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CoreyT
Asked: 2011-03-31 12:22:49 +0800 CST

Migrate multiple virtual directories from one IIS site to another

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Our website has a large number of virtual directories being used as redirects (aprox. 150+). We're in the process of making a dev site that will ultimately become our live site so those directories need to be copied over to the new site. I have seen scripts to create virtual directories, but I don't see a way to set them as redirects. Is there a way to move these directories and what they redirect to with a script, or within IIS itself?

windows-server-2003 iis-6 redirect

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    The IIS 6 metabase is stored in an XML format, so you may be able to get away with slicing and dicing the XML files on the source and destination servers to get what you want.

    Failing that, you could write a script using adsutil.vbs to enumerate all the directories on the source server and create them on the destination server. Setting a directory to do HTTP redirection involves setting the "HttpRedirect" metabase property with the destination URL and the appropriate flag (see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b652c863-6334-40be-8a97-db4b368f3ecc.mspx?mfr=true).

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