Hi, in a script i want to restart  a server and wait until the server is up to run the next command.

I know that in POSH 3 i can use -wait but i need to use POSH 2

What is the best way? 

Restart-Computer  -ComputerName $svr  -AsJob

Thanks

do a test-connection $srv this will tell you when pc is pinging from there run your command..

if(test-connection $svr){
your next step
{

Hi, 

I thought about that, but that will get me true or false..

If it is false will it keep doing it until it gets true and then move on?

Hi,

Take a look at this thread, it has several snippets that will help you:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/e5dd32bc-33d0-41fb-9f2d-ad45ff4b091e/multiple-servers-reboot-conditional

You could do a endless loop until the server is up again

Restart-Computer $server
Do {
  Sleep 10 # Sleep for 10 secs, then test ping
}While (Test-Connection $server)

The only issue I see is, you can get a successful ping, even if the server isn't fully up, and still booting. So depending on your next tasks, they may or may not run corre

yeah you can do while loop, sometimes you have to query some services such as winrm to make sure server is fully back up before you can perform a remote command or somethign

You could do a endless loop until the server is up again

Restart-Computer $server
Do {
  Sleep 10 # Sleep for 10 secs, then test ping
}While (!(Test-Connection $server))

The only issue I see is, you can get a successful ping, even if the server isn't fully up, and still booting. So depending on your next tasks, they may or may not run corre