How to migrate MailEnable IIS bindings from one server to another

SUMMARY

This article expains the procedure involved in migrating MailEnable IIS host header bindings from one server to another. These commands are just for moving the domain names you have configured across to another MailEnable server.

DETAIL

To migrate the host header bindings residing under the MailEnable web sites involves running the Windows IIS appcmd command. The steps are outlined below:

MailEnable WebMail:

Open a Windows command prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator)
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
Run the following command:

appcmd list site "MailEnable Webmail" /xml > C:\mailenablewebmail.xml

Navigate to C:\ and copy the "mailenablewebmail.xml" to the new server to C:\.
On the new server open a Windows command prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator)
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv: cd C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
Run the following command:

appcmd set site /site.name:"MailEnable Webmail" -bindings.protocols /in < C:\mailenablewebmail.xml

MailEnable WebAdmin:

Open a Windows command prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator)
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
Run the following command:

appcmd list site "MailEnable WebAdmin" /xml > C:\mailenablewebadmin.xml

Navigate to C:\ and copy the "mailenablewebadmin.xml" to the new server to C:\
On the new server open a Windows command prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator)
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv: cd C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
Run the following command:

appcmd set site /site.name:"MailEnable WebAdmin" -bindings.protocols /in < C:\mailenablewebadmin.xml

MailEnable Protocols:

Open a Windows command prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator)
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
Run the following command:

appcmd list site "MailEnable Protocols" /xml > C:\mailenableprotocols.xml

Navigate to C:\ and copy the "mailenableprotocols.xml" to the new server C:\
On the new server open a Windows command prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator)
Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv: cd C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
Run the following command:

appcmd set site /site.name:"MailEnable Protocols" -bindings.protocols /in < C:\mailenableprotocols.xml

Product:	MailEnable (All Versions)
Category:	Other
Article:	ME020642
Module:	Other
Keywords:	IIS,bindings,host,header
Class:	HOWTO: Product Instructions
Revised:	Monday, August 26, 2019
Author:	MailEnable
Publisher:	MailEnable