How to Restore an IIS 7 Configuration

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1

Both Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and Operations Manager 2007 R2 can run on Windows Server 2008, which means that they can use IIS 7. The following procedure should be used for any Operations Manager 2007 version that is running Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.

To restore the IIS 7 configuration from a command prompt

  1. Log on to the Windows Server 2008 computer that is hosting Operations Manager 2007 components with an account that has administrator rights.

  2. Open a command prompt by using the Run as Administrator option and change directory to %windir%\system32\inetsrv.

  3. At the command prompt, type appcmd restore backup <backupname>.