Starts DFS service, and dependencies such as Remote Registry.

Start-DFS.ps1

#requires -Version 2.0

<#
.SYNOPSIS
  Starts the DFS service

.DESCRIPTION
  Changes the Remote Registry service to Automatic start-up and Start the DFS NameSpace service dependencies, then start the DFS namespace service. 
  If the service does not start, it will retrieve the last 10 event log items from the DFS log.

.NOTES
  Version:        1.0
  Author:         Luke Murray (Luke.Geek.NZ)
  Creation Date:  20/03/17
  Purpose/Change: 
  20/03/17 - Initial script development
  11/06/18 - Updated script formatting

.EXAMPLE
  ./Start-DFS-Service.ps1
  
#>

#---------------------------------------------------------[Script Parameters]------------------------------------------------------

$ServiceName = 'DFS'
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

#-----------------------------------------------------------[Execution]------------------------------------------------------------

Try 
{
  Get-Service -Name RemoteRegistry | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
}
Catch 
{
  Write-Verbose -Message 'There is an issue changing the Remote Registry Service to Automatic Startup Type' -Verbose
}
Try
{
  $ServiceDependency = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName -DependentServices
  $ServiceDependency | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic | Start-Service
  Write-Verbose -Message "$ServiceName dependencies have started. Will now try starting the $ServiceName service.." -Verbose
}
catch [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ServiceCommandException]
{
  [Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$e = $_

  $info = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
    Exception = $e.Exception.Message
    Reason    = $e.CategoryInfo.Reason
    Target    = $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName
    Line      = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber
    Column    = $e.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine
  }
  Write-Verbose -Message 'Opps! There was an error:' -Verbose
  $info
}
Catch 
{
  Write-Verbose -Message "There was an issue starting $ServiceName dependencies" -Verbose
}

try
{
  Try
  {
    Start-Service -Name $ServiceName
    Write-Verbose -Message "The $ServiceName service has started." -Verbose
  }
  Catch 
  {
    Get-WinEvent -LogName Microsoft-Windows-DFSN-Server/Operational | Select-Object -Last 10
  }
}

catch
{
  [Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$e = $_

  $info = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
    Exception = $e.Exception.Message
    Reason    = $e.CategoryInfo.Reason
    Target    = $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName
    Line      = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber
    Column    = $e.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine
  }
  Write-Verbose -Message 'Opps! There was an error:' -Verbose
  $info
}