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Duplicating & Synchronizing two web sites
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| Conrad 2004-02-23, 1:34 am |
| Hi,
I need some help to find the best solution for duplicating and synchronizing
two websites, one server being the master one.
Here's the situation expained to me :
Master server : IIS, public Web Site with streaming, Index, etc.. heavy web
sites with a lot of content, acces and modifications.
Copy server : Local copy on a remote (network) site.
My primilary thoughts are :
- using DFS, has any1 tried to replicate inetpub ?
- using Robocopy
- ???
Use of any 3rd editor tools is possible.
Any help and Proposal would be appreciated.
Conrad Zimmermann
MCSE
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| Conrad 2004-02-23, 2:34 am |
| adds,
I know that I am not precise, without what we can say as minimum
information, but it's just to have "some Idea" of the
possible solutions, without going to far in the details.
Let's say
OS; Windows 2000
IIS 5.0
Remote site connected via VPN.
Thx again.
Conrad
"Conrad" <czimmermann@api.ch> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I need some help to find the best solution for duplicating and
synchronizing
> two websites, one server being the master one.
> Here's the situation expained to me :
>
> Master server : IIS, public Web Site with streaming, Index, etc.. heavy
web
> sites with a lot of content, acces and modifications.
> Copy server : Local copy on a remote (network) site.
>
> My primilary thoughts are :
> - using DFS, has any1 tried to replicate inetpub ?
> - using Robocopy
> - ???
>
>
> Use of any 3rd editor tools is possible.
>
> Any help and Proposal would be appreciated.
>
> Conrad Zimmermann
> MCSE
>
>
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| Tom Kaminski [MVP] 2004-02-23, 2:34 am |
| "Conrad" <czimmermann@api.ch> wrote in message
news:uHJcd5h%23DHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I need some help to find the best solution for duplicating and
synchronizing
> two websites, one server being the master one.
> Here's the situation expained to me :
>
> Master server : IIS, public Web Site with streaming, Index, etc.. heavy
web
> sites with a lot of content, acces and modifications.
> Copy server : Local copy on a remote (network) site.
>
> My primilary thoughts are :
> - using DFS, has any1 tried to replicate inetpub ?
> - using Robocopy
> - ???
>
>
> Use of any 3rd editor tools is possible.
>
> Any help and Proposal would be appreciated.
The "proper" MS way to do this is with MS Application Center, which handles
IIS config and content replication, but you may find that this solution can
be rather expensive. I have used Robocopy with Task Scheduler to
successfully keep a mirrored hot spare, much like you're describing.
--
Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...ty/centers/iis/
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| Conrad 2004-02-23, 2:34 am |
| Well,
Thank you also, we seems to finish with two possibilities to explore :
- Application Center
- Robocopy
The web site in question being one hugh one, with I imagine some DB and a
lot of "application" runnin behind, I think we're prepared
to answer in both cases (robocopy being enough to handle the job or not)
Thank you both for your help
Conrad
"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T) mvps (D.O.T) org> wrote in message
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> "Conrad" <czimmermann@api.ch> wrote in message
> news:uHJcd5h%23DHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> synchronizing
> web
>
> The "proper" MS way to do this is with MS Application Center, which
handles
> IIS config and content replication, but you may find that this solution
can
> be rather expensive. I have used Robocopy with Task Scheduler to
> successfully keep a mirrored hot spare, much like you're describing.
>
> --
> Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
> http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running
IIS
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...ty/centers/iis/
>
>
>
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| Tom Kaminski [MVP] 2004-02-23, 2:34 am |
| "Conrad" <czimmermann@api.ch> wrote in message
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> Well,
>
> Thank you also, we seems to finish with two possibilities to explore :
>
> - Application Center
> - Robocopy
>
> The web site in question being one hugh one, with I imagine some DB and a
> lot of "application" runnin behind, I think we're prepared
> to answer in both cases (robocopy being enough to handle the job or not)
The nice thing with Robocopy is that after the initial copy, the /mir switch
will only copy over changed or newer files since that last run (as well as
delete any files on the target that have been removed from the source).
--
Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running IIS
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...ty/centers/iis/
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| Conrad 2004-02-23, 2:34 am |
| effectively, what I saw and tried with Robocopy demonstrated a fine and
effective tool
"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T) mvps (D.O.T) org> wrote in message
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> "Conrad" <czimmermann@api.ch> wrote in message
> news:eud5jPi%23DHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
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> The nice thing with Robocopy is that after the initial copy, the /mir
switch
> will only copy over changed or newer files since that last run (as well as
> delete any files on the target that have been removed from the source).
>
> --
> Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
> http://www.iistoolshed.com/ - tools, scripts, and utilities for running
IIS
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...ty/centers/iis/
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>
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| I've had pretty good luck maintaining a three-tier release environment
(development-->staging-->live) using the CopyTo Synchronizer. Very similiar
to RoboCopy but ads a Windows GUI.
http://download.com.com/3000-2242-10235575.html
Richard
"Conrad" <czimmermann@api.ch> wrote in message
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> effectively, what I saw and tried with Robocopy demonstrated a fine and
> effective tool
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> "Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T) mvps (D.O.T) org> wrote in message
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