Checks if a log file has been written to in the last 30 minutes, Restarts a Windows Service if it has not been

CheapServiceChecker

#Checks if JobAlerts has written a log in the last 30 minutes. Restarts it if it has not.
#Should it do stuff, It sends an email
#Pierce Fortin [email protected]
#Logic test on a working service: Change -lt on 28 to -gt


#ScriptSettings
$WaitPeriod = '20' #Wait time in seconds before starting a service if it is in a failed state
$LogPath = 'C:\scripts\jobalerter\runlog.log'
$serviceName = 'ServiceName'
$lastModifiedDate = (Get-Item "C:\Stuff\MoreStuff\logs\Service_Log.txt").LastWriteTime


#Email Settings
$emailfrom = '[email protected]'
$emailto = '[email protected]'
$emailSubject = "Service Stalled: Restarted Service on $env:computername"
$smtpserver='mailprod.domain.com' 

#Transcript Settings:
$ErrorActionPreference="SilentlyContinue"
Stop-Transcript | out-null
$ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
Start-Transcript -path $logpath

#Check if file has been modified in last 30 minutes, If it has not restart service and trigger email
if ($lastModifiedDate -lt (Get-Date).AddMinutes(-30) ) {
write-host "file not modified in last 30 minutes"
Stop-Service -name $serviceName
Start-Sleep -Seconds $WaitPeriod
Start-Service -name $serviceName

#Send email with the status
write-host "Service was restarted"
Stop-Transcript
$body = @"
Service Stalled automated recovery performed on $env:computername. 
Last modified date on Logfile is $lastModifiedDate
See attached logfile for details.
"@
$message = new-object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage 
$message.From = $emailfrom 
$message.To.Add($emailto) 
$message.IsBodyHtml = $True 
$message.Subject = $emailSubject
$attach = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($logpath) 
$message.Attachments.Add($attach) 
$message.body = $body 
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpserver) 
$smtp.Send($message)  

}