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How to Back Up and Restore IIS App Pool and Site Settings

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Motivation:

You want to back up and restore IIS app pool and site settings.

Solution:

1. Open Command Prompt (Admin) and execute commands below to export IIS app pool and site settings to XML files.

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list apppool /config /xml > \\192.168.101.140\BCDR\WEBBC02\E\inetpub\apppools.xml
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list site /config /xml > \\192.168.101.140\BCDR\WEBBC02\E\inetpub\sites.xml

2. Remove all existing IIS app pools and sites, then execute the command below to import IIS app pool and site settings from XML files.

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list apppool /config /xml < \\192.168.101.140\BCDR\WEBBC02\E\inetpub\apppools.xml
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list site /config /xml < \\192.168.101.140\BCDR\WEBBC02\E\inetpub\sites.xml