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What is the best way to backup IIS5?
I've been told about iisbackup.vbs (i think that is the correct name of the
script) but apparently it can't be used to restore the config and metadata
to another server.
I thought about using stopping appropriate services during the night and
backing up the relevant directories with ntbackup and then create a script
to move them to another server which gets backed up to tape. Is this a good
way to perform a backup? its not a 24/7 server by the way. If it was what
would be the best way to backup config, metadata and content?
thanks
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| Jeff Cochran 2004-02-05, 2:40 am |
| On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:44:35 -0000, <msnews.microsoft.com> wrote:
quote:
>What is the best way to backup IIS5?
Push hard, it'll slide back... 
quote:
>I've been told about iisbackup.vbs (i think that is the correct name of the
>script) but apparently it can't be used to restore the config and metadata
>to another server.
>
>I thought about using stopping appropriate services during the night and
>backing up the relevant directories with ntbackup and then create a script
>to move them to another server which gets backed up to tape. Is this a good
>way to perform a backup? its not a 24/7 server by the way. If it was what
>would be the best way to backup config, metadata and content?
Any decent backup software will do this, while IIS is running. You
can back up the Metabase with the Metabase editor if you need it
separately, and the content can simply be copied.
Jeff
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| thanks jeff
however we are not going to be putting any backup software on this box so i
will be relying on ntbackup to file. can i just back up the inetpub folder?
assuming the www service is down. i'm not a iis admin (as you've probably
determined) so its all new to me.
cheers
scott
"Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:44:35 -0000, <msnews.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> Push hard, it'll slide back...
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> Any decent backup software will do this, while IIS is running. You
> can back up the Metabase with the Metabase editor if you need it
> separately, and the content can simply be copied.
>
> Jeff
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| Jeff Cochran 2004-02-05, 3:37 am |
| On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:24:39 -0000, "scott"
<scott.holman@chesterton.co.uk> wrote:
quote:
>however we are not going to be putting any backup software on this box so i
>will be relying on ntbackup to file. can i just back up the inetpub folder?
>assuming the www service is down. i'm not a iis admin (as you've probably
>determined) so its all new to me.
Assuming you haven't changed the defaults, InetPub is the content.
For the configuration, you need the metabase as well, easiest is
backing up the \\winnt\system32\inetsrv folder.
Jeff
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>metadata
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| Kyle Terns [MSFT] 2004-02-07, 4:35 am |
| For IIS 5, you won't be able to restore a straight copy of the metabase to
another computer or the same computer (if the OS has been reinstalled). You
can make a text backup that will let you restore anywhere with MetaEdit.
Here's a link.
232068 HOW TO: Download, Install, and Remove the IIS MetaEdit 2.2 Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232068
Hope this helps!
Kyle Terns, MCSD [MSFT]
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| thanks jeff
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| however we are not going to be putting any backup software on this box so
i
| will be relying on ntbackup to file. can i just back up the inetpub
folder?
| assuming the www service is down. i'm not a iis admin (as you've probably
| determined) so its all new to me.
| cheers
| scott
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| "Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
| news:40276204.183634662@msnews.microsoft.com...
| > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:44:35 -0000, <msnews.microsoft.com> wrote:
| >
| > >What is the best way to backup IIS5?
| >
| > Push hard, it'll slide back...
| >
| > >I've been told about iisbackup.vbs (i think that is the correct name of
| the
| > >script) but apparently it can't be used to restore the config and
| metadata
| > >to another server.
| > >
| > >I thought about using stopping appropriate services during the night
and
| > >backing up the relevant directories with ntbackup and then create a
| script
| > >to move them to another server which gets backed up to tape. Is this a
| good
| > >way to perform a backup? its not a 24/7 server by the way. If it was
what
| > >would be the best way to backup config, metadata and content?
| >
| > Any decent backup software will do this, while IIS is running. You
| > can back up the Metabase with the Metabase editor if you need it
| > separately, and the content can simply be copied.
| >
| > Jeff
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