Backup and Restore IIS Server Settings in Windows

Backup IIS Settings

IIS itself comes with the ability to back up and restore IIS settings. You need to back up IIS before restoring IIS settings. The process of backup is very simple: in the Windows 2000 Server, find the "Administrative Tools" in the "Start" menu, click on the "Internet Service Manager", right click on the server name, click "Backup /Restore" in the pop-up menu "Configuration", a window will appear as shown in the figure. Click the [Create Backup] button, a dialog box for entering the IIS configuration backup name will appear, here we enter "IIS Backup 1". Click the [OK] button and the IIS backup is complete.

Note: Before backing up IIS, you need to completely set up the Web site, FTP site, and SMTP site, because the system will only back up the current configuration.

Restoring IIS Configuration

If after a while, IIS configuration is no longer in line with your needs, you can restore to your backup configuration. The same is to open the "Internet Service Manager", also right-click on the original server name, click "Backup /Restore Configuration" in the pop-up menu, there will be a window similar to the drawing, but this time is different from the previous one The original backup (such as "IIS Backup 1") will appear in the list box, and the selected state will be processed. Click the [Restore] button, the system will pop up a query window, prompting the user "Restore is a time-consuming operation, it will overwrite all current settings and cause all services to stop and restart, are you sure you want to continue?". If no one is currently using these services, you can allow such operations. You can click [Yes] to restore the IIS configuration. If someone is currently using these services, it is best not to perform recovery operations to avoid loss of user data.

After clicking the [Yes] button, the system will delete all the current IIS configuration and restore the original backup configuration. This process depends on the number of IIS site configurations, usually one or two minutes. It can be done.

In addition, although the system can save multiple backup files, each backup will overwrite the previous configuration after recovery, so be sure to ensure the accuracy of the configuration operations you want to restore!