Performing a Staged IIS Application Migration

Owned by Thomas Farley (Deactivated)
Mar 03, 2022
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You can migrate an IIS application from a source machine to an intermediary machine, and from the intermediary machine, move the application (via a compressed container, called a .cap file) to a destination machine.

Note:

For IIS staged migrations, both intermediary and destination machines must be running the same operating system and NT version.

To Perform a Staged IIS Application Migration

  1. Complete all prerequisites listed in https://virtamove.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VDOC/pages/310706978, and then tether your application to the intermediary machine using the instructions in Migrating an IIS Application Using Administrative Console or Migrating an IIS Application Using the VirtaMove CLI.

  2. Double-click the VirtaMove CLI desktop shortcut, and then execute the following command:

    virtacompress <Container_PATH>\<ContainerName>

    This creates a .cap file, which is a compressed container.

  3. Retrieve the .cap file. Go to:

    C:\appliances\<ContainerName>.cap

  4. Copy the compressed file to the final destination machine in C:\appliances\.

  5. Double-click the VirtaMove CLI desktop shortcut, and then execute the following command:

    virtauncompress c:\appliances\<ContainerName>

  6. Double-click the Administrative Console desktop shortcut to open the VirtaMove Administrative Console.

  7. If the intermediary and destination machine names are not the same, select the uncompressed container, and then click the COTF button. If they are the same, skip this step and continue to step 8.

    • Browse to the path of your COTF file. The StandardCOTF.xml file is located in C:\appliances\ContainerName\scripts.

    • Enter the hostname of the intermediary machine in the Arguments field, then click OK.

  8. Click the Dock button to dock the container. If you have not yet activated your VirtaMove license key, you will now be prompted to do so. See Activating Your VirtaMove License for information.

  9. Click the Services tab. Start database services as well as the IIS services by right-clicking each service and selecting Start.

  10. Once services are started, right-click the appliance and select Launch Prompt.

  11. Run IIS Manager:

  12. In IIS Manager, expand the application pools and website tree structure.

  13. Open a browser and navigate to your website.