Verifying That the Web Sites and Applications Run Properly

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

Before deploying your server to a production environment, verify that the Web site content and application configuration information upgraded successfully.

Verify that your Web sites and applications are running properly by completing the following steps:

1. Review the system log in Windows Server 2003 on the Web server to determine if any of the Web sites did not start.

   IIS 6.0 creates entries in the system log when a Web site fails to start for any reason. Search the System log on the target server to determine if any errors occurred. For more information about how to troubleshoot Web sites that fail to start, see Troubleshooting IIS 6.0.

2. Run your existing validation procedures against the Web sites and applications that run on the server.

   Because the network adapter that connects the Web server to the clients is disabled, you might need to directly connect the Web server to a client computer and enable the network adapter to validate the Web sites and applications.

   After running your existing validation procedures, disable the network adapter that connects the Web server to the clients and reconnect the Web server as it was originally.