PowerShell Simple Retry Logic

2016-02-24 115 words One minute

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Well, this is quite a dirty fix for anything not stable…

First time failed? Run second time, failed? Third time again… Only exits successful or retried more than 3 times.

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$Stoploop = $false
[int]$Retrycount = "0"
do {
    try {
        Scripts Commands here
        Write-Host "Job completed"
        $Stoploop = $true
        }
    catch {
        if ($Retrycount -gt 3){
            Write-Host "Could not send Information after 3 retrys."
            $Stoploop = $true
        }
        else {
            Write-Host "Could not send Information retrying in 30 seconds..."
            Start-Sleep -Seconds 30
            $Retrycount = $Retrycount + 1
        }
    }
}
While ($Stoploop -eq $false)