HowtoconfigureFTP7.5forIIS7.0inaWindowsServer2008failoverclusterPage1of9ArticleID:974603-LastReview:September11,2010-Revision:1.2HowtoconfigureFTP7.5forIIS7.0inaWindowsServer2008failoverclusterThisarticledescribeshowtoconfigureInternetInformationServices(IIS)7.0FTP7.5siteinaWindowsServer2008failovercluster.TheproceduresinthisarticleapplyonlytotheFTPservice.FormoreinformationabouthowtoconfigureWebservicesinafailovercluster,clickthefollowingarticlenumbertoviewthearticleintheMicrosoftKnowledgeBase:970759(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970759/)ConfiguringIIS7.0inaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008failoverclusterInearlierversionsofInternetInformationServices,MicrosoftprovidedgenericresourcemonitorcomponentstosupporthighavailabilityWebserverinstancesbyusingtheMicrosoftClusteringinfrastructure.However,customcodewasneededtofullyrealizethepotentialofthissolution.Also,thegenericscriptsthatMicrosoftprovideddidnotsatisfycustomerneeds.ToconfigureIIS7.0inaclusteredenvironmentbyusingWindowsServerfailoverclustering,youhavetouseacustom(scripting)codetoenablesuchahighavailabilityscenario.Whenyoudothis,userscancustomizethesetuptomeettheirrequirements.ThisgivesthemfullcontroloverthehighavailabilityintegrationofWebapplications.Additionally,thescriptinterfacesforadministrationandmonitoringthatwereintroducedinIIS7.0providearicherenvironmentthanthescriptsthatwerepreviouslyprovided.NoteTheIIS7.0installationfilesincorrectlyincludetheClusweb.vbsandClusftp.vbsscriptfilesthatareusedinIIS6.0forIISclusteradministrativetasks.DonotusethesescriptswithIIS7.0.WerecommendthatadministratorscarefullyevaluatetheuseofNetworkLoadBalancing(NLB)insteadofusingfailoverclusteringastheprimaryandpreferredmethodforimprovingthescalabilityandavailabilityofWebapplicationsthathavemultipleserversthatarerunningIIS7.0.OnebenefitofNLBisthatallserverscanactivelyparticipateintheconcurrenthandlingofincomingHTTPrequests.AnotherbenefitisthatinanNLBIISenvironment,itcanbemucheasiertosupportrollingupdatesandrollbackswhilestillp