You are right you can't import the metabase.  When I did this a while
back it was first thought that one could upgrade.  One of the problems
moving from 4 to 5 was that we had to move all the apps into the pooled
process space rather than running in process.  

Definitely worth doing a clean start.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:57 PM
To: CF-Server
Subject: RE: Upgrade from NT4.0 to Win2k Server? Good?

> I am wondering how successful an upgrade from NT4.0 
> SP6 to Windows2000 Server would turn out. Has anyone 
> done this? I have a few hundred Web sites on the server 
> and a few hundred data sources. The server is also 
> configured with CF and PERL.

I'd second Doug's suggestion that you do a clean install instead of an
upgrade. However, I wouldn't recommend trying to copy IIS data from the
registry. First, IIS doesn't store significant data in the registry
since
IIS 3; instead, it uses something called the Metabase. The Metabase data
can't be directly imported into IIS 5 from IIS 4, either, I don't think.

You might find this tool useful:
http://www.iisfaq.com/default.asp?View=L1038&P=71

For the CF settings, you can backup and restore selected registry keys
for
that, if you're using CF 5 or earlier. Or, if you're using CF 5, you
could
use the Archive functionality within the CF Administrator.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444


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