functions/Start-DbaAgentJob.ps1
function Start-DbaAgentJob { <# .SYNOPSIS Starts a running SQL Server Agent Job. .DESCRIPTION This command starts a job then returns connected SMO object for SQL Agent Job information for each instance(s) of SQL Server. .PARAMETER SqlInstance The target SQL Server instance or instances. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Windows and SQL Authentication supported. Accepts credential objects (Get-Credential) .PARAMETER Job The job(s) to process - this list is auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all jobs will be processed. .PARAMETER ExcludeJob The job(s) to exclude - this list is auto-populated from the server. .PARAMETER AllJobs Retrieve all the jobs .PARAMETER Wait Wait for output until the job has started .PARAMETER WaitPeriod Wait period in seconds to use when -Wait is used .PARAMETER SleepPeriod Period in milliseconds to wait after a job has started .PARAMETER InputObject Internal parameter that enables piping .PARAMETER WhatIf If this switch is enabled, no actions are performed but informational messages will be displayed that explain what would happen if the command were to run. .PARAMETER Confirm If this switch is enabled, you will be prompted for confirmation before executing any operations that change state. .PARAMETER EnableException By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message. This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting. Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch. .NOTES Tags: Job, Agent Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Start-DbaAgentJob .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Start-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance localhost Starts all running SQL Agent Jobs on the local SQL Server instance .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance sql2016 -Job cdc.DBWithCDC_capture | Start-DbaAgentJob Starts the cdc.DBWithCDC_capture SQL Agent Job on sql2016 .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Start-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance sql2016 -Job cdc.DBWithCDC_capture Starts the cdc.DBWithCDC_capture SQL Agent Job on sql2016 .EXAMPLE PS C:\> $servers | Find-DbaAgentJob -IsFailed | Start-DbaAgentJob Restarts all failed jobs on all servers in the $servers collection .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Start-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance sql2016 -AllJobs Start all the jobs #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")] param ( [parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = "Instance")] [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [DbaInstanceParameter[]]$SqlInstance, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [string[]]$Job, [string[]]$ExcludeJob, [parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "Object")] [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.Job[]]$InputObject, [switch]$AllJobs, [switch]$Wait, [int]$WaitPeriod = 3, [int]$SleepPeriod = 300, [Alias('Silent')] [switch]$EnableException ) process { if ((Test-Bound -not -ParameterName AllJobs) -and (Test-Bound -not -ParameterName Job) -and (Test-Bound -not -ParameterName InputObject)) { Stop-Function -Message "Please use one of the job parameters, either -Job or -AllJobs. Or pipe in a list of jobs." -Target $instance return } # Loop through each of the instances foreach ($instance in $SqlInstance) { try { $server = Connect-SqlInstance -SqlInstance $instance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Error occured while establishing connection to $instance" -Category ConnectionError -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $instance -Continue } # Check if all the jobs need to included if ($AllJobs) { $InputObject += $server.JobServer.Jobs } # If a specific job needs to be added if (-not $AllJobs -and $Job) { $InputObject = $server.JobServer.Jobs | Where-Object Name -In $Job } # If a job needs to be excluded if ($ExcludeJob) { $InputObject = $InputObject | Where-Object Name -NotIn $ExcludeJob } } # Loop through each of the jobs foreach ($currentjob in $InputObject) { $server = $currentjob.Parent.Parent $status = $currentjob.CurrentRunStatus if ($status -ne 'Idle') { Stop-Function -Message "$currentjob on $server is not idle ($status)" -Target $currentjob -Continue } If ($Pscmdlet.ShouldProcess($server, "Starting job $currentjob")) { # Start the job $lastrun = $currentjob.LastRunDate Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Last run date was $lastrun" $null = $currentjob.Start() # Wait and refresh so that it has a chance to change status Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $SleepPeriod $currentjob.Refresh() $i = 0 # Check if the status is Idle while (($currentjob.CurrentRunStatus -eq 'Idle' -and $i++ -lt 60)) { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Job $($currentjob.Name) status is $($currentjob.CurrentRunStatus)" Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Job $($currentjob.Name) last run date is $($currentjob.LastRunDate)" Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Sleeping for $SleepPeriod ms and refreshing" Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $SleepPeriod $currentjob.Refresh() # If it failed fast, speed up output if ($lastrun -ne $currentjob.LastRunDate) { $i = 600 } } # Wait for the job if (Test-Bound -ParameterName Wait) { while ($currentjob.CurrentRunStatus -ne 'Idle') { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "$currentjob is $($currentjob.CurrentRunStatus)" Start-Sleep -Seconds $WaitPeriod $currentjob.Refresh() } Get-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance $server -Job $currentjob.Name } else { Get-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance $server -Job $currentjob.Name } } } } } |