7Jan/100
Exchange 2007 Services Shutdown Order
Following on from my earlier post regarding the fun and games I've had with Exchange 2007, here's a brief running sheet I use when I want to shut down Exchange services, but keep the server running.
This is especially handy when you're performing network adapter driver updates, and your Exchange Information Store is hosted on an ISCSI LUN. Driver updates while the Store is still running == weird, weird issues and potential Store corruption!
net stop msexchangeadtopology /y
net stop msftesql-exchange /y
net stop msexchangeis /y
net stop msexchangesa /y
net stop iisadmin /y
Once these services have shutdown, you're free to proceed with any driver updates or cable pulling, or to continue shutting down other services on the same server.