Backup of IIS6 on windows server

55debra · #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:08

Hi!
I want to take the backup of IIS6 on windows server. What can I do for that?

debasri · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:10

Hello,
If you want to take backup of IIS6 on windows server, then you can follow the following points :

1. At first you Log in to the Windows server through RDP.
2. Go to IIS.
3. In IIS, Right click on the Computer name under Internet Information Services.
4. Click on All tasks and select Backup/Restore Configuration.
5. Click on Create backup, choose a name for your backup file, and then click OK.

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The default location of the backup is the %SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack folder.

6.Click Close.

If you wish to restore your content files and restore your OS, this backup doesn't work- it only restores IIS settings.

55debra · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:11

Is restoration tough? Many seem to think its a complicated process- can someone please explain how it works?

WebMaster · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:12

Hello!
The steps to restore a configuration will based on whether you have removed and reinstalled IIS.

To restore your IIS configuration if you have not removed and reinstalled IIS, follow the below steps:

1. At first Log into the Windows server through RDP.

2. Go to IIS.

3. In IIS, Right click on the Computer name under Internet Information Services.

4. Click on All tasks and select Backup/Restore Configuration.

5. In the Configuration Backup/Restore box, select a backup file and click Restore. Hammering

10NANCY · #5 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:14

Hi
I have a remote backup server with acopy of my IIS backup. Recently I reinstalled my OS & IIS 6.0 due to virus- now I need to restore IIS configuration now on the new installation? How do I do that- is the procedure same as above?

77wmaster · #6 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:27

Please follow the below steps for IIS re-installation.

A. Log in to the Windows server through RDP.

B. First you will have to copy the backup of IIS from the backup server to your server at the below path

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%SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack

C. Now Go to IIS.

D. In IIS, Right click on the Computer name under Internet Information Services.

E. Click on All tasks and select Backup/Restore Configuration.

F. In the Configuration Backup/Restore box, select a backup file and click Restore. But here a portion of your backed-up configuration is restored and you will receive the message " restoration is failed" because of IIS
re-installation.

G. Now go to command prompt and fire the below command.

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cscript.exe C:\InetPub\AdminScripts\Adsutil.vbs enum w3svc

From the listed settings, you can locate the WamUserName and the associated WAMUserPass value.

H. Now go to computer management and Click Local User Managers and click Users.

Double-click the IWAM_computername user account. Type the WAMUserPass value that you retrieved from the previous step and click OK.

I. In the Configuration Backup box, select the backup file that you created and click Restore. This fully restores your IIS configuration.

55debra · #7 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:33

Hello,

I want to backup IIS7 on my windows server. Can I take a backup of IIS7 configuration backup ?

WebMaster · #8 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:35

Hello,
In my point of view, it is possible to take the backup of IIS7 configuration.
You can follow the following command through the command prompt to manage the backup.

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%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add backup "BACKUPNAME"

Replace BACKUPNAME with the name you want to set. Hammering

77wmaster · #9 (**permalink**) 03-05-11, 05:41

Hello,

If you want to IIS7 restoration from the command prompt, then you can follow the following points also :

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%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe restore backup "BACKUPNAME"

Replace BACKUPNAME with the name you want to set.