BizTalk2010 restart Receive location every hour - biztalk

Question

BizTalk2010 restart Receive location every 3 hour
we have a issue with third party sftp codeplex adapter 1.4 (receive location 'freeze' issue). There may be a fix in version 1.5 but for a short term solution is there a way to schedule a restart of one Receive location (Disable\enable)

Answer 1

You can use Task Scheduler to schedule a PowerShell that enables/disables your Receive Location.
Here https://biztalklive.blogspot.com.es/2017/10/powershell-script-to-enable-biztalk.html?m=1 you have a Script example and here how to schedule https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/26747.windows-server-how-to-schedule-a-powershell-script-to-auto-run.aspx.

Answer 2

You can create a powershell with the following script :
#Get Receive locations
[ARRAY]$ReceiveLocations = get-wmiobject MSBTS_ReceiveLocation -namespace 'root\MicrosoftBizTalkServer' -filter {IsDisabled = "True" and (Name="Receive Location Name1" or Name="Receive Location Name2")}
Foreach ($ReceiveLocation in $ReceiveLocations)
{
#EnableReceive locations
$ReceiveLocation.InvokeMethod("Enable",$null)
}
and create a windows task scheduler to execute the script

Answer 3

For a temporary solution, you can put that Receive Location in it's own Host Instance and use the Windows Scheduler to Stop and Start the Service periodically.
You don't need any scripts or other complications, just the NET STOP/START commands.
The setup is described in this other SO thread: How to restart a windows service using Task Scheduler
You can find the Service name in the Properties Services Control Panel.