Start Stop IIS services on Windwos Dedicated Server
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If you are using Windows dedicated Server then managing IIS services is very important task you have to take care of. As a server administrator you will have to start / stop different services as and when required. If you want to manage such services using your command prompt then you can use following commands.
Firstly open command prompt from start option.
If you want to start few IIS related services you can use following :-
1) To start world wide web services c:\>net start w3svc
2) To start the ftp service c:\>net start msftpsvc
3) To start the smtp service c:\>net start smtpsvc
4) To start the plesk control panel service c:\>net start PleskControlPanel
5) To start the HTTP SSL service c:\>net Start HTTPFilter
6) To restart IIS services c:\>iisreset /restart
7) To check the status of the IIS services c:\>iisreset /status
similarly if you want to stop any IIS related command then you just need to replace start with STOP command.
As a security measure you should backup IIS before you fire any of the above command. You may lose your data if IIS is terminated before the services have stopped normally. Follow the steps for getting IIS backup.
Open IIS manager , right click on local computer => All tasks =>
Backup /Restore Configuration => Create backup and give the configuration backup name . Your IIS backup is stored at C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack location.
