I am taking a backup of a sharepointsite through sharepoint central administration...I am getting the spbr000x folder in the required folder..... Now I copy this folder on another machine...... When I go to the Central Administration of this new folder and try to restore the backup from the specific location I get "No backup history was found at the following location. Please select a different directory" message...... I know thepath specified is correctWhat could be the problem?Thanks in advanceHM.

Hi Huzefa,Are you trying to access it using a UNC?What I normally do is share the folder temporarily, and access it via the UNC:\\MOSSBAK\BackupfilesEnsure that the user you're accessing it from has sufficient rights to this share.Let me know how it goes.Regards,W

Another thing to keep in mind is that using backup/restore is not supported across farms. You should use stsadm export/import to migrate content across farms.

Hi,Outside the Spbr000x folder , you can find a file spbrtoc.xml which is having backup/restore history and details. So copy that file too.But i prefer tofollow Gary's note above.RegardsXavier Ravi

Hi Potifar,This method works..... but what if my servers are not connected through LAN??Hi Gary,Need to try this method but can Import/Export be done through Central Administration? And is it available with WSS?HM.

Xavier Ravi said: Hi,Outside the Spbr000x folder , you can find a file spbrtoc.xml which is having backup/restore history and details. So copy that file too.But i prefer tofollow Gary's note above.RegardsXavier RaviJust to add to what Xavier has said if the location of the backup has changed from the default location you will need to open up the spbrtoc.xml file and change the<SPBackupDirectory> value to what your newlocation is. I would also follow Gary's method if possible.Kyall

i configured...thanks..............