IIS multiple worker process in single Application pool

Question

I have a doubt on IIS 6.0 worker process and Application pool.

I am having two web application which is been hosted on IIS 6.0 with different port number. Also I am crea

Answer 1

The worker processes are specific to each application pool. If you specify one application pool to have 1 worker process it will have only 1 worker process. If you specify another application pool to have 2 worker processes it will have 2 worker processes. You should notice that the properties screen is specific to an app pool.

You can see which application pools are using which worker processes using the following process;

• Start > Run > Cmd

• Go To Windows > System32

• Run cscript iisapp.vbs

• You will get the list of Running Worker ProcessID and the Application Pool Name.

You should see that if one of your app pools is set to use 2 worker processes it will have two entries in the list against the same app pool name.

Instructions and reference for above and also listing running worker processes in IIS7.