You install the Web Server (IIS) server role on two servers named Server1 and Server2. The servers
run Windows Server 2008 R2. Your company has a Web site named www.contoso.com hosted on
Server1. The Web site is due for maintenance. The Web content must be available during
maintenance. You create a mirror Web site located on Server2. You need to configure the
www.contoso.com site to redirect requests to Server2. What should you do first?
A.
Run the appcmd set config /section:httpRedirect /enabled:true command.
B.
Run the appcmd set config /section:httpRedirect /enabled:false command.
C.
Run the appcmd set site /site.name:contoso /- bindings.[protocol=’http’,www.contoso.com]
command.
D.
Run the appcmd set site /site.name:contoso /+bindings.[protocol=’http’,www1.contoso.com]
command.
Explanation:
To enable redirection
You can perform this procedure by running Appcmd.exe commands in a command-line window.
Command Line To enable or disable redirection, use the following syntax:
appcmd set config /section:httpRedirect /enabled:true |false /destination:location By default, the
redirection feature is disabled, but you can enable it by specifying true for the enabled attribute and
configuring the location to which to redirect users in the destination attribute. For example, if you
want to enable redirection and redirect users to http://www.contoso.com, type the following at the
command prompt, and then press ENTER:
appcmd set config /section:httpRedirect /enabled:true /destination:http://www. contoso.com
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732930(WS.10).aspx