START or STOP App Fabric Caching service using PowerShell

START or STOP App Fabric Caching service using Power Shell

App Fabric or Distributed Caching service can be started using services console or from the central admin UI. However, I find it easy to start it using power shell. Copy and paste the below code in a notepad and save it as .ps1 file. The script file can be executed from the distributed cache server/s.

START App Fabric Caching Service

$instanceName =”SPDistributedCacheService Name=AppFabricCachingService”
$serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {($_.service.tostring()) -eq $instanceName -and ($_.server.name) -eq $env:computername}
$serviceInstance.Provision()

STOP App Fabric Caching Service
Stop-SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance –Graceful

After the service is started, from the DC server, type the below two commands to ensure that your service is UP.

Use-CacheCluster

Get-CacheHost

Now about the verification. First verification should be in the services.

1. Click on Start > Run > type services.msc > Enter

2. Ensure the App Fabric Caching service is running.

The next verification is from the Central Administration.

1. Navigate to Central Administration > Click on services on server

2. Select the server from the dropdown where your DC is configured

3. Ensure the Distributed Cache status is Started.

Hope this helps !