Stopping SharePoint services on multiple servers

Today I needed to move some SharePoint databases. This needed to be done on 2 different farms, but I did not feel the need to logon to every SharePoint server in order to stop every service. So I wrote a little PowerShell script.

I tested this script on multiple environments.

[code language=”PowerShell”]
# Stop SharePoint Servers on Multiple Servers

Function Stop-Admin {
$SPAdminV4 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "SPAdminV4"}

If ($SPAdminV4.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service SPAdminV4 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-Timer {
$SPTimerV4 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "SPTimerV4"}

If ($SPTimerV4.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service SPTimerV4 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-Tracing {
$SPTraceV4 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "SPTraceV4"}

If ($SPTraceV4.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service SPTraceV4 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-UserCode {
$SPUserCodeV4 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "SPUserCodeV4"}

If ($SPUserCodeV4.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service SPUserCodeV4 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-Writer {
$SPWriterV4 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "SPWriterV4"}

If ($SPWriterV4.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service SPWriterV4 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-SPSearch {
$SPSearch4 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "SPSearch4"}

If ($SPSearch4.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service SPSearch4 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-OSearch14 {
$osearch14 = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "OSearch14"}

If ($osearch14.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service OSearch14 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

Function Stop-W3SVC {
$W3SVC = Get-Service | Where {$_.Name -eq "W3SVC"}

If ($W3SVC.status -ne "Stopped") {
Stop-Service W3SVC -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green " – Done."
} else {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray " – Already Stopped"
}
}

# Specify servers
[array]$servers = "Server1","Server2","Server3","Server4"
Foreach ($server in $servers) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Stopping services…"
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint 2010 Administration on server $server…" -NoNewline
Stop-Admin $server
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint 2010 Timer…" -NoNewline
Stop-Timer $server
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint 2010 Tracing…" -NoNewline
Stop-Tracing $server
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint 2010 User Code Host…" -NoNewline
Stop-UserCode $server
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint 2010 VSS Writer…" -NoNewline
Stop-Writer $server
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint Foundation Search Service…" -NoNewline
Stop-SPSearch $server
Write-Host " Stopping SharePoint Search Service…" -NoNewline
Stop-OSearch14 $server
Write-Host " World Wide Web Publishing Service…" -NoNewline
Stop-W3SVC $server
}

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "SharePoint services has been stopped on all servers"
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I’m not giving guarantees.