We have win2003 sp2 enterprise server OS with exchange 2003 SP2 ent App running on it, we had face mail flow problem on it , so we restarted SMTP service but SMTP service get hung in stopping mode. Hence we killed inetinfo.exe then after server get unexpectedly shutdown.So what will be the cause of server shutdown or restart, after killing inetinfo.exe?

Hello Sandip, Inetinfo.exe is IIS related process. So refer Technet link:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786303(v=ws.10).aspx. Moreover check your server once whether any dump file recorded for this server shutdown? If so, I suggest you analyze dump file and find RCA.Regards, Ravikumar P

Hello, Exchange relies on a running IIS server, so if you kill a required process Exchange breaks also. For more Exchange problems/questions please use http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/exchangeserver/Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hello Meinolf. AS my SMTP service was hung , i killed inetinfo process after which my exchange server got rebooted automatically. Need to know y my server got rebooted after killing inetinfo.exe proces..? needed RCA ... plz help..

Hello Sandip, Sorry to hear that, you are having issues with your server. However, please understand that, for exchange server queries, there exists a dedicated forum and there are exchange experts who can give more insight on the issues which you have. Hence, as already suggested by Meinolf, please create a new thread in Exchange forum wherein you would likely to get better help than here. If you wish to create a new post in Exchange forum, please provide as much details as possible such as event log errors/warnings, any security application installed on exchange server etc... Thanks for your understandingI do not represent the organisation I work for, all the opinions expressed here are my own. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. - .... .- -. -.- ... --..-- ... .- -. - --- ... ....