Unable to manage IIS though computer management console

[jamorgan]

Hi,

I am receiving the following error when attemping to manage IIS (5.0) service though the local computer management console. I am able to manage other services. This is on a 2000 Advanced Server:

Error connecting to <myserver>
The system cannot find the path specified.
Do you wish to contiue to attempt to connect in the future

I am able to connect via &quot;manage, connect to another computer&quot; from a remote server even though the same error message appears first. This is what I have been doing as a workaround.

If anyone has any ideas, I would like to hear them.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Jodi

 

[rewebb]

This error can occur when the metabase has become corrupted. The metabase stores settings used in Internet Information Services. To correct this you should attempt to restore the metabase from a backup. But if this does not fix it you may need to restore the metabase from a system backup.

The metabase, Metabase.bin, is located in the (default) C:\WINNT\System32\inetsrv (%WinDir%\System32\inetsrv) directory.

What happens if you haven't got a backup or this still doesn't work? Then a temporary backup of the metabase may still exist!

When the metabase is updated through the MMC or another process, a temporary backup of the metabase may be created.

This temporary file is named either Metabase.bak or Metabase.bin.bak, and is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv folder. If this temporary file exists, perform the following steps to attempt to restore the metabase:

1. Stop all IIS services, and other services that rely on IIS (such as third-party applications or Microsoft Site Server).

Note: To stop IIS and its dependent services you can use the NET STOP IISADMIN /Y command from the DOS prompt.

2. Rename the corrupted metabase file, Metabase.bin, to a new name such as Metabase.bad. The Metabase.bin file is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv folder.

3. Rename the temporary backup file (Metabase.bak or Metabase.bin.bak) to Metabase.bin.

4. Restart the computer.

But if there really is no backup of the Metabase then you may simply have to re-install IIS5. There is a way to install a clean Metabase for IIS4 by uninstalling NT Option Pack, removing Internet Explorer (yes, really), reinstalling NT Option Pack and finally re-installing Internet Explorer. But that doesn't help IIS5 users.

Hope all that is of some help!!