Back up and restore settings and configurations in IIS 7 / 8

To Backing up and restoring settings and configurations in IIS 7/8, please follow these steps:

1. Open the command prompt (cmd.exe) with administrative privileges.
2. Navigate to the directory %windir%\system32\inetsrv.
3. Execute the following command to create a backup of the configuration: appcmd.exe add backup <backupname>.
4. Locate the %windir%\system32\inetsrv\backup directory and copy the backup folder to a local folder on your computer.
5. If necessary, reinstall IIS.
6. Open the local folder where you stored the backup and copy the backup folder back to the %windir%\system32\inetsrv\backup directory.
7. Execute the following command to restore the configuration from the backup: appcmd.exe restore backup <backupname>.

 

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