IIS 7.x Configuration Backup

The IIS 7 applicationHost.config files include configuration information for the sites, applications, virtual directories, application pool definitions, and the default configuration settings for all sites on the web server.

To back up the IIS 7 configuration from a command prompt, complete the following steps:

1. Log on to the Windows Server 2008 computer that is hosting the Operations Manager 2012 Web console and Reporting components.

2. Open a command prompt by using the RunAs Administrator option and change the directory to c:\system32\inetsrv.

3. At the command prompt, type appcmd add backup <backupname>. If you do not include the name of the backup, the system will name it for you by using a date, time format. ...

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