SharePoint server content migration into new build with the same name (DR test using builtin tools)
To All Experts here, I'd like to perform a MOSS server content migration from the existing single instance server (SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, SharePoint 2007 SP1) all in one and by maintaining the server name only to simulate disaster recovery restore to new hardware, here's what I had in my migration plan document outline: I have created the new Windows Server 2008 R2 + SQL Server 2008 SP1 and MOSS 2007 SP2 after that: 1. Backup MOSS_ContentDB from SQL Server 2008 SSMS (does this enough to cover all top level sites and its content in the library and doc. repository ?) 2. Backup all top level sites from CA site using the CA Sites backup and restore tools. 3. turn off the old MOSSDEV01 (current server) 4. rename the existing server (TempServ01) into MOSSDEV01 (so that the user bookmark and other link inside MOSS site still working) 5. perform restore of the DB 6. restore the site collection and its content from the backup is that the correct way to do it ? I haven't execute the server configuration wizard to create the same port number of the SSP, CA and the SQL Server DB yet. Any idea and suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks./* Windows Infrastructure Support Engineer */
March 10th, 2010 5:22pm
Please refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512723.aspx#Section2 for moving all database to a different server with the same server name.
For your step 1, I don’t think you need to back up the top level sites. Backup content database is enough to cover all sites in the database.
For your step 4, does the new SharePoint farm already exist on TempServ01 before it’s renamed? If so, you should first disconnect it from the farm and then rename the server.
Please read my answer in the following thread for more about backup restore and disaster recovery, especially the links to official document in the thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/d7d4a233-36b5-4277-9caa-29584e6f16d7
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March 11th, 2010 7:21am
Hi All, I've performed the backup from the CA site, however one option is error see the attached code Shared Search Index Object Shared Search Index failed in event OnPrepareBackup. KeyNotFoundException: Object e2581ec6-0096-4756-bad4-0df75dc2d0c1 not found. is that ok since i don't bother with the search content (can be rescheduled for another crawling). Does anyone know if that error is ok / negligible ? Thanks. and when I go to the SSMS and look at the *_ContentDB all backup destination has been prefilled with the .BAK (same as the destination directory source) [MOSS_Farm_Config]\ Windows SharePoint Services Web Application\ MySite - 10001\ MySite_ContentDB\ Sandbox Web Application\ WSS_Content\ SharePoint - 80\ SharePoint80_ContentDB\ [WSS_Administration]\ [Web Application]\ SharePoint_AdminContent_f632e5bf-cbd9-4d9f-a819-1811feb4f2b6\ SharedServices1\ [SSP-10000]\ SSP_ContentDB\ [SharedServices1_DB]\ [UserProfileApplication]\ [SessionStateSharedApplication]\ *[Shared Search Index]\ [SharedServices1_Search_DB]\ Global Search Settings\ Windows SharePoint Services Search\ [Search instance]\ [MOSS_Search_DB]\
March 17th, 2010 6:37am