OrphanWorkerProcess Metabase Property
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1
The OrphanWorkerProcess property, when set to true, notifies the World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW Service) not to terminate a worker process that fails to respond to pings, but to instead orphan the worker process in the application pool if the worker process suffers fatal errors.
| Attribute Name | Attribute Value |
|---|---|
XML Data Type |
Boolean |
WMI Data Type |
Boolean |
ADSI Data Type |
Boolean |
ABO Data Type |
Boolean |
ABO Metabase Identifier |
MD_APPPOOL_ORPHAN_PROCESSES_FOR_DEBUGGING |
Attributes |
INHERIT |
Default Value |
false |
MetaFlagsEx |
CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED |
User Type |
IIS_MD_UT_SERVER |
ID |
9009 |
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 |
/LM/W3SVC/AppPools |
IIsApplicationPools |
Code Example
For general code examples, see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties.