Unable to STOP microsoft sharepoint foundation web application service

Question

I have a multi server farm and I want to stop "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application Service" in all the other servers except Web Front End server.

When i tried stopping this service it switched to "STOPPING" status and nothing seems to happen.

I tried IISRESET and server restart. Did not work.

Answer 1

Try these commands if you haven't already,

 stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype spwebservice

Source

Or using PowerShell,

$server = "win-lhg69g3kdb2"
$service = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $server | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application"}
$service | Stop-SPServiceInstance -confirm:$false > $null
while(-not ($service.Status -eq "Disabled")){
    write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow $service.Status; sleep 5;
    $service = Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $server | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application"}
}
Get-SPServiceInstance -Server $server | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application"} | Start-SPServiceInstance -confirm:$false > $null

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Or try,

stsadm -o execadmsvcjobs

This Scenario might help too.

If nothing of above works then use ULS Viewer to identify the main cause of problem.

Answer 2

Be sure to wait after you issue

stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype spwebservice

it takes a long time to complete if you have many web applications.