Enable-ScheduledJob

Enables the scheduled job with the specified identification number (ID). Enter the ID of a scheduled job.

Specifies the scheduled job to be enabled. Enter a variable that contains ScheduledJobDefinition objects or type a command or expression that gets ScheduledJobDefinition objects, such as a Get-ScheduledJob command. You can also pipe a ScheduledJobDefinition object to Enable-ScheduledJob.

Enables the scheduled jobs with the specified names. Enter the name of a scheduled job. Wildcards are supported.

Returns the scheduled jobs that were enabled. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see  about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

This command enables the scheduled job with ID 2 on the local computer. The output shows the effect of the command.

PS C:\> Enable-ScheduledJob -ID 2 -Passthru

Id         Name            Triggers        Command                                  Enabled
--         ----            --------        -------                                  -------
2          Inventory       {1, 2}          \\Srv01\Scripts\Get-FullInventory.ps1    True

This command enables all scheduled jobs on the local computer. It uses the Get-ScheduledJob cmdlet to get all scheduled job and the Enable-ScheduledJob cmdlet to enable them.

Enable-ScheduledJob does not generate warnings or errors if you enable a scheduled job that is already enabled, so you can enable all scheduled jobs without conditions.

PS C:\> Get-ScheduledJob | Enable-ScheduledJob -Passthru

Id         Name            Triggers        Command                                  Enabled
--         ----            --------        -------                                  -------
1          ArchiveProje... {}              C:\Scripts\Archive-DxProjects.ps1        True
2          Inventory       {1, 2}          \\Srv01\Scripts\Get-FullInventory.ps1    True
4          Test-HelpFiles  {1}             .\Test-HelpFiles.ps1                     True
5          TestJob         {1, 2}          .\Run-AllTests.ps1                       True

This command enables scheduled jobs that do not require a network connection.

The command uses the Get-ScheduledJob cmdlet to get all scheduled jobs on the computer. A pipeline operator sends the scheduled jobs to the Get-ScheduledJobOption cmdlet, which gets the job options of each scheduled job. Each job options object has a JobDefinition property that contains the associated scheduled job. The JobDefinition property is used to complete the command.

The command uses a pipeline operator (|) to send the job options to the Where-Object cmdlet, which selects scheduled job option objects in which the RunWithoutNetwork property has a value of True ($true). Another pipeline operator sends the selected scheduled job options objects to the ForEach-Object cmdlet which runs an Enable-ScheduledJob command on the scheduled job in the value of the JobDefinition property of each job options object.

PS C:\> Get-ScheduledJob | Get-ScheduledJobOption | Where-Object {$_.RunWithoutNetwork} | ForEach-Object {Enable-ScheduledJob -InputObject $_.JobDefinition}

This command enables scheduled jobs that have "test" in their names on two remote computers, Srv01 and Srv10.

The command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run an Enable-ScheduledJob command on the Srv01 and Srv10 computers. The command uses the Name parameter of Enable-ScheduledJob to enable the Inventory scheduled job on each computer.

PS C:\> Invoke-Command -ComputerName Srv01, Srv10 -ScriptBlock {Enable-ScheduledJob -Name Inventory}