Checklist: Managing the Metabase

Check off each of the following administrative tasks involving the metabase after you become familiar with how to perform them:

• Modifying the metabase using IIS Manager.

• Modifying the metabase using a text editor such as Notepad.

• Forcing pending in-memory metabase updates to be flushed to disk using IIS Manager.

• Forcing pending in-memory metabase updates to be flushed to disk using iiscnfg /save.

• Backing up the metabase using IIS Manager.

• Backing up the metabase using iisback /backup.

• Restoring the metabase using IIS Manager.

• Restoring the metabase from backup files using IIS Manager.

• Restoring the metabase from backup files using iisback /restore.

• Restoring the metabase from history files using IIS Manager.

• Restoring the metabase from history files manually from the command line.

• Enabling the direct metabase edit feature.

• Exporting the metabase using IIS Manager.

• Exporting the metabase using iiscnfg /export.

• Importing the metabase using IIS Manager.

• Importing the metabase using iiscnfg /export.

• Copying metabase configuration and schema using iiscnfg /copy.