Dear All, I am a newbie to the Share point technology. I have a production MOSS 2007 sp2 server running on windows 2008 R2 and all the share point databases are on SQL server 2008 in the same box. In the production server, there is a web application(http:\\spserver:3000) which has two sites one is with lot of web parts and the other one is team template site. I wanted to have one stand by server for the production server. so i installed a new machine with same configuration as the production server(MOSS 2007, Windows 2008 R2 and SQL server 2008). I did the following steps to configure the stand by server: Step 1: I took SQL server backup of web application's content database from the production server and restored in the standby server SQL server. step 2: Created a new web application((http:\\Wspserver:3000) in the stand by server and attached the newly restored content database. Step 3: Restarted IIS When i open the first site which has lot of web parts is giving the following error "An error occurred during the processing of . Could not load file or assembly 'QuestechSystems.SharePoint.EventCalendarList, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." I hope it is looking for some web parts .dll files. i have not designed the site so i don't have any idea what are the setup files to be run to install the dll files. But i am able to open the team template site. is there any way to move the web application with all the web parts? or do i have to install the wep parts in the stand by server? Please help me. Thanks in advance. Regards, Thayalan

You are getting the error of custom webparts which are not OOTB. To correct the issue you must check all the webparts installed in the Original installation and deploy them in this environment. You might have to check into the installation documents if your IT DEPT mintains or contact the DEVELOPERS/Admins who were handling the environment earlier. You are getting the error as the webparts are not present on the server and are not registered. Thanks!I LOVE MS..... Thanks and Regards, Kshitiz (Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.)

Hi Kshitizs, Thanks for your reply. So you mean to say, will I have to deploy all the web parts in the stand by server? are there any other way to do without deploying the web parts? Can i take entire farm backup from the production server and restore on stand by server? please advice me? Regards, Thayalan

Hi Thaya, It seems that you have customized webpart(s) on your productin server, which you will have to instal l on your stand by server. Farm backup won't help in this case. I hope this makes sense to you. Regards, ND

Hi, Have you checked if you have custom solutions? Usually, we use solution files (wsp) to install features, web parts an other stuff. In your original farm go to Central Admin > Operations > Manage solutions. If the solution store is not empty, for each solution, look for its .wsp file on the file system and copy it to your new farm in a folder you choose. To deploy those solutions : - Add the solutions using stsadm : stsadm -o addsolution -filename TheFolderYouChoosed\TheNameOfTheSolution.wsp. You must be local admin of the server to use StsAdm. Stsadm tool is located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN - Go to the new farm Central Admin > Operations > Manage Solutions > Click on every solution and deploy it. Hope this helps. Regards, Djamel Chagour http://spbyexamples.blogspot.com/ http://mosslogviewer.codeplex.com/

No, You will have to have them installed on the box itself. No backup apart from machine image would help.I LOVE MS..... Thanks and Regards, Kshitiz (Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.)