Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide

Introduction

The Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services (RK for IIS) enhances LifeKeeper for Windows by providing protection for websites and FTP sites hosted by Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). In this document, the term site collectively refers to both websites and FTP sites.

RK for IIS protects sites as IIS resources and continuously monitors their operational status. If a failure occurs, the affected IIS resource is automatically failed over to a standby node. When multiple IIS resources are configured, each protected site can be started or stopped independently.

!Important: Starting with LifeKeeper v10.0, the SMTP virtual server feature has been deprecated for all supported versions of Microsoft Windows Server. This feature will be removed in a future release.

! Important: For Microsoft Windows Server 2025 customers:
The SMTP virtual server feature has been discontinued and removed. Customers should consider using Microsoft Exchange Server or a non-Microsoft SMTP server and protecting these services using the General Application Recovery Kit.

*RK for IIS has been tested with IIS running on the latest LifeKeeper-certified versions of the Windows operating system. However, this does not guarantee compatibility with future versions of IIS.