Migrating Content Located Outside the Home Directory of the Web Site

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

A Web site or application can have content that is referenced by the Web site, but is located outside the home directory and subdirectories of the Web site. This content must be migrated manually because the IIS 6.0 Migration Tool migrates content only in the home directory and subdirectories of the Web site.

Migrating Content

Migrate content that is located outside the home directory and subdirectories of the Web site by completing the following steps:

  1. Create a folder on the target server to contain the content. Ensure that the folder is in the same relative location to the home directory of the Web site. For example, if a Web site on the source server is in D:\Wwwroot\WebSite and the content to be migrated is in D:\Program Files\SiteContent, create the same folder (D:\Program Files\SiteContent) on the target server.

  2. Copy the content from the source server to the target server. Use the process of your choice for copying the content as described in Migrating Web Site Content.

  3. If necessary, modify any references to the content that is located in directories that are external to the home directory of the Web site on the target server. The target server might have a different disk configuration than the source server, or you might be migrating the content to a different disk volume letter on the target server than the source server. You need to modify any references in the Web site to content that is located outside the home directory and subdirectory of the Web site.