restart-vmhostservice with start-job

[tdubb123]

I am trying to restart a service with a background job since restart-vmhostservice does not support runasync

restartvmhostservice.ps1

$vmhosts = get-datacenter -name xx | get-vmhost

$vmhosts | get-vmhostservice | ?{$_.key -eq "TSM-SSH"} | Restart-VMHostService -confirm:$false

start-job -filename restartvmhostservice.ps1

the job says it completed sucessfully but i do not see a task or the service being restarted

any idea?

[LucD]

You have to connect to the vCenter in the background job.

See Re: Stop New-hardDisk task/command if task taking more time or hung for an example

[tdubb123]

hi lucd

When i ran the below it ran but says got blocked. any idea?

$script = {

param(

[string]$vcServer

)

Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core

connect-viserver -Server $vcServer

$vmhosts = get-content "c:\scripts\esxhosts.txt"

foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {

Get-VMHostService -VMHost $vmhost | ?{$_.key -eq "TSM-SSH"} | Restart-VMHostService -Confirm:$false

}}

}

start-job -Verbose -ScriptBlock $script -ArgumentList $global:DefaultVIServer.name

[LucD]

Some remarks, first you have to make sure that DepreciationWarnings are disabled.

Second, you better reuse the open connection by passing the SessionId of that connection.
Have a look at my Running a background job dive.