Hi All,

We have a few apps that work off the IIS (v6.0) and occasionally they
stop working (which is another problem all together!). To get them
working again we have to restart our server (server 2003) which, as you
can imagine, is becoming a real pain! I thought a faster solution would
be to perform an 'IISRESET /restart' but unfortunately, the World Wide
Web Publishing service hangs during 'stopping'. The only way to restart
it seems to be to restart the server!

Does anyone know why W3SVC could be hanging on stopping during the
IISRESET?

Thanks in advance
Nick

Re: W3SVC hangs during IISRESET by Steve

Steve
Thu Jun 29 23:13:50 CDT 2006

Without more information it appears a DLL or thread is 'in-use' causing the
problem. Have you tried turning anti-virus software off or is there any 3rd
party software on the machine. Before restarting the box, I would try
turning off un-necessary services to see if you can narrow down what is
causing the problem. Another tool that can help is called Process Explorer
by "SysInternals". This will show you which DLL and EXE's are being used by
each process.

--

Steve Schofield
Windows Server MVP - IIS
ASPInsider Member - MCP

http://www.orcsweb.com/
Managed Complex Hosting
#1 in Service and Support


"nick3young" <nick3young@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151506695.093647.231520@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> We have a few apps that work off the IIS (v6.0) and occasionally they
> stop working (which is another problem all together!). To get them
> working again we have to restart our server (server 2003) which, as you
> can imagine, is becoming a real pain! I thought a faster solution would
> be to perform an 'IISRESET /restart' but unfortunately, the World Wide
> Web Publishing service hangs during 'stopping'. The only way to restart
> it seems to be to restart the server!
>
> Does anyone know why W3SVC could be hanging on stopping during the
> IISRESET?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Nick
>



Re: W3SVC hangs during IISRESET by Madhu

Madhu
Fri Jul 07 04:31:02 CDT 2006

Also, Don't remember offhand but I would try tasklist.exe if your company
doesn't want to use non MS.
--
Madhu


"Steve Schofield" wrote:

> Without more information it appears a DLL or thread is 'in-use' causing the
> problem. Have you tried turning anti-virus software off or is there any 3rd
> party software on the machine. Before restarting the box, I would try
> turning off un-necessary services to see if you can narrow down what is
> causing the problem. Another tool that can help is called Process Explorer
> by "SysInternals". This will show you which DLL and EXE's are being used by
> each process.
>
> --
>
> Steve Schofield
> Windows Server MVP - IIS
> ASPInsider Member - MCP
>
> http://www.orcsweb.com/
> Managed Complex Hosting
> #1 in Service and Support
>
>
> "nick3young" <nick3young@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1151506695.093647.231520@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > We have a few apps that work off the IIS (v6.0) and occasionally they
> > stop working (which is another problem all together!). To get them
> > working again we have to restart our server (server 2003) which, as you
> > can imagine, is becoming a real pain! I thought a faster solution would
> > be to perform an 'IISRESET /restart' but unfortunately, the World Wide
> > Web Publishing service hangs during 'stopping'. The only way to restart
> > it seems to be to restart the server!
> >
> > Does anyone know why W3SVC could be hanging on stopping during the
> > IISRESET?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Nick
> >
>
>
>