Waitforstatus service powershell - powershell

Question

I have written a script to stop the services on any server!
But I get error:
YMethod invocation failed because[System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus] does not contain a method named 'WaitForStatus'.
At C:\Admin\Scripts\JBoss_StartStopp\stoppa_alla_IX2 och IX3.ps1:18 char:7
+ $getservicestatus.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
When you quit a service on a server, I want to wait until the service is stopped and then go to the next service on the next server!
$serverlist = Get-Content “.\server.txt”
$servicename = "JBoss_cambio"
$serverlistIX3 = Get-Content “.\ix3.txt”
$servicenameIX3 = "Laskopia_Cosmic"
foreach ($server in $serverlist) {
$getservicestatus = (Get-Service -Name $servicename -ComputerName $server).status
if ($getservicestatus -eq "Running") {
Set-Service -Name $servicename -ComputerName $server -Status Stopped
$getservicestatusIX3.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
Write-Host "$server $servicename Stoppad!" -ForegroundColor Green
}
else
{
Write-Host "$server $servicename var redan Stopped!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
}
foreach ($server in $serverlistIX3) {
$getservicestatusIX3 = (Get-Service -Name $servicenameIX3 -ComputerName $server).status
if ($getservicestatusIX3 -eq "Running") {
Set-Service -Name $servicenameIX3 -ComputerName $server -Status Stopped
$getservicestatusIX3.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
Write-Host "$server $servicenameIX3 Sttopad!" -ForegroundColor Green
}
else
{
Write-Host "$server $servicenameIX3 var redan Stoppad!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
}
Write-Host "." -ForegroundColor DarkBlue
Read-Host "Tryck ENTER för att avsluta"

Answer 1

The WaitForStatus method is member of System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController class, not ServiceControllerStatus. For example:
$s = Get-Service spooler
$s.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
You could modify your code to something like this:
$serviceIX3 = Get-Service -Name $servicenameIX3 -ComputerName $server
if($serviceIX3.status -eq "Running") {
Stop-Service $serviceIX3
$serviceIX3.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
Write-Host "$server $servicenameIX3 Sttopad!" -ForegroundColor Green
}

Answer 2

Your $getservicestatus is a System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus and not a ServiceController object.
This getservicestatus doesn't have WaitForStatus method.
Try this
$getservice = Get-Service -Name $servicename -ComputerName $server
And now you can use $getservices.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
Write-Output "We stop the service: $servicename"
Stop-Service -Name $servicename
$getservice.WaitForStatus("Stopped")
Write-Output "$servicename Stoped"

Answer 3

Unless you use a time-span parameter, wait will continually test every 1/4 second or so and may inadvertently wait forever.