Move SharePoint Server

re: Move SharePoint Server

Velmurugan — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:09:17 GMT

Your backup is from a different version of Windows SharePoint Services and canno

t be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be

restored to a server with version '12.0.0.6690' or later.

how to find the version?.please help me.

re: Move SharePoint Server

Thomas — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:56:28 GMT

Hi and thanks for the article!

It solved my problem.

Thanks

Thomas

re: Move SharePoint Server

SugiLion — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:47:00 GMT

Hi anyone help with wanting to change the computer name. When I do this I loose the cinfiguration databases ... looks like they are pointing to the old server name I guess?

Details help pleased (i.e. which menu optins in which administrator screen)

Thanks in advance :)

re: Move SharePoint Server

Nadine — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:46:01 GMT

Hey Ash,

sorry your post has been moved to spam :(

The problem that you ran into is that the new server does not have all Updates or patches that the old one has. You must install every Service Pack and Patch before you can attach the old Database.

If you want to know which version you have in the old DB have a look in the database SharePoint_Config in the Table Versions, here you find the actual Version of the portal.

And here is a link to a page where you can identify which patches and service packs you will need.

www.harbar.net/.../postsp1.aspx

greets

re: Move SharePoint Server

Ash — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:22:02 GMT

Hey Nadine,

Sorry to bother you, but may be you can help me out?

We lost our standalone MS Office SharePoint 2007 intranet server (Windows Server 2003 blue screen of death which looks a total re-install job).

No backups were even done.....

From the hard drive I recovered the SQL Server 2005 Express database files (MDF's & LDF's):

SharedServices1_DB_a961d9ce-4b84-432d-8e1a-f65049d85a49.mdf

SharedServices1_Search_DB_92afad8e-9d21-4c87-ab4e-24e2b898204f.mdf

SharedServicesContent_99e735c5-960f-44dd-8337-d6479209da0a.mdf

SharePoint_AdminContent_5f8fe7f3-ed2a-4aea-9f0d-65cd9d7bc09f.mdf

SharePoint_Config_d222d95d-9343-4472-af43-62bd4dfb4a6b.mdf

WSS_Content.mdf

WSS_Search_<servername>.mdf

I have installed SharePoint on a test server, where I can attach the MDF files within SQL Server.

I've Google'd a number of websites on how to restore the data in to SharePoint, but the information seems contradictory... Some say restore the Config database 1st via the SharePoint Config wizard, others say to deploy a default Config database then restore the Content database via the command prompt after creating a default web app.

Either way, I run into errors...

At the command prompt I run:

stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://<servername> -databasename wss_content -databaseserver <servername>

This produces the result:

The specified SPContentDatabase Name=wss_content Parent=SPDatabaseServiceInstance has been upgraded to a newer version of SharePoint. Please upgrade this SharePoint application server before attempting to access this object.

Can you please help me with some clear steps?

Any help very much appreciated!

Thanks

Ash

re: Move SharePoint Server

Nadine Storandt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:57:07 GMT

Hey Ash,

it is a easy as moving the sharepoint server :)

I was really surprised about it.

The only thing you must think about, it would be nice if the new server has the same name and same settings as the old one. Then you can install the SharePoint Server and have to made the basic configuration.

After that you can restore your SSP with the Database File of the SSP. Now you must only create a new WebApplication and link the old Content DB in the new Server. And that's it.

re: Move SharePoint Server

Ash — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:20:59 GMT

Hey that's pretty easy thanks.

What if you don't have access to the original server & only have it's database MDF & LDF files? How easy is it to restore these in a new SharePoint environment?