IIS Stops responding and doesn't give any signs as to why

[mwest]

IIS Stops responding and doesn't give any signs as to why

I'm running IIS 4.0 that came with MSBO. It will stop responding and leave no traces as to why (i.e. event logs).

 

 

 

services being run are:

[ * Automatic Startup / **Manually Started {and running} ]

[ ^Manually Started {and running} / ^^Manually Started {and NOT running} ]

[ ~Disabled ]

Alerter*

CasePoint WebServer 1*

CasePoint WebServer 2*

CasePoint WebServer 3*

CasePoint WebServer 4*

CasePoint WebServer 5*

ClipBook Server^^

Computer Browser*

Content Index^^

Crystal Info Agent^^

Crystal Info APS^^

Crystal Info Sentinel^^

DHCP Client~

Directory Replicator^^

Event Log*

FileMaker Pro Server*

FTP Publishing Service*

IIS Admin Service^

License Logging Service*

Messenger*

MSDTC*

MSSQLServer*

Net Logon*

Network DDE^^

Network DDE DSDM^^

NT LM Security Support Provider^

Plug and Play*

Protected Storage*

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator^^

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service*

Schedule*

Server*

Spooler*

SQLExecutive^^

TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper*

Telephony Service^^

UPS^^

Workstation*

World Wide Web Publishing service*

 

[Charles Boulet]

I'm having the same problem - IIS 4 stops responding and then MMC
locks up when I try to restart. In the end, I have to reboot the
system. Following the reboot, Event Viewer shows a "DCOM Error:
Trying to start IIS... an instance of the service is already
running.". Aside from this message, there is no other indication
as to why the thing locks up.

CB

mwest wrote:

> IIS Stops responding and doesn't give any signs as to whyI'm

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[Steven Barendregt]

I am having this problem too.
I have a site that uses ASP to read data from an Oracle database.
For some time this works well but when more clients are connecting and
execute queries that return lots of data, suddenly the queries don't
work no more.
IIS still works, so does ASP, but when I try to stop the WWW Service by
using the Control Panel/Services, it won't stop.
When I then try to restart the service I get an error 2186 An Instance
is already running

I have to reboot the system

[Steven M. Cohn]

Same here. But just a small suggestion.... First of all, set the
application to run in its own memory space. That way you won't stop the
whole web server if the app hangs.

Second, there is a "kill" command line utility in the NT resource kit that
allows you to stop protected processes (some of which you may have run
across if attempting to stop a process through Task Manager). You can use
the kill command to stop the mtx.exe process associated with the app. (Of
course, it's difficult to determine which one is for that particular app).
But after stopping the appropriate mtx.exe process, MMC will resume
responding and you can make a new request to the app through your browser,
reloading it into memory (creating a new mtx.exe process).

Good luck!

\Steven