Hello

i'm looking for a sollution to start publishing points
remotely.

I have found a script that remotely start the media
server , but i still have to start the publishingpoints
by hand. Is there anyboddy that can help me , i'm new at
this. The Jscript i use is below.

Thanks
Peter

/*--------------------------------------------------------
-------------
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Script name    : Start the Windows Media Server Service
(startservice)  
Script version : 1.0
Description    : This script starts the Windows Media
Service on the
specified Server. If the -s parameter is not specified,
the service on the
local machine should be started.  
          [-s <Server1, [Server2, Server N]>]
where  -s represents target server.
Example : startservice -s server1,server2
Returns  :
1. Usage: startservice [-s <Server1, [Server2, Server N]

2. Server %server% is not a valid WMS Server
OS Requirements       :  Windows Server 2003 (all
versions)
Software requirements :  WMS Server
Scripting Engine      : Jscript
----------------------------------------------------------
-----------*/
var szEachArgument = "";
var objWMI = null;
var objWMIServices = null;
var dwEachArg = 0;
var szTemp = "";
var objArgs = WScript.Arguments;
var dwNumArgs = WScript.Arguments.length;

// Parse the command to separate out the server names  

while(dwEachArg< dwNumArgs )
{
   szEachArgument = objArgs( dwEachArg );
   if( szEachArgument.toLowerCase()== "-s" )
   {  
       dwEachArg = dwEachArg + 1;
       if( dwEachArg >= dwNumArgs )    //ex:
startservice -s
       {
           DisplayUsage();
       }
       szEachArgument = objArgs(dwEachArg);  
       objArgs=szEachArgument.split(",");        
   }          
   else
   {
       DisplayUsage();     //ex: startservice -s s1,s2
junk
   }  
   dwEachArg = dwEachArg + 1;
}  

if(objArgs.length == 0)
{
   //i.e. if server name is not mentioned, then start
Publishing points on localhost  
   try
   {
       objWMI = ActiveXObject("winmgmts:");
       objWMIServices = objWMI.Get
("Win32_Service.Name='wmserver'")
       objWMIServices.startService;
       szTemp = "Server 'LocalHost' started successfully
\n";
   }
   catch(e)
   {
       var errorcode = e.number >>> 0;
       szTemp = "Error Code 0x" + errorcode.toString(
16 ) + ": 'LocalHost' could not be started \n";
   }
}
else
{
   szTemp = "";
   var dwEachServer = 0;
   var szEachServerName = "";
   while( dwEachServer < objArgs.length )  
   {
       szEachServerName = objArgs[ dwEachServer ];
       try
       {
           var strPath = "winmgmts://" +
szEachServerName;
           objWMI = ActiveXObject(strPath);
           objWMIServices = objWMI.Get
("Win32_Service.Name='wmserver'")
           objWMIServices.startService;
           szTemp = szTemp + "Server '" +
szEachServerName + "' started successfully \n";    
       }
       catch(e)
       {
           var errorcode = e.number >>> 0;
           szTemp = szTemp + "Error Code 0x" +
errorcode.toString( 16 ) + ": '" + szEachServerName + "'
could not be started \n";
       }
       dwEachServer = dwEachServer + 1 ;
   }
}  

Trace( szTemp );

function DisplayUsage()
{
   szTemp = "Usage: StartService [-s <Server1, [Server2,
ServerN]>] \n";  
   szTemp = szTemp + "If server name(s) is/are not
mentioned, local host is the default server \n";
   Trace( szTemp );
   WScript.Quit(1);
}

function Trace(Msg)
{
   WScript.Echo(Msg);
}