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IIS 6.0 – Preparing for Disasters & Backups for you configuration and content

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I recently was asked for a couple of my old IIS presentations that seemed to have been lost on TechNet & IIS.NET.  Due to this, I’ve still got a lot of this content so I thought that I would start sharing it via this blog.  Where appropriate, I will share with you details on this blog to supplement information I did back in my IIS days.  The question that came in was the following -

Hi Chris,
Can I please get the webcast slides and webcast video download links for following webcast that I attended today?

A few years back, I wrote an article talking about Disaster Recovery for TechNet magazine and also did a TechNet webcast on the same topic.  This was a pretty popular webcast and one that focused on the following topics:

Part I:

    • What constitutes a disaster?
    • Data points to consider if a disaster occurs?

Part II:

    • Effectively backing up the Windows OS
    • Backing up IIS 6.0 with native IIS 6.0 tools
    • Using xCopy & other tools to backup Web content

The slide deck for this presentation can be found here if you are only interested in the PowerPoint presentation.   To help others, I’m also including a video of the presentation for you to view here on the blog.  To download the video, please use the URL below the video.

Download Presentation Video

For scripts used in this presentation, please see the following -

Backup IIS Configuration

 iisback /backup /b MyMetaBackup /e BackupPass /overwrite

Backup IIS 6.0 Content & Configuration

 REM Backup to Remote Share (WebBackup.bat)

 REM =============================================

 REM

  

 REM Connect to Remote Backup Server

 net use s: \\[server ip address\name]\WebBackups

  

 REM Get SSL Certificate

 cd \

 cd %programfiles%\"iis resources"\iiscertdeploy

 iiscertdeploy -e [pathtostorefile]\mySSLCert.pfx -p 1 -i w3svc/[SitePath] -q on

 cd \

  

 REM Backup IIS Metadata

 iisback /backup /b MyMetaBackup /e BackupPass /overwrite

 xcopy %windir%\system32\inetsrv\metaback\MyMeta*.* c:\WebBackups\metadata /y

  

 REM Copy Content & Export App...

 xcopy /o /x /e /h /y /c c:\webbackups\metadata\*.* s:\Metabase\

 xcopy /o /x /e /h /y /c c:\webbackups\ContentAppDir\*.* s:\Content\

 xcopy /o /x /e /h /y /c c:\webbackups\Certs\*.* s:\Certs\

  

 REM Delete connection to Remote Backup Server

 net use s: /delete /y

Restore Web

 REM Restore from Remote Share (Recovery.bat)

 REM =============================================

 REM

  

 REM Connect to Remote Deployment Server

 net use s: \\[server ip address\name]\WebBackups

  

 REM Restore Web site

 xcopy /o /x /e /h /y /c s:\metabase\*.* %windir%\system32\inetsrv\metaback

 iisback /restore /b [BackupName] /e [BackupPass]

  

 REM Restore Content

 xcopy /o /x /e /h /y /c s:\Content\*.* [SiteWebRoot] (i.e. c:\inetpub\wwwroot)

  

 REM Restore SSL Certificates

 REM Either add to server path or go directly to path for IIsCertDeploy.vbs

 cd \

 cd %programfiles%\"iis resources"\iiscertdeploy

 xcopy /o /x /e /h /y /c s:\certs\ c:\webbackups\certs\

 iiscertdeploy.vbs -c c:\webbackups\[pfxfilenamecreatedduringexport].pfx 

     -i w3svc/[SitePath] -p 1 -q on

  

 REM Delete Connection to Remote Backup Server

 net use s: /delete /y

Summary

Over the coming weeks I will start sharing some details that folks have emailed me asking about and this kick-offs a series of blog posts… a blast from the past.  Enjoy!

-Chris

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    April 28, 2010
    I love the content - clear and easy to understand.