Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

46 Part I: Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies
To extend the virtual server using the HTML Administration pages
1. On the SharePoint Central Administration page, 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,
select Extend and create a content database.
4. In the Application Pool section, select either Use an existing application
pool or Create a new application pool.
Note It is recommended that you create a new application pool for each
virtual server so that they run in separate processes. This application pool
should use a domain account, but it does not need to have database creation
rights in SQL Server. The administration virtual server account will create
any databases required.
5. If you selected Use an existing application pool, select the application pool
to use. If you selected Create a new application pool, type the new application
pool name, user name, and password to use.
6. In the Site Owner section, in the Account name box, type the user name for
the site owner (in the format DOMAIN\username if the user name is part of a
Windows domain group).
7. In the E-mail address box, type the e-mail address that corresponds to the
account.
8. In the Database Information section, select the Use default content database
server check box or type the database server name and database name
to use for a new content database.
9. If you want to specify a path for the URL, in the Custom URL path box, type
the path to use.
10. If you are using quotas, select a template in the Select a quota template box
of the Quota Settings section.
11. In the Site Language section, select the language to use.
12. Click OK.