Hi, I have to move a site from one site collection to another one. I thought I will use export and import command to do that, but when I try that I got an error saying that “STSADM can export only site collection or site”. Here is my case I have one web application and its top site collection was http://mainsite And I have a sub site marketing under main site http://mainsite/marketing Then I have another site Ohio under marketing http://mainsite/marketing/ohio I want to move Ohio site to different site collection so I used the bellow command to do that stsadm -o export -url http://mainsite/marketing/ohio -filename C:\temp\ohio.cmp -includeusersecurity -versions 4 Then I got error saying that “STSADM can export only site collection or site” But when I remove Ohio from URL “stsadm -o export -url http://mainsite/marketing/ -filename C:\temp\ohio.cmp -includeusersecurity -versions 4” it worked. But I want to move only Ohio site can anyone help me.

hello, can you make sure 'ohio' is a subsite and not just a a webpart page? Because there shouldn't be any reason stsadm fails to export. hope this helps, Regards, Rohan

Hi, I have to move a site from one site collection to another one. I thought I will use export and import command to do that, but when I try that I got an error saying that “STSADM can export only site collection or site”. Here is my case I have one web application and its top site collection was http://mainsite And I have a sub site marketing under main site http://mainsite/marketing Then I have another site Ohio under marketing http://mainsite/marketing/ohio I want to move Ohio site to different site collection so I used the bellow command to do that stsadm -o export -url http://mainsite/marketing/ohio -filename C:\temp\ohio.cmp -includeusersecurity -versions 4 Then I got error saying that “STSADM can export only site collection or site” But when I remove Ohio from URL “stsadm -o export -url http://mainsite/marketing/ -filename C:\temp\ohio.cmp -includeusersecurity -versions 4” it worked. But I want to move only Ohio site can anyone help me.

Hey there, you can definitely export a site using that syntax (see my post here: http://blog.brainlitter.com/archive/2009/05/11/how-to-backup-and-restore-migrate-a-single-sub-site-of-a-sharepoint-site-collection-using-stsadm-%e2%80%93o-export-and-import.aspx). Any chance Ohio is not a site but rather a list or library? The message/error there seems pretty sure whatever object you are moving is not supported. Or perhaps it is a workspace (though I would expect workspaces to be supported). Finally, it may be possible that the export command isn't supported when the publishing features are on, though I can't say I've checked. I do know the 'save site as template' will not appear in a publishing enabled site. Be careful when using the export site tools. If you have created top/site collection level site columns or content types, those won't come with your site export, so you might find stuff broken on import if they are missing. Hope that helps. SeanSean Wallbridge, SharePoint MVP Victoria, BC On The Web: http://www.itgroove.net My Blog: http://blog.brainlitter.com

So, the quick answer is yes you most certainly can do stsadm -o export to move sub-sites in-fact you can use export with powershell commands also. I did a blog about it on my site. I wanted to showcase how much more you can do with PowerShell with Export on Sub Sites http://www.sharepointfabian.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=185 cheers. Connect with Me! Fabian G. Williams | Twitter @FabianWilliams | Blog http://www.sharepointfabian.com | Email: fabian@adotob.com

with PowerShell you can even export a List within a Sub-Site.. try PowerShell; example is in my blog post above Connect with Me! Fabian G. Williams | Twitter @FabianWilliams | Blog http://www.sharepointfabian.com | Email: fabian@adotob.com

Depending on urgency, you could save the Ohio subsite as template with data and create it in different site collection.-- techChirag

Depending on urgency, you could save the Ohio subsite as template with data and create it in different site collection.-- techChirag

Hi rithu, Do you want to move to the site collection in the same web application? If so and if it is a publishing site, please try to move this site in Site Content and Structure by click Site Actions > Manage Content and Structure.Best regards. Emir

Hi Emir, I want to move sub site which is in same web application but in different site colletion For example: i want to move a site http://mainsite/marketing/ohio to http://mainsite/sites/finance/ohio in my case mainsite is a web application mainsite/ is a primary site collection & mainsite/sites/finance is another site colletion Note: Just for additional information ohio site is a subsite & used document workspace as a template when creating a site. Thanks in Advance

Hi TechChirag, I Cant save it as a template with data because it has lot of data in it.

Hi Fabin, Thank you very much for posting the blog, But I am sorry we are using sharepoint 2007 not 2010 so powershell is not supported & the subsite i am trying to use is document workspace site. can you help me how to do that. Thanks in advance

In 2007 you can save the site as a template from Site Settings. You will create an STP file. You should post this in the 2007 forums.SharePoint 2010 MCM. Feel free to contact me http://www.sharepoint.bg/radi

Sorry by mistake I have posted this in 2010 forum, I tryed saving the site as a template but it has huge data so it can not save as a template. Thanks

Hi rithu, Please try this 3^rd party, it can be used to move sites within a farm. http://www.axceler.com/SharePointAdministration/ControlPoint.aspx ================================================================================= The third- party product discussed here is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product’s performance or reliability.Best regards. Emir

can any one help how to move the sub sub site (document workspace) to different site collection, thanks

Have you tried STSADM extensions? If not, here is a link to Gary Lapointe's old blog, explaining how you can move a sub-site to a new site collection: - http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2007/09/convert-a-sub-site-to-a-site-collection/ There are some things you'll need to fix once the site has been imported but the extensions and the blog entry linked should help a lot, but be sure to read ALL the comments too.http://www.final-exodus.net