Checklist: Troubleshooting Tools and Procedures

Check off each of the items below once you become familiar with the particular approach to troubleshooting IIS listed.

  • Understanding standard HTTP status codes.

  • Understanding Microsoft HTTP substatus codes for IIS.

  • Using Telnet to troubleshoot HTTP connections.

  • Understanding HTTP header syntax.

  • Using Wfetch.exe.

  • Customizing friendly HTTP error messages in IIS.

  • Enabling web logging for a site or all sites.

  • Marking a site, directory, or file for logging.

  • Selecting a log file format.

  • Enabling UTF-8 logging.

  • Configuring a new log schedule.

  • Configuring a log file directory.

  • Interpreting W3C Extended log files.

  • Configuring which properties to log in W3C Extended logging.

  • Securing log files with ACLs.

  • Viewing and deleting log files.

  • Converting W3C Extended log files to NCSA Common format with convlog.exe.

  • Reviewing Event logs for IIS errors, warnings, and informational events.

  • Configuring logging of ASP events.

  • Reviewing Event logs with eventquery.vbs.

  • Troubleshooting site access problems.

  • Logging worker process recycling.

  • Troubleshooting host header problems.

  • Configuring ASP error messages.

  • Troubleshooting CGI issues.

  • Enabling and disabling Automatic Restart.




IIS 6 Administration
IIS 6 Administration
ISBN: 0072194855
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 131
Authors: Mitch Tulloch

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