Saving and Copying Site Configurations

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

After your site and applications are running the way you want, you can save all or part of the configurations for a backup copy, or for import and export to other sites or computers. You can use the following procedure to save site configurations for Web or FTP sites, as well as Web or FTP virtual directories.

IIS automatically makes a backup copy of the metabase configuration and schema files each time you make changes to the metabase. Backup files contain only configuration data; they do not include your content (.asp files, .htm files, .dll files, and so on). You can also create backup files on demand, or create backup copies of individual site or application configurations and then export and import them to and from other sites or computers.

For more information about backing up the metabase, see Saving Configurations and IIS Metabase.