I'm running a web app on IIS 7.5 and it needs to recycle occasionally (otherwise memory usage gets out of handing, something i'm looking into!).
When it recycles, it is effectively not running until another request comes in, which quartz is not going to run.
Is there any way to have IIS automatically bring up 1 work process immediately after recycling the app pool to ensure quartz is always online?
Best Answer
Yes!
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/09/15/auto-start-asp-net-applications-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx details it quite nicely, basically you need to:
Edit C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config to include:
Declare what should be run as the "warm-up" for your site
Configure your application with whatever "warm-up" logic you would like:
Note: If all you need is for the w3wp.exe process to be present I believe only step 1 is necessary. If you also need other items (like certain things to be loaded into memory) then step 2 and 3 would also be used.