Stop/Start the Application pool in IIS 6.0 using PowerShell.

Power Shell script to stop the application pool in IIS 6.0:-

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$appPool = get-wmiobject -namespace "root\MicrosoftIISv2" -class "IIsApplicationPool" | where-object {$_.Name -eq "W3SVC/AppPools/SharePoint - 80"}
$appPool.Stop()

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Power Shell script to start the application pool in IIS 6.0 :-

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$appPool = get-wmiobject -namespace "root\MicrosoftIISv2" -class "IIsApplicationPool" | where-object {$_.Name -eq "W3SVC/AppPools/SharePoint - 80"}
$appPool.Start()

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** need to change the name of the application pool (sharepoint - 80) as per in your farm.

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Very nice, I just added these to my sharepoint powershell library. code.google.com/.../detail Thanks!

• Anonymous
  August 21, 2012
  Can you please suggest how to start/stop complete iis

• Anonymous
  January 21, 2016
  ok