IIS 7.0 Application Pool Recycling log files

Question

Which event log files does the IIS 7.0 Application Pool Recycling log to?
I want to check out at what time the default app pool automatically recylces.

Heisler

Answer 1

They are logged in the Windows Event Viewer. On Win7 they are in Windows Logs > System - filter for Source = WAS

A typical message may read:

A worker process with process id of '5916' serving application pool 'DefaultAppPool' was shutdown due to inactivity. Application Pool timeout configuration was set to 20 minutes. A new worker process will be started when needed.

Azotemia

The message above do not refer to recycle. Typical message is "A worker process with process id of 'xxxx' serving application pool 'xxxxx' has requested a recycle because the worker process reached its allowed processing time limit." – Dara