How can you install the BizTalk application onto the BizTalk DR servers?

I can see how if we have the SQL log shipping to the DR SQL Server, we have DR at the database level ...

But how does this work for the BizTalk application server level?

So what about the installation of the BizTalk application onto the DR BizTalk server, so the assemblies are in the GAC, when the DR database isn't available because of the log shipping?

And ditto any IIS web directories?

Solution

The simple answer is, you just do. Perhaps you're overthinking this.

You install the applications on the DR servers just as you would the 'main' servers. In fact, if you talking about Log Shipping DR, they are part of the same Group so you must deploy to DR same time, same process you use to on main servers.

Basically, there's no difference application wise.