How To start/stop IIS 6.0/7.0 remotely using PowerShell Scripts?

Question

I have two servers Server A and Server B. I want to stop server A from Server B remotely using Powershell script.

Answer 1

You can use get-wmiobject cmdlt with different NameSpace for different versions of IIS v6 or v7, below pipelining command can be used for such operations in IIS locally or remotely

for IIS v6

$srv = "Server Name or IP Address"

$app = "Name of App Pool"

$x = get-wmiobject -namespace "root\MicrosoftIISv2" -class "IIsApplicationPool" -ComputerName $srv -Authentication PacketPrivacy | where-object {$_.Name -eq "W3SVC/AppPools/$app"}

$x.Stop()

$x.Start()

for IIS v7

$srv = "Server Name or IP Address"

$app = "Name of App Pool"

$x = Get-WMIObject -Namespace "root\webAdministration" -Class "ApplicationPool" -ComputerName $srv -Authentication PacketPrivacy | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $app}

$x.Stop()

$x.Start()

you need to have sufficient account privilege for these operations, event though i prefer to do $x.Recycle() for my websites.