AppPoolState Metabase Property

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

The AppPoolState property value is used by applications to determine the state of an application pool. The possible states are listed below in the Bitmask Values table.

Important

Because this property is internally configured by IIS, you should consider it to be read-only. Do not configure this property.

Attribute Name Attribute Value

XML Data Type

DWORD

WMI Data Type

SINT32

ADSI Data Type

DWORD

ABO Data Type

DWORD

ABO Metabase Identifier

MD_APPPOOL_STATE

Attributes

VOLATILE

Default Value

null

MetaFlagsEx

CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

ID

9027

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/DefaultAppPool/application_pool_name

IIsApplicationPool

Bitmask Values

Constant Value Description

MD_APPPOOL_STATE_STARTING

0x00000001

The application pool is starting.

MD_APPPOOL_STATE_STARTED

0x00000002

The application pool has started.

MD_APPPOOL_STATE_STOPPING

0x00000003

The application pool is stopping.

MD_APPPOOL_STATE_STOPPED

0x00000004

The application pool has stopped.

Code Example

For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.