Guidelines for using Internet Information Server with HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring (T2558-96338, June 2009)

1 Solution Overview
Internet Information Server (IIS) is a standards-based Web and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server from
Microsoft®. IIS is designed to operate on the Windows® network operating system and is an Internet
standards-compliant HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) server that also includes FTP and several other
valuable Web and FTP-related services. IIS permits the user to fully design, create, deploy, and manage
Web sites of any size.
This document describes the steps necessary to configure Storage Mirroring to provide high availability
for Windows servers running IIS. These procedures allow a secondary server to assume the identity
and role of a failed IIS server while maintaining the availability of IIS services with minimal disruption
or data loss.
To complete these instructions, install IIS and Storage Mirroring, and configure Storage Mirroring for
replication and failover.
NOTE:
Due to the complexities of these applications, this document is intended for network administrators
with experience installing, configuring, and maintaining network applications including Storage
Mirroring and IIS.
Requirements
• Two servers that meet one of the following operating system requirements:
• IIS 6.0—If you will be using IIS version 6.0, you will need Microsoft Windows 2003
• IIS 7.0—If you will be using IIS version 7.0, you will need Microsoft Windows 2008
NOTE:
The two servers should both be running the same operating system.
• It is recommended that both source and target servers be member servers. You may experience
problems with promotion and demotion during failover if either of the machines are Primary or
Backup Domain Controllers.
• One copy of Microsoft Internet Information Server
• Two licensed copies of Storage Mirroring with the latest service pack
• Either the Internet Information Services 6.0 Migration Tool, or the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool
(MS Deploy) utility
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