Hi All,

I have a requirement where i need to start some services when the server reboots, for this i have a .bat file that starts the services and i placed this in the startup folder. My other need is i want to create a simple file (any type) once the services are started . The reason is i have to start services on a different server and this task should be started once all the services are started on the first server. I'm thinking once the file is created i have my script on the second server to look for this file and if exists start the services on the second server. 

On the first server i have the script to start the services as

cmd /c F:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem1\bin\start.bat

To this i added fsutil file createnew EmptyFile.txt 0, but the create file part is not working. Any ideas please?

Thanks

Hi,

Sorry for the delay in reply.

As the purpose is to "generate something as a trigger to start services on different server", I think it could be done with several workarounds:

1. Check if start the service locally will trigger any event - use the event as ID as a trigger and run a command locally to start a service on other computers such as using SC or PSEXEC:

sc \\server start ServiceName

psexec \\server -u username -p password net start <Service>

2. Also you can add a script just like your description - to create a file, open a port to deliver a message to another service (for logging an event log) and use it as a trigger. PSEXEC should also help on this purpose.

Meanwhile if you have to create a file, test if run "fsutil file createnew EmptyFile.txt 0" directly will create a file before adding it into a script.