We have 2 site collections in a farm URL of site collection 1 is : https://teamsiteqa.portal.keane.com/sites/pdc URL of Site collection 2 is : https://teamsiteqa.portal.keane.com/sites/pdc-arc Both pointing to only one content db. Requirement: 1^st site collection has huge content and having around 188 sub sites in it. We would like to have entire same data to 2^nd site collection for that reason we have 2^nd site collection is having blank site template Requirement: site collection has huge content and having around 188 sub sites in it. We would like to have entire same data to 2^nd site collection for that reason we have 2^nd site collection is having blank site template In order to meet this requirement we have tried out following steps but no luck. I really thankful to you who can help in this matter. we have used stsadm restore option but it failed with error GUID ( backup is 1^st site collection) we have tried to add content db by using stsadm neither this works we have used content deployment option to replicate entire data but this also failed with GUID Please help us in this matter as this is something urgent. Ram

Hi, you can export the site and import it to the new site by using stsadm or this tool http://spdeploymentwizard.codeplex.com/

Hi Mina.. Thanks for the reply. but when i m trying to import it is failing with following error...can you help here please.. FatalError: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldLinkCollection.Add(SPFieldLink fieldLink) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType.LoadWithFieldLinks(XmlReader xrdr, String strFlnks) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContentType.Load(XmlReader xrdr) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ListSerializer.UpdateListContentTypes(SPList list, Dictionary`2 listMetaData, StreamingContext context, ISurrogateSelector selector) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ListSerializer.SetObjectData(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context, ISurrogateSelector selector) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.ParseObject(Type objectType, Boolean isChildObject) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.DeserializeObject(Type objectType, Boolean isChildObject, DeploymentObject envelope) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ObjectSerializer.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ImportObjectManager.ProcessObject(XmlReader xmlReader) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPImport.DeserializeObjects() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPImport.Run() [8/23/2010 10:20:27 AM]: Progress: Import Completed. [8/23/2010 10:20:27 AM]: Finish Time: 8/23/2010 10:20:27 AM. [8/23/2010 10:20:27 AM]: Completed with 0 warnings. [8/23/2010 10:20:27 AM]: Completed with 1 errors.Ram

Do you have any customisations here, whether they're code, content types, master templates or so on?http://www.final-exodus.net

Hi, What's the version of the sharepoint , did you updated it to the latest or even SP1? please check this http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/09/importexportcopy-lists.html you can use stsadm instead also check if the site that you are importing have any features enabled on it? or does it have any webparts that are not enabled or installed at the destination site collection? check if there's any broken feature http://www.moss2007.be/blogs/vandest/archive/2007/08/23/stsadm-o-export-fatalerror-failed-to-compare-two-elements-in-the-array.aspx

I exported the site /sites/pdc by using stsadm –o export command And then I was trying to import to /sites/pdc-arc by using stsadm –o import command but it failed with error as object id is already there in database so I have used stsadm –o gl-importlist command. Then successfully imported however size of the site got reduced from 9000mb to 6000mb ( we had 9000mb in pdc site but when import completed we have just 6000 MB in destination site)’ Not sure what data is missed. Please can you let me know how can I know what data is missed Ram

This would be a manual process of reviewing and comparing the export log to the import log to see if there is a difference and perhaps note some items that failed to export.Fred Ellis - MSFT - "Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread."