Stopping and Starting Application Pool (IIS)

[william_roe]

In order to restore our SQL Server Database via script I need to be able to stop and start a specific Application Pool. This article (https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/9044/) shows how stop / start services in their entirety. However, there is no need to stop IIS entirly -- only individual Application Pools. How can I start / start an individual Application Pool within IIS?

[dganov · Accepted solution]

Latest IIS versions have appcmd.exe command line utility. It allows to perform different actions over IIS.

What you need is described in this MSDN article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732742(v=ws.10).aspx

[AlexKaras]

In addition - the following links might appear to be useful as well:

https://www.eukhost.com/forums/f15/start-application-pool-simple-script-8937/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2248042/start-stop-app-pool-iis6-0-with-powershell-or-command-lin...

http://blogs.iis.net/chrisad/Recycling-Application-Pools-using-WMI-in-IIS-6.0

http://www.iis.net/learn/manage/scripting/managing-sites-with-the-iis-wmi-provider

(https://www.google.com/?q=vbscript+iis+start+stop+application+pool)