Ever had one of those days .. where you accidentily delete your Default Website in ISS, and all the exchange stuff along with it? :D
Have no fear, MS KB is here!
http://support.microsoft.com/?ID=280823
| a. | Download and install the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools. To obtain the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
If you do not want to install all the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools, click the Custom installation option to install only Metabase Explorer 1.6. |
| b. | Start IIS Manager. |
| c. | Back up the metabase. To do this, right-click Default Web Site, click All Tasks, and then click Save Configuration to a File. Type a filename for the file and click OK. |
| d. | Expand Default Web Site, and then delete the following virtual directories: | • | Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync | | • | OMA | | • | Exadmin | | • | Exchange | | • | Public | | • | ExchWeb |
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| e. | Start Metabase Explorer. To do this, click Start, point to All Programs, point to IIS Resources, point to Metabase Explorer, and then click Metabase Explorer. |
| f. | Expand the LM key, right-click the DS2MB key, and then click Delete. |
| g. | Close Metabase Explorer. |
| h. | Restart the Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service to re-create the virtual directories in IIS.
Note If the virtual directories are not re-created after 15 minutes, restart the server. |
| i. | In IIS Manager, expand Default Web Site, right-click Exchweb, and then click Properties. |
| j. | Click the Directory Security tab, and then click Edit under Authentication and access control. |
| k. | Verify that only the Enable anonymous access check box is selected. |
| l. | Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Stop. |
| m. | Right-click Default Web Site, and then click Start. |
Now that is a straight copy paste from the KB Article. However.. I immediately had to wonder how the System Attendant service knew what my default website is.. or was. How does IIS flag the ‘ default website’ ?
A rummage though the IIS metabase basicly shows that under the W3SVC node, the site with ID 1, is the Dafult Website. I made a new site, which got a unique identifier, and just renamed it to 1 in the metabase. 5 minutes later the System Attendent service had rebuild my Exchange virtual folders! Woohoo!
Print | posted on Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:34 AM