w3wp.exe process is an IIS web application process to handle the client request for the application pool. Exchange server services heavily utilized w3wp process not only to handle users request from external but themselves make web service requests among Exchange server members using virtual directories (Owa, OAB & Powershell etc) and respective App pools. Unless you have not configured periodic recycling for Application Pool, you may need to do manual recycle to avoid memory leaks. Microsoft Technet states that: Continue reading “High Memory Usage with w3wp.exe in Exchange Server”
Category: Exchange Server
Recover Crashed Exchange 2013 Mailbox Server in DAG
Recovering a crashed mailbox server in a Database Availability Group (DAG) is a straightforward process using the setup.exe /m:RecoverServer
command. However, to ensure a smooth recovery, you need to follow certain steps. Here’s an overview of the recovery process, which I will explain in detail later: