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by steve.montgomery

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How can I copy an IIS web or ftp site from one machine to another? Specifically I'm setting up a new IIS box to replace an old, slow, out-dated machine. This particular IIS site has a bunch of ftp virtual directories. How can I replicate them to the new machine without having to recreate each virtual dir. by hand? I tried backup/restore in Internet Service Manager, but the backup file would not restore successfully after I moved it to the target machine.

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by pvp

I haven't done this recently (or a lot, even!), but it seems that on the new server, I added the site first, then copied the files.

Adding the site, as I recall, sets up the virtual directories (and so IIS "knows" them).

FileSync is very handyfor this. About $20 from fileware.co.uk.

by steve.montgomery

Thanks, but perhaps I wasn't clear. Moving the files that are in the virtual directories is not a problem. I'm wanting to replicate the IIS metabase information to a new machine, i.e. the virtual directory definitions and configurations if you will, not just what they contain.

by pvp

I don't know of a tool or nethod for this!

While *I* have to do this occassionally for testing and development, it seems I've watched our production webmaster use the same tools as me--a "hammer."

by sohai.shamoon

try using ws_ftp utility to do FTP transfers. you can download the trial version. search for it in internet

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