IIS 7.0 Configuration Backup

The configurations of IIS on Windows 2008 server or Windows 7 can be backup/restored with appcmd.exe.

1. Backup

C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd add backup my-backup

It will create C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\backup\my-backup with following files:

2010-10-06 11:17 PM 18,258 administration.config

2010-10-18 02:50 PM 62,750 applicationHost.config

2010-10-06 11:16 PM 490 redirection.config

2010-10-18 10:44 PM <DIR> schema

Please note that if no backup name is given, a name with date and time is used for the backup object as show below:

C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd add backup

BACKUP object "20101018T224909" added

2. Delete

C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd delete backup my-backup

3. Restore

C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd restore backup my-backup

4. List

C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list backup