Backup Metabase with Password Automatically

Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a way to back up my metabase daily (and
automatically) using a password? I'd like to backup the metaback
directory daily. If my server dies and requires a reinstall I need to
be able to restore my metabase. As far as I know you can't do this on
a new machine because of the way it is encrypted. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Bill

Kristofer
Tue May 02 01:31:33 CDT 2006

Hi,

You can schedule (by using Scheduled Tasks) Iisback.vbs to run at a
specified time. Iisback.vbs is found in the %systemroot%\system32 folder.
KB Article 324277 explains the syntax:

"How To Create a Metabase Backup by Using IIS 6.0 in Windows Server 2003"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324277


But, is it necessary to back it up daily? Does your metabase change that
frequently (it may be so, i am just asking)?

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


bkelly3@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>Does anyone know if there is a way to back up my metabase daily (and
>automatically) using a password? I'd like to backup the metaback
>directory daily. If my server dies and requires a reinstall I need to
>be able to restore my metabase. As far as I know you can't do this on
>a new machine because of the way it is encrypted. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill

zinck74
Thu May 04 15:51:31 CDT 2006

Hi Kristofer
Yeah, we do make a lot of changes on a daily basis. I did find that
iisback.vbs script. But if I were to setup an automated job via a
batch file it looks like I have to specify a username and password in
the command. Storing a password in plain text isn't an option. The
documentation I saw on it said if a username/password wasn't specified
it would prompt for one. Would this make it fail or would it just use
the credentials running the scheduled job?

Thanks,
Bill

Kristofer
Fri May 05 15:32:48 CDT 2006

If it prompts for a username/password it will fail. But where did you read
this? I cannot find any documentation that says this. I can read on [1]:

"
/u[Domain\]User

Runs the script with the permissions of the specified user account. This
account must be a member of the Administrators group on the remote
computer. By default, the script runs with the permissions of the current
user of the local computer.
"

The file containing the script (and password) can be protected by NTFS
security, as long as the user account running the script has read access
to the file...


[1]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5e7e923c-b374-4872-a8f5-da85ec1315fd.mspx


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


zinck74 wrote:

>Hi Kristofer
>Yeah, we do make a lot of changes on a daily basis. I did find that
>iisback.vbs script. But if I were to setup an automated job via a
>batch file it looks like I have to specify a username and password in
>the command. Storing a password in plain text isn't an option. The
>documentation I saw on it said if a username/password wasn't specified
>it would prompt for one. Would this make it fail or would it just use
>the credentials running the scheduled job?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill