whats meant by 'path' in adsutil.vbs

Question

I am trying to start and stop a website hosted in IIS with windows batch file and found that there is an option that with cscript.exe you can make use of adsutil.vbs file with START_SERVER option.

I know that the following command will do that, but I don't understand what I am supposed enter for 'path'

cscript.exe adsutil.vbs START_SERVER     path     - starts the given web site

the documentation has a the following sample

cscript.exe adsutil.vbs START_SERVER W3SVC/1

but W3SVC/1 no way related to virtual directory path or the application name.

can you please help me understand??

more info on: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d3df4bc9-0954-459a-b5e6-7a8bc462960c.mspx?mfr=true

Answer 1

Path is the internal key of the website.

It is visible in IIS

Answer 2

In IIS you have the capability of creating many web sites. Each site is identified by a unique siteID within the IIS metabase. Hence, W3SVC/1 refers to the web site number one, which is usually the Default Web Site that comes preconfigured in IIS.