How to restart service remotely?

Question

I can start or stop service remotely from .net project.

ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();
options.Username = @"192.168.36.22\test";
options.Password = "test";
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(@"\\192.168.36.22\root\cimv2", options);
scope.Connect();


ManagementOperationObserver Stop = new ManagementOperationObserver();
Stop.Completed += new CompletedEventHandler(Stop_CallBack);
try
{
    string NameServices = "ArcGIS Server";
    WqlObjectQuery query = new WqlObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Service  WHERE Name=\"" + NameServices + "\"");
    ManagementObjectSearcher find = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query);
    foreach (ManagementObject spooler in find.Get())
    {
        spooler.InvokeMethod("StopService", new object[] { });
        spooler.InvokeMethod(Start, "StopService", new object[] { });
    }
 }
....

How can I restart this service?

Answer 1

I have come across a similar problem when I tried to connect, just add your machine name as admin in the 'users' group of the target machine and you will be able to fetch the data.

Answer 2

You could use the ServiceController class like so:

ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("ArcGIS Server", "192.168.36.22");

sc.Start();
sc.Stop();

This saves you having to write all that code to interact with WMI. Note to use the ServiceController class, you'll have to add a reference to the System.ServiceProcess assembly.