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WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again
2017-05-25
WSUSPool keeps stopping? Sometimes you find your WSUS server keeps crashing over and over again. The WSUS application pool periodically stops, WSUS is unavailable and/or the WSUS management console hangs.
AppCmd introduction and examples
2016-05-17
The AppCmd.exe command is your one-stop-shop for administering Windows Server IIS web servers. In combination with WinRM it is your Swiss Army knife for your daily routine. This post introduces appcmd and provides you with a lot of helpful appcmd examples.
Set IIS Application Pool recycle defaults to Specific Times, not Regular Time Interval
2015-04-03
By default, an IIS application pool (or "AppPool") recycles on a regular time interval of 1740 minutes, or 29 hours. One reason for this time interval is that application pools don't recycle at the same moment every day (every day at 07.00 for example).
Conditionally start Application Pools on remote IIS web servers
2014-09-11
In this article you'll learn how to start all stopped application pools that have the ApplicationPool.AutoStart property set to $True using AppCmd.exe or PowerShell. This is something you often or occasionally have to perform on various servers, for example when an application pool hangs.
Add websites and application pools to IIS with PowerShell, in a for loop
2013-11-11
How to use PowerShell to add websites and application pools in IIS