Migrating a Web Server to IIS 5.0

Migrating Log Files

IIS 5.0 supports the new W3C Extended Logging Format, and you can migrate any compliant log file to IIS 5.0. IIS 5.0 logs are stored in ASCII (text) files. If you want to preserve logging information from the source server, you can copy ASCII data from your log files to the IIS 5.0 log files.

The primary difference between UNIX and Windows 2000 Server logging is that UNIX log files are generally stored and viewed in plaintext, but Windows 2000 Server provides a graphical user interface (GUI), called Event Viewer, for logging administration and viewing.

IIS 5.0 provides several features you can use to customize logged information, and you can either log to a text file or to an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Data Source Name (DSN) for dynamic evaluation. For more information about logging, see the “Logging Site Activity” topic in the IIS 5.0 online product documentation and Administering an ISP Installation in this book.