Re: Unable to restore metabase.

Hi David,

Thanks for the response. The instructions came from the IIS Help:
In IIS Manager: Help>Help Topics
Expand: Internet Information Services>Server Administration Guide>
Backing Up and Restoring the Metabase>
Restoring the Metabase from Backup Files

Under "Backing Up the IIS Metabase" it states:
"Backup files can be restored either to the computer
on which the backup was made or to other installations
of the Windows Server 2003 family."
It doesn't mention "Portable backups", so no. I didn't
make one of those.

I then followed the instructions under
"Restoring an IIS Metabase Backup" and "Machine-Specific
and System-Specific Information" to be able to restore the
metabase to the target machine.

These are all written by Microsoft, so I consider them
correct.

Cheers,
Geoff

"David Wang" wrote:

> On Mar 28, 1:40 pm, GLT101 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to copy an IIS configuration
> > from one server to another. When I execute
> > the restore I get the error:
> >
> > Unable to restore metabase.
> > Error &H80070008: Not enough storage is available to process this command.
> >
> > There's *plenty* of storage, so this is
> > spurious. How can I find out what is really
> > wrong?
> >
> > Here's what I did:
> > Backup the IIS configuration from the source
> > server using:
> > IIS manager>Right click Server>All Tasks>>Backup/Restore Configuration...>Create Backup
> >
> > Edited the Backup.MD0 file and removed
> > all AdminACL entries and any password entries.
> >
> > Restore the backup to the target server using:
> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack>iisback /restore /b IISConfig_NewServer
> >
> > Here's What we have:
> > Source server is Windows Server 2003 SP1
> > Target server is Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff
>
>
>
> Where did you get your instructions, and why do you consider it
> correct?
>
> Did you create a portable backup?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer20 03/Library/IIS/0b55b4ca-bd04-45e5-9cfc-c0933496d7cb.mspx?mfr =true
>
>
> //David
> http:/w3-4u.blogspot.com
> http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
> //
>