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[Server Tutor] Backing up and Restoring the Metabase

Metabase has the IIS configuration setting as XML entries.The metabase has two components.
Those are the metabase.xml and the metabase schema file. It is a good practice to back up the
metabase regularly.The metabase back will back up both the metabase.xml and metabase schema
files (a .mdVersionNumber file for the metabase and .scVersionNumber file for the schema file).The
metabase can be safely restored (from a backup) if we lose all the IIS settings.This utility will back
up only IIS entries. It does not back up the Web site content.Therefore, you need to configure the
Web site manually after a restore. Here are the steps to create and restore backups:
1. Open IIS Manager.
2. Select the server and right-click and select All Task | Backup / Restore
Configuration.
3. You will get the Configuration Backup/ Restore window (see Picture-1).
4. Select the Create Backup button to create a backup (It will take the next version number
by default) or select a backup and click the Restore button to restore the IIS settings.

Picture-1 Backup and Restore Metabase