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JSI Tip 4875. How do I start, stop, and reboot IIS 5.0 from a command-line or batch?
Jerold Schulman
February 24, 2002
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IIS 5.0 comes with the Iisreset.exe tool, which can take a server offline or start / stop services from the command-line.
The Iisreset.exe syntax is:
IISRESET [ computer name ] [ /option ] [ /option ] [....]
where:
No Parameters | Web services on the local computer are restarted. |
/RESTART | Stops and restarts all running Internet services. |
/START | Starts all Internet services that are configured to autostart. |
/STOP | Stops all running Internet Services. |
/REBOOT | Performs a Shutdown and restart of the computer. |
/REBOOTONERROR | If an error occurs while using the /RESTART, /START, or /STOP switches, the computer will be restarted. |
/NOFORCE | If the /STOP fails, DO NOT force the Internet services to stop. |
/TIMEOUT:Seconds | If /REBOOTONERROR is specified and an error occurs, wait Seconds, instead of the default, which is 20 seconds for the /RESTART switch and 60 seconds for the /STOP switch. |
/STATUS | Displays the status of all Internet services. |
/ENABLE | Enables the Restart API for Internet services. |
/DISABLE | Disables the Restart API for Internet services. |
Examples:
IISRESET /RESTART /REBOOTONERROR | Restart all running Internet services and reboot the local computer if the restart fails. |
|---|---|
IISRESET /RESTART /TIMEOUT:120 /REBOOTONERROR | Restart all running Internet services and reboot the local computer if the restart fail to function in 120 seconds. |
If you wanted to stop all Internet services, backup the log files, and start the services, use a batch file. I have elected to exit the batch if the stop fails:
@echo offIISRESET /STOP /NOFORCE if errorlevel == 1 goto :EOFcopy %systemroot%system32LogFilesW3SVC1*.* d:backupW3SVC1*.* /YIISRESET /STARTAbout the Author
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