Server Application Unavailable

[Philip Mattson]

Hi all,

I''m running a ASP.Net app and it will run for awhile after a system
restart. Eventually all ASP.Net pages on the site will return the "Server
Application Unavailable" error. The message says that detailed error
information may be found in the application event log, however, there is no
information recorded in the log. The application runs fine indefinitely on
Win2k/IIS5 (Framework 1.1), however, on my two Win2K/II6 boxes, this problem
occurs.

1) The servers run a mix of ASP (95%) and ASP.Net (5%).
2) The server that fail are running Win2K Web Edition.
3) The application pool is running under the "Network Service" account
4) IIS is NOT running into IIS5.0 isolation mode.
5) I've search (Google goups/Microsoft) and read anything that seemed
relevant... nothing seems to apply.
6) My situation is a little unique because the .Net portion of site works
fine for a little while, then suddenly stops working. The ASP portions of
the site continue to work just fine.

Thanks in advance for all help!

Philip Mattson
First MediaWorks


P.S. Here's the error
Server Application Unavailable
The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is
currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser
to retry your request.

Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific
request failure can be found in the application event log of the web server.
Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur.

 

[Eric Cherng]

If your applications work fine on Win2k and works weird under Win2k3, you
might want to look into the new settings for Win2k3/IIS6. IIS6 includes a
bunch of new features that weren't in IIS5 such as Application Pools. Also
ASP.NET runs as a different username in IIS6 than in IIS5 (NETWORK_SERVICE
vs. ASPNET). These are just some suggestions to get you started.

Eric