Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit—Deploying Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Completing the Upgrade

At this point in the process, your Web sites and applications have been upgraded on the server. Also, the IIS 6.0 properties have been configured so that you are now ready to verify that the Web sites and applications are running properly. After you confirm that the Web sites and applications are running properly, you can back up the Web server and enable client access. When you complete these steps, the upgrade process is complete.

Figure 5.7 illustrates the process for completing the upgrade to IIS 6.0.

Figure 5.7: Completing the Upgrade to IIS 6.0

Verifying That the Web Sites and Applications Run Properly

Before deploying your server to a production environment, verify that the Web site content and application configuration information upgraded successfully.

Verify that your Web sites and applications are running properly by completing the following steps:

Review the system log in Windows Server 2003 on the Web server to determine if any of the Web sites did not start.

IIS 6.0 creates entries in the system log when a Web site fails to start for any reason. Search the System log on the target server to determine if any errors occurred. For more information about how to troubleshoot Web sites that fail to start, see "Troubleshooting" in IIS 6.0 Help, which is accessible from IIS Manager.

Run your existing validation procedures against the Web sites and applications that run on the server.

Because the network adapter that connects the Web server to the clients is disabled, you might need to directly connect the Web server to a client computer and enable the network adapter to validate the Web sites and applications.

After running your existing validation procedures, disable the network adapter that connects the Web server to the clients and reconnect the Web server as it was originally.

Backing Up the Server

Before you enable client access to the Web server, perform a complete image backup. The purpose of performing this image backup is to provide a point-in-time snapshot of the Web server. If you need to restore the target Web server in the event of a failure, you can use this backup to restore the Web server to a known configuration.

For more information about how to back up the Web server, see "Back Up and Restore the Web Server to a File or Tape" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.

Enabling Client Access

After you have upgraded the Web server, you are ready to enable client access to the Web sites. During the upgrade process, you disabled the network adapter on the Web server to prevent users from accessing the Web server during the upgrade process. Now that you know the upgrade is completed successfully, you can re-enable the network adapters.

Enable client access to the Web server by completing the following steps:

Enable the network adapter used by clients to access the Web server.

For more information about how to enable the network adapter used by clients, see "Enable Network Adapters" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.

Monitor client traffic to determine if clients are accessing the Web server.

For more information about how to monitor client traffic to Web sites on the Web server, see "Monitor Active Web and FTP Connections" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.

Establish a monitoring period, such as a few hours or a day, to confirm that clients that are accessing Web sites and applications on the Web server are experiencing the response times and application responses that you expected.