Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

330 Part IV: Deployment Scenarios
Note that while the apid... parameters are optional, it is recommended that you
create a new application pool for the virtual server. Use a dedicated application pool
account, not a user login account. The application pool account for a virtual server
does not need database owner rights on the SQL Server computer. Note that the -du
and -dp parameters are not needed if you are using Windows authentication to connect
to SQL Server.
To extend the virtual server using HTML Administration pages
1. On the Central Administration page, in the Virtual Server Configuration section,
click Extend or upgrade virtual server.
2. On the Virtual Server List page, click the name of the virtual server to extend.
3. On the Extend Virtual Server page, in the Provisioning Options section, click
Extend and create a content database.
4. In the Application Pool section, select Create a new application pool.
5. Under Select a security account for this application pool, click
Configurable.
6. In the User name box, type the domain account to use for the application
pool.
You should use a dedicated account for this account rather than a user’s login
account. Also, you should use the same account for each application pool that
hosts the same content.
7. In the Password box, type the password for the account and then confirm it.
8. In the Site Owner section, in the User name box, type the user name for the
site owner (in the format DOMAIN\username if the username is part of a Windows
domain group).
9. In the E-mail box, type the e-mail address that corresponds to the account.
10. In the Database Information section, enter the following database connection
information:
■ In the Database server box, type the server name for your SQL Server.
■ In the Database name box, type the name to use for your content
database.
11. If you want to specify a path for the URL, in the Custom URL path box, type
the path to use.
12. If you are using quotas, select a template in the Select a quota template box
of the Quota Template section.
13. In the Site Language section, select the language to use.
14. Click OK.