在IIS7中，增加了一个非常有用的基于命令行方式的通用IIS的管理工具,叫做appcmd。利用该cmd可以完成applicationhost.config的backup, restore等等工作，功能非常强大。
以下是appcmd.exe的usage:
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2 General purpose IIS command line administration tool.
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4 APPCMD (command) (object-type) <identifier> </parameter1:value1
>
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6 Supported object types:
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8 SITE Administration of virtual sites
9 APP Administration of applications
10 VDIR Administration of virtual directories
11 APPPOOL Administration of application pools
12 CONFIG Administration of general configuration sections
13 WP Administration of worker processes
14 REQUEST Administration of HTTP requests
15 MODULE Administration of server modules
16 BACKUP Administration of server configuration backups
17 TRACE Working with failed request trace logs
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19 (To list commands supported by each object use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe site /?')
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21 General parameters:
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23 /? Display context-sensitive help message.
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25 /text<:value> Generate output in text format (default).
26 /text:* shows all object properties in detail view.
27 /text:<attribute> shows the value of the specified
28 attribute for each object.
29 /xml Generate output in XML format.
30 Use this to produce output that can be sent to another
31 command running in /in mode.
32 /in or - Read and operate on XML input from standard input.
33 Use this to operate on input produced by another
34 command running in /xml mode.
35 /config<:*> Show configuration for displayed objects.
36 /config:* also includes inherited configuration.
37 /metadata Show configuration metadata when displaying configuration.
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39 /commit Set config path where configuration changes are saved.
40 Can specify either a specific configuration path, "site",
41 "app", "parent", or "url" to save to the appropriate portion
42 of the path being edited by the command, "apphost", "webroot",
43 or "machine" for the corresponding configuration level.
44 /debug Show debugging information for command execution.
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46 Use "!" to escape parameters that have same names as the general parameters,
47 like "/!debug:value" to set a config property named "debug".
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2 General purpose IIS command line administration tool.
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4 APPCMD (command) (object-type) <identifier> </parameter1:value1
>5
6 Supported object types:
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8 SITE Administration of virtual sites
9 APP Administration of applications
10 VDIR Administration of virtual directories
11 APPPOOL Administration of application pools
12 CONFIG Administration of general configuration sections
13 WP Administration of worker processes
14 REQUEST Administration of HTTP requests
15 MODULE Administration of server modules
16 BACKUP Administration of server configuration backups
17 TRACE Working with failed request trace logs
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19 (To list commands supported by each object use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe site /?')
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21 General parameters:
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23 /? Display context-sensitive help message.
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25 /text<:value> Generate output in text format (default).
26 /text:* shows all object properties in detail view.
27 /text:<attribute> shows the value of the specified
28 attribute for each object.
29 /xml Generate output in XML format.
30 Use this to produce output that can be sent to another
31 command running in /in mode.
32 /in or - Read and operate on XML input from standard input.
33 Use this to operate on input produced by another
34 command running in /xml mode.
35 /config<:*> Show configuration for displayed objects.
36 /config:* also includes inherited configuration.
37 /metadata Show configuration metadata when displaying configuration.
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39 /commit Set config path where configuration changes are saved.
40 Can specify either a specific configuration path, "site",
41 "app", "parent", or "url" to save to the appropriate portion
42 of the path being edited by the command, "apphost", "webroot",
43 or "machine" for the corresponding configuration level.
44 /debug Show debugging information for command execution.
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46 Use "!" to escape parameters that have same names as the general parameters,
47 like "/!debug:value" to set a config property named "debug".
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该命令支持的对象上表已经列出，包括：
1.Site,
其supported cmd包括：
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2 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd site /?
3 Administration of virtual sites
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5 APPCMD (command) SITE <identifier> <-parameter1:value1>
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7 Supported commands:
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9 list List virtual sites
10 set Configure virtual site
11 add Add new virtual site
12 delete Delete virtual site
13 start Start virtual site
14 stop Stop virtual site
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16 (To get help for each command use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe add site /?'.)
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2 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd site /?
3 Administration of virtual sites
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5 APPCMD (command) SITE <identifier> <-parameter1:value1
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7 Supported commands:
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9 list List virtual sites
10 set Configure virtual site
11 add Add new virtual site
12 delete Delete virtual site
13 start Start virtual site
14 stop Stop virtual site
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16 (To get help for each command use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe add site /?'.)
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2. App
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2 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd app /?
3 Administration of applications
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5 APPCMD (command) APP <identifier> <-parameter1:value1>
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7 Supported commands:
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9 list List applications
10 set Configure application
11 add Add new application
12 delete Delete application
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14 (To get help for each command use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe add site /?'.)
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2 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd app /?
3 Administration of applications
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5 APPCMD (command) APP <identifier> <-parameter1:value1
>6
7 Supported commands:
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9 list List applications
10 set Configure application
11 add Add new application
12 delete Delete application
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14 (To get help for each command use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe add site /?'.)
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3. Request
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2 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd request /?
3 Administration of HTTP requests
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5 APPCMD (command) REQUEST <identifier> <-parameter1:value1>
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7 Supported commands:
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9 list List active HTTP requests
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11 (To get help for each command use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe add site /?'.)
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2 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd request /?
3 Administration of HTTP requests
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5 APPCMD (command) REQUEST <identifier> <-parameter1:value1
>6
7 Supported commands:
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9 list List active HTTP requests
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11 (To get help for each command use /?, e.g. 'appcmd.exe add site /?'.)
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4 BackUp
1 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv>appcmd backup /?
2 Administration of server configuration backups
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4 APPCMD (command) BACKUP <identifier> <-parameter1:value1>
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6 Supported commands:
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8 list List existing configuration backups
9 add Create a configuration backup
10 delete Delete a configuration backup
11 restore Restore a configuration backup
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2 Administration of server configuration backups
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4 APPCMD (command) BACKUP <identifier> <-parameter1:value1
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6 Supported commands:
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8 list List existing configuration backups
9 add Create a configuration backup
10 delete Delete a configuration backup
11 restore Restore a configuration backup
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e.g 将iis server的相关配置backup为cleaninstall,然后将该cleaninstall重新装载
appcmd add backup cleaninstall //create a backup named as "cleaninstall"
appcmd restore backup cleaninstall //restore the specific backup "cleaninstall"
还有其他supported object，每个supported object都有其supported cmd,在此不一一列举了。