I need to move all web apps from one server to another (Windows 2000 to
2003). Different physical machine. Is there an easy way for me to apply
the exact same IIS settings once I copy all wwwroot contents?
In IIS 5.0 or earlier IIS configuration is stored in metabase.bin
In IIS 6.0 it is stored in metabase.xml
If you wish to migrate sites from IIS 5.0 (or earlier) to IIS 6.0
you can use the Migration Tool in the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2ae fc3e4-ce97-4f25-ace6-127f933a6cd2&displaylang=en
This will migrate IIS settings, but you will still need to move items
such as ISAPI Filters, COM+ applications, ODBC DSNs etc manually.
If you wish to move a site between IIS 6.0 servers, you have more options.
Since the file is just XML, you can open it up and copy-paste the relevant information between
files (ensuring that you don't create duplicate bindings or similar on the destination server).
There is also an iisback.vbs script in the \system32 folder that can import/export sections of the metabase.
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>I need to move all web apps from one server to another (Windows 2000 to 2003). Different physical machine. Is there
>an easy way for me to apply the exact same IIS settings once I copy all wwwroot contents?
>
Perfect. Thanks a lot for the reply, I really appreciate it.
"Juan T. Llibre"
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> In IIS 5.0 or earlier IIS configuration is stored in metabase.bin
> In IIS 6.0 it is stored in metabase.xml
>
> If you wish to migrate sites from IIS 5.0 (or earlier) to IIS 6.0
> you can use the Migration Tool in the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2ae fc3e4-ce97-4f25-ace6-127f933a6cd2&displaylang=en
>
> This will migrate IIS settings, but you will still need to move items
> such as ISAPI Filters, COM+ applications, ODBC DSNs etc manually.
>
> If you wish to move a site between IIS 6.0 servers, you have more options.
>
> Since the file is just XML, you can open it up and copy-paste the relevant
> information between
> files (ensuring that you don't create duplicate bindings or similar on the
> destination server).
>
> There is also an iisback.vbs script in the \system32 folder that can
> import/export sections of the metabase.
>
>
>
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
> asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
> foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
> ======================================
>
> news:uSuIE08xHHA.988@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I need to move all web apps from one server to another (Windows 2000 to
>>2003). Different physical machine. Is there an easy way for me to apply
>>the exact same IIS settings once I copy all wwwroot contents?
>>
>
>
You can also use the IISEXPORT program
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>I need to move all web apps from one server to another (Windows 2000 to
>2003). Different physical machine. Is there an easy way for me to apply
>the exact same IIS settings once I copy all wwwroot contents?
>
That is a nice program. If you want to copy IIS 5, a friend of mine
published a free utility.
http://blogs.orcsweb.com/brent/archive/2007/06/26/copying-a- website-in-iis-5.aspx
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Steve Schofield
Windows Server MVP - IIS
http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield
"CK"
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> You can also use the IISEXPORT program
>
>
>
> news:uSuIE08xHHA.988@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I need to move all web apps from one server to another (Windows 2000 to
>>2003). Different physical machine. Is there an easy way for me to apply
>>the exact same IIS settings once I copy all wwwroot contents?
>>
>