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To backup your IIS 7.0 configuration on a Windows 2008 Server, you just need to make a copy of the \windows\system32\inetsrv\config  directory (and subdirectories) and save it in a safe location. You can also use the appcmd.exe utility to create the backup via the command line. The syntax to create a backup is: %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add backup “Backup Name” to restore the backup, the syntax is: %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe restore backup “Backup Name” to remove a backup, the syntax is: %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe delete backup “Backup Name”

Goal To successfully install Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 for IIS 7 and its dependent modules.  The ARR Version 2 installer package contains the following components: Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 for IIS 7.  Microsoft URL Rewrite Module Version 2 for IIS 7 RC2. Microsoft Web Farm Management Version 1 for IIS 7. Microsoft External Cache Version 1 for IIS 7. The steps outlined in this document will install all four components. Prerequisites This walkthrough requires the following prerequisites: IIS 7.0 on Windows 2008 (any SKU) or newer where Application Request Routing will be installed. Important:  ARR Version 2 RTW supports upgrading from ARR Version 1 RTW and from ARR Version 2 RC. If any other version of ARR is already installed, uninstall both ARR and URL Rewrite before proceeding.   Note that the corresponding configurations will be lost. Step 1 - Download Microsoft Application Request Routing Versi...

Prerequisites This article assumes that you are familiar with the overall functionality of ARR and know how to deploy and configure ARR with disk cache. If you have not done so already, it is strongly recommended that you review the following walkthrough before proceeding: Configure and enable disk cache in Application Request Routing If Application Request Routing Version 2 has not been installed, you can download it at: Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 for IIS 7 (x86)  here . Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 for IIS 7 (x64)  here . Follow the steps outlined in  this  document to install ARR Version 2. This walkthrough also assumes that secondary cache drive has been added to ARR for caching. If not, please follow the  Configure and Enable Disk Cache in Application Request Routing  walkthrough. Scavenge.exe tool in ARR Scavenge.exe is a command line tool that can be used...

Overview This topic leads the reader through the steps to configure Application Request Routing to load balance HTTP requests to achieve high availability and scalability.  The walkthrough also highlights a couple of core features on how Application Request Routing monitors the health of the content servers and affinitizes requests from a client to a content server. Goal To load balance HTTP requests across several content servers using Application Request Routing, as shown below: Prerequisites This walkthrough requires the following prerequisites: IIS 7.0 on Windows 2008 (any SKU) or newer. Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 1 and dependent modules. Minimum of two content servers with working sites and applications. If Application Request Routing Version 1 has not been installed, it is available for download at: Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 1 for IIS 7 (x86)  here . Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 1 for IIS 7 (x64)...