Control a remote windows service

[LP]

Hello All,

I have a windows service on several remote machines that gather data and
load it to SQL 2000. The service on the remote machine runs at a desirable
frequency and gathers the data.

I'm using DTS on a central server to bring the data back. The DTS package
has it's own schedule and all works well.

But now I want to "on demand" runs the service on a particular machine to
collect up to the minute information. From the DTS package I’m planning to
use an Execute Process Task to restart the remote service so it. I know how
to start and stop a Windows service on a local machine but have not done it
remotely. Anybody ever done this before?

Thanks,

LP

[Steve Drake]

WMI can be used to start and stop services on a remote machine.

You can use WMI from .NET code or VBSCRIPT.

Steve

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Hello All,

I have a windows service on several remote machines that gather data and
load it to SQL 2000. The service on the remote machine runs at a
desirable
frequency and gathers the data.

I'm using DTS on a central server to bring the data back. The DTS package
has it's own schedule and all works well.

But now I want to "on demand" runs the service on a particular machine to
collect up to the minute information. From the DTS package I'm planning
to
use an Execute Process Task to restart the remote service so it. I know
how
to start and stop a Windows service on a local machine but have not done
it
remotely. Anybody ever done this before?

Thanks,

LP