iiscnfg.vbs using unc instead of mapped drives.

I thought I would share my experiences of using iis6 only -
iiscnfg.vbs script. This script is great for replicating your
metabase to different servers with ease. The problem I found with the
original though was that the replication routine was using mapped
drives which gave me errors when I had existing resources mapped to
the destination server with different credentials. Rather than keep
disconnecting drives that get mapped when I login, I could see no
reason why a straight unc copy was not used instead. Therefore I have
successfully edited the original version so now the drive mapping bits
are commented out and the copy string uses unc paths.

Any idea why drive mappings are used in Microsoft's script?

I reviewed the script and I do see where we map drives. I will post to dev and see what they say.

Thank you. I hope this information is helpful.

Tim Coffey [MSFT]

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| I thought I would share my experiences of using iis6 only -
| iiscnfg.vbs script. This script is great for replicating your
| metabase to different servers with ease. The problem I found with the
| original though was that the replication routine was using mapped
| drives which gave me errors when I had existing resources mapped to
| the destination server with different credentials. Rather than keep
| disconnecting drives that get mapped when I login, I could see no
| reason why a straight unc copy was not used instead. Therefore I have
| successfully edited the original version so now the drive mapping bits
| are commented out and the copy string uses unc paths.
|
| Any idea why drive mappings are used in Microsoft's script?
|