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I have written the below code to start the service :

invoke-command -cn $server -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock {
param($svc) 
if((get-service $svc).status -ne "running") {
    get-service $svc| start-service     
    set-service $svc -StartupType Automatic
    (get-service $svc).waitforstatus('running')  
 get-service $svc| select ServiceName
} -ArgumentList $svc
After executing the above script, I am getting below error:
Status         : Running
StartType      : Automatic
ServiceName    : svcname
PSComputerName : host1
+     invoke-command -cn $server -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock {
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Start-Service], ServiceCommandException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartServiceCommand
I see service is Running successfully so why it is throwing an error even when the service was started correctly?
I am using poweshell 5
                StartServiceFailed would indicate that it's not after starting the service, it's Start-Service itself that's failing. Check the System event log on the target machine
– Mathias R. Jessen
                Mar 15, 2022 at 16:10
                You cannot use $host as self-defined variable because it is an Automatic variable: Contains an object that represents the current host application for PowerShell. Choose a different name for that
– Theo
                Mar 15, 2022 at 16:20
                Great, but is this a typo also? set-service $svc-StartupType.. There should be a space between $svc and parameter -StartyupType I also believe you need to set the startup type before starting it and you could do with a lot less calls to get-service. Why not store it in a variable?
– Theo
                Mar 15, 2022 at 16:50
Continuing from my comments, try:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $server -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock {
    param($svc) 
    $theService = Get-Service -Name $svc
    if($theService.Status -ne 'Running') {
        if ($theService.Status -ne 'Stopped') { $theService | Stop-Service -Force }
        $theService | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
        ($theService | Start-Service -PassThru).WaitForStatus('Running')
     $theService | Select-Object ServiceName
} -ArgumentList $svc
                I see the script is failing again on one server. the only difference is that it is in Paused state right now. Status         : Paused StartType      : Automatic  + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Start-Service],ServiceCommandException
– meallhour
                Mar 15, 2022 at 19:15
                @meallhour Hmm.. Looks like we have to do a waiting loop to make sure it has stopped after Stop-Service. I'm on mobile now but will edit tomorrow
– Theo
                Mar 15, 2022 at 19:42
                sure. I am trying to manually start the service, it is throwing an error saying that the service and the service is stuck in paused state.
– meallhour
                Mar 15, 2022 at 19:52
        
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