Re: backup restore, but where??

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From: Bernard (qbernard_at_hotmail.com.discuss)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:33:13 +0800

I would suggest you read the IIS help file first,
Open IIS MMC - F1 help, look for
'Backing Up and Restoring the Metabase' 

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"Dhaval Brahmbhatt" <dhaval001@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have just started learning Windows 2003. In the IIS, I can perform
backup
> of the configuration of IIS by right clicking IIS node and select All
Tasks
> and then Backup and Restore.
>
> If I do a backup, it just lists the name that I gave to the backup in the
> list of the backups. So essentially, if I want to restore some config, it
> has to be in the list.
>
> I believe that the best test for a backup would be total loss of server
and
> we just reinstalled Windows 2003 server with IIS. How do I restore the
> config now from the backup that I did by the procedure above.
>
> My point here is it does the backup of the config, but where does it
backup
> the file to? to which location? so that we can backup that file on tape or
> something so when disastar strikes, we can just quickly restore the
config.
>
> Can please someone help me on this?
>
> Dhaval
>
>

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