How to do the D365 (IIS-Application) VM/Update-11 backup and restore

To back up and restore IIS 10:

1.    Open cmd.exe.

2.    Navigate to cd c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv

3.    Execute following command to back up configuration:

Create the IIS configuration backup with name d365

c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv> appcmd add backup d365

Press [Enter]

4.    After the command has been executed, a folder with your backup name appears in

c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\backup. Here are the contents of the website:

·        administration.config

·        applicationHost.config

·        MBSchema.xml

·        MetaBase.xml

·        redirection.config

5.    Copy the backup folder to the same directory c:\windows\system32\backup on another server.

6.    To display the list of all available backups, run the following command:

c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv> appcmd list backup

7.    The backup we have copied has appeared in the list of available backups.

8.    Recover IIS configuration from this backup:

    C:\windows\systems32\inetsrv>appcmd restore backup d365

Note: The string Restored configuration from backup “d365″ means that IIS configuration has been successfully recovered.

The list of restrictions and important issues.

§  The same IIS version has to be used on both servers

§  If any application pool is not run through the integrated accounts, then they have to be available on another server as well

§  Before recovery, you should export and migrate all current certificates to the new server Once, the backup has been restored