script to restart process if not responding

[mp2031]

Hey guys,

As title says I am trying to write a short script to check if a process is responding and if it isn't, restart the process. (windows 7 64bit pro)


thanks in advance

Miles

[flores741]

You could just about use any language to do this. Why not give AutoIT a try? (http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/)

[f3n1x]

Not responding on what interface? (ie http, telnet or a windows forms ui?)

If its http or telnet this script or a customisation thereof should do:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...for-windows-os

If its a GUI, i'd suggest trying try autoit and if that doesn't work whip something up in c#.

[zach]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...esponding.aspx

Such a hassle ha ha.

[mp2031]

Hey guys,
Thanks for your help, I am currently using the following script but it doesn't seem to do anything.

Any ideas?



@ECHO OFF
ECHO Restart Application DEADLINE SLAVE
ECHO
ECHO Heckler
ECHO.
ECHO.

SETLOCAL EnableExtensions

REM Enter the application information.
SET AppName=deadlineslave
SET ExeFile=deadlineslave.exe
SET ExePath=C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline\bin

REM Select the conditions to kill the application.
REM A value of 1 = Yes, 0 = No
SET KillIfRunning=0
SET KillIfNotResponding=1
SET KillIfUnknownStatus=1

REM Specify when to start the application:
REM 1 = Start only if the process was previous killed.
REM 0 = Start the application regardless.
SET StartOnlyIfKilled=1

SET KillStatus="%TEMP%KillStatus.tmp.txt"
SET Success=0

ECHO Killing existing %AppName% instance...
IF {%KillIfRunning%}=={1} CALL :CheckKillStatus "%ExeFile%" "RUNNING"
IF {%KillIfNotResponding%}=={1} CALL :CheckKillStatus "%ExeFile%" "NOT RESPONDING"
IF {%KillIfUnknownStatus%}=={1} CALL :CheckKillStatus "%ExeFile%" "UNKNOWN"
ECHO.

IF {%StartOnlyIfKilled%}=={1} (
IF {%Success%}=={0} GOTO End
)
ECHO Restarting %AppName%...
START "%ExeFile%" "%ExePath%%ExeFile%"
ECHO.

IF EXIST %KillStatus% DEL /F /Q %KillStatus%

ENDLOCAL


:CheckKillStatus
ECHO Killing with status: %~2
TASKKILL /FI "STATUS eq %~2" /IM "%~1" /F > %KillStatus%
SET /P KillResult= < %KillStatus%
FOR /F "tokens=1,* delims=:" %%A IN ("%KillResult%") DO (
ECHO %%A:%%B
IF /I {%%A}=={SUCCESS} SET /A Success=%Success%+1
)


:End

[bugayev]

Your better bet might be to run the slave in service mode, and simply set that to auto restart.

[mp2031]

bugayev you life saver!

This is a good fix but if possible I would like a script as I have to reinstall as a service on about 30machines otherwise


Miles

[f3n1x]

Originally Posted by mp2031

bugayev you life saver!

This is a good fix but if possible I would like a script as I have to reinstall as a service on about 30machines otherwise


Miles

30 machines? Really not that hard to reinstall one piece of software on 30 machines, I could understand looking for a better way if it was 300.

[mp2031]

Ok I have attempted re-installing deadline as a service and it just hangs in services saying deadlinelauncher.exe starting... wont go off that though. Any ideas?

[power]

I use this, it will restart services for you - but it won't just keep trying forever and will then alert you so you can look at the issue more closely.

http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/

might not be appropriate for 30 machines, it sounds like you have a bigger problem.

[mp2031]

Service is now opening but won't connect to my network drives while running as service.

[bugayev]

Originally Posted by mp2031

Service is now opening but won't connect to my network drives while running as service.

You'll have to check the documentation and figure out how to get it to do this. It could be account-related as the service will be running with different permissions.

[mp2031]

service has network access but wont let me login to nas under different domain eg

Username : domain\user
Password : user


Only local eg


Username : user
Password : user

Is there a way around this?
otherwise I may need a script

[mp2031]

for those interested I have found a program that will monitor a process and restart if need be

http://www.knas.se/Applications/Restarter.aspx

[mp2031]

ok it seems that the application will only restart the process if ended.. & runnning deadline as a service you must be on a domain both of these options are no good

could anyone tell me what is wrong with my script?

thanks in advance!

miles