IIS, dotNet, and App pool recycling

You could absolutely do that with iControl. The process would be something like this

 

 

1. Modify pool member to disable any new connections with the set_session_enabled_state() method passing in STATE_DISABLED for the associated pool member(s).

 

2. Use the PoolMember's get_statistics() methods to query the CURRENT_CONNECTIONS statistic until that value drops down to zero.

 

3. Issue the remote call to your windows box to reset IIS.

 

4. Re-enable new sessions by passing STATE_ENABLED to the set_session_enabled_state() method.

 

 

I've wrote a tech tip titled "Graceful Server Shutdown" that you could use as a basis to start with (it's with our PowerShell library which should integrate well with IIS controls).

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/254/iControl-Apps--04--Graceful-Server-Shutdown.aspx

 

 

You'll just have to add the IIS hooks in there.

 

 

Hope this helps...