Transfering IIS To A Different System

Need to transfer webhosting to a different server. The problem is that
the C: on the new server isn't big enough to hold the Inetpub folder.
So I put it on the D: instead. Then installed the IIS service and it
created a new Inetpub folder on the C:. I did a backup from the IIS
MMC console on the old server, then tried to do a restore on the new
one.

The restore errored out, saying that the configuration store could not
be restored. Possible causes being that the store was corrupt, or the
MTA packages were removed. Attempting to access anything in the IIS
MMC console then resulted in "Invalid Signiture" errors. I unintalled
IIS and reinstalled. Tried the restore again, exact same result.

I'm assuming that this error is becasue the Inetpub directory is not
in the same location as on the server that the backup image was
created on. I don't see any way in the IIS management console to
direct the server to look to a different path to the Inetpub folder.
I was thinking that perhaps I could keep the wwwroot and ftproot
subfolders on the D: where there is space for them, and move the rest
of the Inetpub folder to the default location on the C:. Any thoughts?
Thanks

Carroll
Thu Nov 06 22:21:32 CST 2003

You left the installed "Inetpub" at the root directory of c:\inetpub of the
new machine and copied the old Inetpub to the new D drive. Now you have to
go to your MMC and repoint all of your websites to the new directory on
D:\inetpub, with the exception of the Administration and the Default
websites, unless of course you have a website that is pointed to the default
directory (I personally always leave the administration and default websites
alone and just create new ones below them).

The only way that what you wanted to accomplish to work would be if you had
left the original sites at the root of the C:\inetpub directory. Your MMC
will not automatically update to the new location that you moved the sites
to.

--


Thank you for your time and have a great day,

Carroll P. MacDonald
System Administrator
Webmaster
Microsoft Certified Professional
A+ Certified

® Carroll P. MacDonald Digital Drive
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"Branden Willis" <branden@novastor.com> wrote in message
news:b0391893.0311061651.5aafacdd@posting.google.com...
> Need to transfer webhosting to a different server. The problem is that
> the C: on the new server isn't big enough to hold the Inetpub folder.
> So I put it on the D: instead. Then installed the IIS service and it
> created a new Inetpub folder on the C:. I did a backup from the IIS
> MMC console on the old server, then tried to do a restore on the new
> one.
>
> The restore errored out, saying that the configuration store could not
> be restored. Possible causes being that the store was corrupt, or the
> MTA packages were removed. Attempting to access anything in the IIS
> MMC console then resulted in "Invalid Signiture" errors. I unintalled
> IIS and reinstalled. Tried the restore again, exact same result.
>
> I'm assuming that this error is becasue the Inetpub directory is not
> in the same location as on the server that the backup image was
> created on. I don't see any way in the IIS management console to
> direct the server to look to a different path to the Inetpub folder.
> I was thinking that perhaps I could keep the wwwroot and ftproot
> subfolders on the D: where there is space for them, and move the rest
> of the Inetpub folder to the default location on the C:. Any thoughts?
> Thanks

branden
Fri Nov 07 10:24:48 CST 2003

So you're saying to copy the Inetpub from C:\ on the old computer to
D:\ on the new computer, then go into IIS on the *old* computer and
repoint the websites to the D:\Inetpub on the *new* one? And then do
the backup of the IIS configuration and restore it to the new
computer? I think that's what you're saying. Because if you mean
repointing on the new computer, that isn't going to work. I can't get
the website list to appear in the MMC on the new computer, the restore
operation doesn't finish. Thanks


"Carroll P. MacDonald" <!0000@!00.000> wrote in message news:<eRiKzXOpDHA.3320@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> You left the installed "Inetpub" at the root directory of c:\inetpub of the
> new machine and copied the old Inetpub to the new D drive. Now you have to
> go to your MMC and repoint all of your websites to the new directory on
> D:\inetpub, with the exception of the Administration and the Default
> websites, unless of course you have a website that is pointed to the default
> directory (I personally always leave the administration and default websites
> alone and just create new ones below them).
>
> The only way that what you wanted to accomplish to work would be if you had
> left the original sites at the root of the C:\inetpub directory. Your MMC
> will not automatically update to the new location that you moved the sites
> to.
>
> --
>
>
> Thank you for your time and have a great day,
>
> Carroll P. MacDonald
> System Administrator
> Webmaster
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> A+ Certified
>
> ® Carroll P. MacDonald Digital Drive
> 1668 Route 133
> Grand Barachois, N.B.
> E4P 8H5
> Ph.: (506) 532-2013
> Cell: (506) 531-0483
> http://www.digitaldrive.ca/ (work)
> http://www.pegusisfreeware.com/ (personal)
>
>

Carroll
Fri Nov 07 22:27:09 CST 2003

When you installed the New Server it automatically installs "Inetpub" to
"C:\inetpub" Leave that alone. Copy your files from the old computer to
your new computer where you'd like it installed to than you will have to
repoint the "MMC" on your new server. Because you are moving the files to
the new directory on a different harddrive the "MMC" on the old computer
will not be configured properly if you simply try and move your old "MMC" to
the new setup.

It's a much better set up to move your websites to a different harddrive
than the one with your O/S on it, you should also move your page file off of
the harddrive that is containing your O/S as well, your system will run much
smoother and better response to requests. Also set up your server to
Optimize Performance For: "Background Services", you will find this option
by: Right Clicking on "My Computer", go to "Properties", than click on the
"Advanced" tab, than click on "Performance Options", set the "Application
response" to "Background Services" for best performance on a server.

--


Thank you for your time and have a great day,

Carroll P. MacDonald
System Administrator
Webmaster
Microsoft Certified Professional
A+ Certified

® Carroll P. MacDonald Digital Drive
1668 Route 133
Grand Barachois, N.B.
E4P 8H5
Ph.: (506) 532-2013
Cell: (506) 531-0483
http://www.digitaldrive.ca/ (work)
http://www.pegusisfreeware.com/ (personal)


"Branden Willis" <branden@novastor.com> wrote in message
news:b0391893.0311061651.5aafacdd@posting.google.com...
> Need to transfer webhosting to a different server. The problem is that
> the C: on the new server isn't big enough to hold the Inetpub folder.
> So I put it on the D: instead. Then installed the IIS service and it
> created a new Inetpub folder on the C:. I did a backup from the IIS
> MMC console on the old server, then tried to do a restore on the new
> one.
>
> The restore errored out, saying that the configuration store could not
> be restored. Possible causes being that the store was corrupt, or the
> MTA packages were removed. Attempting to access anything in the IIS
> MMC console then resulted in "Invalid Signiture" errors. I unintalled
> IIS and reinstalled. Tried the restore again, exact same result.
>
> I'm assuming that this error is becasue the Inetpub directory is not
> in the same location as on the server that the backup image was
> created on. I don't see any way in the IIS management console to
> direct the server to look to a different path to the Inetpub folder.
> I was thinking that perhaps I could keep the wwwroot and ftproot
> subfolders on the D: where there is space for them, and move the rest
> of the Inetpub folder to the default location on the C:. Any thoughts?
> Thanks

branden
Mon Nov 10 13:06:40 CST 2003

Thanks for your input,
The problem I'm having is in how to connect to the correct InetPub
Folder with the IIS Management console. When the Inetpub folder from
the old server is copied to the D:\ on the new server, the websites do
not show up in the MMC. The MMC is still pointing to the the default
C:\Inetpub. I don't see any way to change the entire MMC to point to a
different folder. I can connect to a different computer, but that
doesn't help me, since both Inetpub folders are on the same computer,
just different hard disks.

I could recreate the websites manually, and then point them to the
correct folder on the D:\ once this is done. But there's alot of sites
on this server. Redoing all the permissions and virtual directories
manually would take days.


To recap everything: I need to move the websites in IIS to a different
server, the current one is being taken offline. The current website
data is in C:\Inetpub, but this needs to become D:\Inetpub on the new
server, the C:\ isn't big enough. I can copy the data from the
C:\Inetpub on the old server to the d:\inetpub on the new server. But
then the IIS backup/restore function doesn't work, I assume because
the path to the home directories is different. Are there any
workarounds that I can put into place that aren't going to take me
days to implement? Thanks




"Carroll P. MacDonald" <!0000@!00.000> wrote in message news:<eZsyl$apDHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> When you installed the New Server it automatically installs "Inetpub" to
> "C:\inetpub" Leave that alone. Copy your files from the old computer to
> your new computer where you'd like it installed to than you will have to
> repoint the "MMC" on your new server. Because you are moving the files to
> the new directory on a different harddrive the "MMC" on the old computer
> will not be configured properly if you simply try and move your old "MMC" to
> the new setup.
>
> It's a much better set up to move your websites to a different harddrive
> than the one with your O/S on it, you should also move your page file off of
> the harddrive that is containing your O/S as well, your system will run much
> smoother and better response to requests. Also set up your server to
> Optimize Performance For: "Background Services", you will find this option
> by: Right Clicking on "My Computer", go to "Properties", than click on the
> "Advanced" tab, than click on "Performance Options", set the "Application
> response" to "Background Services" for best performance on a server.
>
> --
>
>
> Thank you for your time and have a great day,
>
> Carroll P. MacDonald
> System Administrator
> Webmaster
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> A+ Certified
>
> ® Carroll P. MacDonald Digital Drive
> 1668 Route 133
> Grand Barachois, N.B.
> E4P 8H5
> Ph.: (506) 532-2013
> Cell: (506) 531-0483
> http://www.digitaldrive.ca/ (work)
> http://www.pegusisfreeware.com/ (personal)
>
>

timcof
Tue Nov 25 05:24:54 CST 2003

You have to go into the IIS console and point the sites and virtuals to where you want them.

Thank you. I hope this information is helpful.

Tim Coffey [MSFT]

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| So you're saying to copy the Inetpub from C:\ on the old computer to
| D:\ on the new computer, then go into IIS on the *old* computer and
| repoint the websites to the D:\Inetpub on the *new* one? And then do
| the backup of the IIS configuration and restore it to the new
| computer? I think that's what you're saying. Because if you mean
| repointing on the new computer, that isn't going to work. I can't get
| the website list to appear in the MMC on the new computer, the restore
| operation doesn't finish. Thanks
|
|
| "Carroll P. MacDonald" <!0000@!00.000> wrote in message news:<eRiKzXOpDHA.3320@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
| > You left the installed "Inetpub" at the root directory of c:\inetpub of the
| > new machine and copied the old Inetpub to the new D drive. Now you have to
| > go to your MMC and repoint all of your websites to the new directory on
| > D:\inetpub, with the exception of the Administration and the Default
| > websites, unless of course you have a website that is pointed to the default
| > directory (I personally always leave the administration and default websites
| > alone and just create new ones below them).
| >
| > The only way that what you wanted to accomplish to work would be if you had
| > left the original sites at the root of the C:\inetpub directory. Your MMC
| > will not automatically update to the new location that you moved the sites
| > to.
| >
| > --
| >
| >
| > Thank you for your time and have a great day,
| >
| > Carroll P. MacDonald
| > System Administrator
| > Webmaster
| > Microsoft Certified Professional
| > A+ Certified
| >
| > ® Carroll P. MacDonald Digital Drive
| > 1668 Route 133
| > Grand Barachois, N.B.
| > E4P 8H5
| > Ph.: (506) 532-2013
| > Cell: (506) 531-0483
| > http://www.digitaldrive.ca/ (work)
| > http://www.pegusisfreeware.com/ (personal)
| >
| >
|