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How do I restore a .MDO file extracted from IIS 5.0 to IIS 6.0?
I was given the file "SERVERNAME_IISBACKUP_0111 2010.MD0" and am tasked to restore this in a Windows Server 2003 sandbox. Could you give me the steps? Thanks!
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Just in case I would not be allowed to purchase and use the IIS Export utility, what are my other options?
The IIS Export utility has a trial download that you can use for free, so you should be able to use it.
But if not, consult this article which talks about using Microsoft's tool. This page also has quite a bit of good info to prepare you for migration. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/0d8a99e5-05d9-4e6b-a1c2-4aec677f7ecb.mspx?mfr=true
But if not, consult this article which talks about using Microsoft's tool. This page also has quite a bit of good info to prepare you for migration. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/0d8a99e5-05d9-4e6b-a1c2-4aec677f7ecb.mspx?mfr=true
What I would recommend and what I have used many times in the past to migrate from IIS 5 to 6, is a tool called IIS export. This has a clean user interface that allows you to connect to your IIS 5 (source) server and move either 1 or multiple websites to an IIS 6 destination server. It will also allow you to get fairly granular and change things like file paths between the source/destination. There is a free trial version of it that you can get here: http://www.adsonline.co.uk/IISExport/