Error message when you run the IIS 6.0 Migration Tool on the destination computer: "Access is denied"

You use the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Migration Tool (Iismt.exe) to migrate a Web application from a source computer that is running IIS to a destination computer that is running IIS 6.0. When you run the IIS 6.0 Migration Tool on the destination computer, you receive the following error message:

This issue may occur if you specify the incorrect credentials in the /user UserName command-line option and in the /password Password command-line option.

When you specify the /user UserName command-line option and the /password Password command-line option for the IIS 6.0 Migration Tool, use the credentials of the local administrator on the source computer.

The IIS 6.0 Migration Tool is a command-line tool that automates several of the steps that are needed to migrate a Web application from an existing installation of IIS 4.0, of IIS 5.0, or of IIS 6.0 to a clean installation of IIS 6.0. The tool transfers the Web site content, the configuration data, and the application settings to a new server that is running IIS 6.0.

For more information about the IIS 6.0 Migration Tool and about the other tools that are included in the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: