How to Back Up Citrix Web Interface 4.x Sites on IIS 6.0 13 June, 2008
Posted by Melvin Porter in Citrix, Web Interface, XenApp/Presentation Server.Tags: Web Interface
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Requirement
- Web Interface 4.x
- A locally stored webinterface.conf configuration file
- IIS 6.0
Procedure for backing up Web Interface 4.x sites:
1. Back up the Citrix\AccessPlatform folder that is in the <root directory>\inetpub\wwwroot location.
2. Export the CitrixWebInterfaceAppPool to a file, as per the screenshot below:
a. In the Web Interface Console, expand Application Pools, then right-click CitrixWebInterface4.xAppPool.
b. Select All Tasks.
c. Click Save Configuration to a File…
d. Select a location to save the configuration backup file and click OK.
3. This step creates an XML file containing all the application pool configuration of the sites.
Procedure for restoring Web Interface 4.x sites:
1. Import the previously saved XML file to the IIS application pools section.
a. In the Web Interface Console, right-click Application Pool.
b. Select New.
c. Click Application Pool (from file)…
d. The Import Configuration dialog box containing a list of application pools stored in the XML file. Select the application pool configuration to restore and click OK.
2. Restore the previously saved Citrix\AccessPlatform folder to the <root directory>\inetpub\wwwroot location.
3. Restart IIS by issuing the iisreset command.
Good day!,