Note:  You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to perform the following procedure.

To create a Secure backup (password required)

1. In IIS Manager, right-click the local computer, point to All Tasks, and click Backup/Restore Configuration.
2. Click Create Backup.
3. In the Configuration backup name box, type a name for the backup file.
4. Select the Encrypt backup using password check box, type a password into the Password box, and then type the same password in the Confirm password box.
5. Click OK, and then click Close.

To create a Non-secure backup (password not required)

1. In IIS Manager, right-click the local computer, point to All Tasks, and click Backup/Restore Configuration.
2. Click Create Backup.
3. In the Configuration backup name box, type a name for the backup file.
4. Click OK, and click Close.

By default, backup files are stored in the systemroot\System32\Inetsrv\MetaBack folder.