I have recently been assigned the task of maintaining the servers in a small NT hosting centre. These servers were never set up properly and have not been maintained or even backed up for almost a year! I have some experience with installing/maintaining NT4/IIS4/SQL Server 7.0 servers, but most of my experience has been in the development arena, where I was more concerned with VSS configurations than performance/security.
Let me note from the beginning that there is absolutely NO DOCUMENTATION, and the staff who knew anything about these servers are gone.
Currently, the setup is as follows (I don’t have the hardware specs yet):
– SERVER A: NT4/IIS4 webserver hosting approximately 200 personal/small business sites
– SERVER B: NT4/IIS4 webserver hosting 1 corporate site and all client ftp sites
– SERVER C: NT4/SQL Server 7.0 server that has 2 databases (more in the future)
I need to reinstall A (not upgrade), and put W2K/IIS5 on it, as well as SQL7, because B is to be removed from the system. I would like to remove C as well, but right now I am not sure why these FTP sites even exist – I know I can move the corporate site to A.
I have been trying to find out if it is possible to export the IIS4 settings for import into IIS5, once A is reinstalled. If not, do I have to manually document each of the 200 sites before reinstalling, then manually configure each site on IIS5? I also need to know what a good security model for this setup would be. I don’t believe I will want to migrate the existing model because I think it is not very secure.
Also, I need recommendations for a proper backup solution. I plan to use GFS, but need to know which software works best for W2K.
1 more thing, since I am on a different site than the servers, I would like to use pcANYWHERE to manage them, but I am concerned that this would cause security issues – any comments on this?
thanks