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Migrate IIS from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server

Hi,

I am in the process of upgrading one of our servers to a new Dell Poweredge 2950 (2x quad-core, RAID1 setup, etc.) I have completed most of the upgrades, the only thing left is to migrate IIS from the old Win 2000 server to the new Win 2003 box.

I am going to look into it today and tomorrow and try the import/export settings for a kick off. I just wondered if you guys had come across a more efficient way to migrate IIS from one machine to another.

Any comments are greatly appreciated.

Regards, Rob

kollenh

Assuming they are domain-joined and/or have a trust relationship between the two, the obvious choice to me would be using 'iiscnfg.vbs' - it will create a backup copy of the IIS metabase, copy it to your other server and do a restore all in one easy step. Of course you'll still have to copy over the site files and reinstall any necessary certificates but in terms of an easy and accurate transfer method, that is the way to go.
More information: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/81f04967-f02f-4845-9795-bad2fe1a1687.mspx?mfr=true
HTH

Rob Samuel

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Hi,

That command did not work due to the source server being in WIndows 2000, and the target server as 2003.

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