-Host "service is stopped"
}
}

However when I execute this (within Powershell ISE) all I get is the first line "Checking if SQL Server is running..."

What am I doing wrong with this?

Solution

  • Your function is fine but you never call it. at the end of the scripts, just past the last curly braces put your function name.