Folks,

I'm trying to understand how the IIS Metabase backups work. A metabase
backup will create two files.

"The files that are created are named Name.MD# and Name.SC#, where Name
is the name you specify and # is the version number of the backup set,
starting with zero (0). If you use the same name for subsequent
backups, the version number will be incremented by 1 for each backup
set that uses the same name."
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/475fb247-984d-4c65-842a-ae3bdd3e1080.mspx?mfr=true

The when the backup runs the SC file will retain a 'Date Modified' of
when IIS was first installed whilst the MD file will have the 'Date
Modified' of when the Metabase backup actually ran.

What are the purposes of each file?

Regards,

Tostao

Re: Metabase Backup files by Bernard

Bernard
Tue Apr 04 09:36:38 CDT 2006

I don't have a IIS 6 box now, but I'm guessing one is the schema file and
the other will be the actual metabase.
schema will only get backup if it changed.

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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
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<mahermick@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Folks,
>
> I'm trying to understand how the IIS Metabase backups work. A metabase
> backup will create two files.
>
> "The files that are created are named Name.MD# and Name.SC#, where Name
> is the name you specify and # is the version number of the backup set,
> starting with zero (0). If you use the same name for subsequent
> backups, the version number will be incremented by 1 for each backup
> set that uses the same name."
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/475fb247-984d-4c65-842a-ae3bdd3e1080.mspx?mfr=true
>
> The when the backup runs the SC file will retain a 'Date Modified' of
> when IIS was first installed whilst the MD file will have the 'Date
> Modified' of when the Metabase backup actually ran.
>
> What are the purposes of each file?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tostao
>