Back up, restore, or move a Sharepoint site

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• Step 1: Create a blank website as the target website
• Step 2: Restore the backup file to the target website

(Reproduced in http://office.microsoft.com/zh-cn/sharepointdesigner/HA100699392052.aspx) Applicable: Microsoft Office Sharepoint designer 2007

Assume that your workgroup has just published its latest quarterly report to multiple document libraries on the workgroup website, and you want to back up the website at this critical moment. If your workgroup has been moved to another group in your organization, you need to move the workgroup website to another server. You can use Microsoft Office Sharepoint designer 2007 to create a backup copy of a website or a sub-website, and then recreate the website on the same server or another server.

When backing up and restoring a website, you actually perform three separate operations: First, you back up the website to a single file. Then, you create a blank website as the target website. Finally, you can restore the backup website to the target website.

Content

• Should I use the "Backup and Restore" function or other packaging functions?

• How can I move a Sharepoint website from one location to another?

• How can I publish or copy a Sharepoint website from one location to another?

• Back up website

• Restore a website

• Can I use "Backup and Restore" on the Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Website "?

• Can I use "Backup and Restore" to upgrade my website from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0?

Should I use the backup and restore feature or another packaging feature?

There are three different functions for packaging websites: In Office Sharepoint designer 2007, you can back up a website or create a web package, and save the website as a website template in a browser. Which function you choose depends on what you want to achieve.

Web package (. fwp file)This feature can be used when you want to share or reuse web pages, websites, lists, or library structures. With Web packages, You can package the entire website or select the desired page, list, or library. Web packages are an excellent way to copy website structures, but they do not include list data, subwebsites, or security and permission settings. The Web package can also contain custom links. After creating a package, you can import and deploy the file to multiple websites as needed. For more information about Web packages, see export or import web packages.

Backup and restoration (. CMP file)This feature can be used when you want to back up the entire website or sub-website or move the entire website or sub-website to another server or location. Unlike web packages, content migration packages include list data, but you cannot select to include only specific website elements. Note that you may lose some customization or settings during this process. For example, backup files do not include workflows, notifications, and attributes stored at the website set level. The backup file does not include the "recycle bin" status or objects in it. To use "Backup and Restore", you must have administrator permissions for the website.

Website template (. STP file)You can use this function to create multiple websites based on the same basic content or website structure. For example, you may want all the subnets created on a website to have similar website structures, appearances, and even content. To this end, you can save a website as a website template and add it to the website template library so that anyone can use the website as a template. Unlike web packages, website templates can include list data. You must have administrator permissions for the website to create a website template and write access to the "website template library. For more information about website templates, see"See"Find the corresponding link.

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How can I move a Sharepoint website from one location to another?

A SharePoint website is not actually moved from one location or server to another location or server. Instead, it is backed up to a file and then re-creates the content or website from the backup file.

The "Backup and Restore" feature in Office Sharepoint designer 2007 is the best way to move a single website or sub-website from one server to another, but this method has restrictions, as described above. However, if you are a server administrator, you can use the powerful command line management tool named stsadm.exe in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. With this tool, you can back up or restore a website set at a time. A website set represents a top-level website and all its sub-sites. However, you cannot use stsadm.exe to back up a single sub-website, but you can only back up the website set. For more information about how to use stsadm.exe, see the Windows SharePoint Services administrator guide ".

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How can I publish or copy a Sharepoint website from one location to another?

"Backup and Restore" function (not"Remote website"Command) is the preferred method to copy a Sharepoint site from one location to another.

The "publish" function of Office Sharepoint designer 2007 ("Website"Menu,"Remote website"Command) does not support moving all types of SharePoint content. For example, when you publish or copy a website from one location to another, office Sharepoint designer 2007 cannot move Web parts or Sharepoint list data and Architecture (that is, columns, settings, and content of SharePoint lists and libraries) in the Web parts area ). In contrast, the backup and restore feature does not support moving these SharePoint contents.

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Back up website

The backup website creates a content migration package or. CMP file. When backing up a website, you can back up a top-level website or any sub-website. The backup files you create include list or library content, security settings, user information, navigation, custom and personalized information (such as views, website templates, and content types ). Backup files do not include workflows, notifications, and attributes stored at the website set level.

To back up a website, you must have administrator privileges for the website, but you do not need to have administrative access to the server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

2. In"File"Click"Open Website".
4. In"Open Website"In the dialog box, browse to the website you want to back up, click the website, and then click"Open".
6. In"Website"Menu, pointing"Manage"And then click"Backup Website".
8. In"Backup Website"In the dialog box, select"Archiving contains sub-websites"Check box.
10. If the current website has insufficient storage space, click"Advanced", Enter a new location, and then click"OK".

    A temporary backup file must be stored in the backup website. By default, Office Sharepoint designer 2007 uses the current website. You can use another website on the same server or a location on another server on the same network, such\\Server Name\Share Name.

12. In"Backup Website"In the dialog box, click"OK".
14. In"Save files"In the dialog box, select the location where the. CMP file is to be stored.
16. In"File name"Box, enter the name of the file, and then click"Save".

    If the website you want to back up or restore is large, the process may last for a long time.

PromptTo check whether an error exists during the backup process, you can check the. log file .. Log files are stored in the temp folder of your user account. If the last backup or restoration log file already exists, the new log file will be created using another file name, such as smigrate_1.log and smigrate_2.log. Search for the following error messages in the log: cannot, cocould not, failure, server error, timed out, unable to, and the server sent a response.

NoteIf you are a server administrator, you can use the powerful command line management tool named stsadm.exe in Windows SharePoint Services. With this tool, you can back up or restore a website set at a time. A website set represents a top-level website and all its sub-sites. However, you cannot use stsadm.exe to back up a single sub-website, but you can only back up the website set. For more information about how to use stsadm.exe, see the Windows SharePoint Services administrator guide ".

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Restore a website

Step 1: Create a blank website as the target website

1. In"File"Click"New".
2. In"New"In the dialog box, click"Website"Tab, click"Regular"And then click"Blank Website".
3. In"Specify the location of the new website"Enter the location of the backup website.

   You can restore the website to another server and restore it to a new top-level website or a sub-website under an existing top-level website.

4. Click"OK".

PromptYou can also use the "website Settings" or "CREATE" page in the browser to create a blank website. For example, you can click"Website operations"And then click"Create". On the "Create" page"Webpage", Click"Website and work zone". Complete the first four parts, but when you go to the "Template Selection" section, close the browser without making any choice. Do not apply any templates (including blank website templates). Otherwise, the Restoration Operation will fail.

Step 2: Restore the backup file to the target website

1. Open the target website and go"Website"Point"Manage"And then click"Restore Website".
2. In"Open File"In the dialog box, browse to the. CMP file to be restored, click it, and then click"Open".
3. If the current website has insufficient storage space, click"Advanced"And then Perform one of the following operations:
   • To store the archive file in another temporary location, go"Temporary location of archive files"Enter a new location.

     A temporary backup file must be stored in the backup website. By default, Office Sharepoint designer 2007 uses the current website. You can use another website on the same server or a location on another server on the same network, such\\Server Name\Share Name.

   • To store the. Log File in another location, go"Location of the imported Log File"Enter a new location.

     If the server cannot write data to the default location, you may need to select another location for the. log file. By default, Office Sharepoint designer 2007 creates an import. log file on the current website. You can check this file to check whether errors exist during restoration.

4. In"Restore Website"In the dialog box, click"OK"To confirm that you want to restore the. CMP file to the current blank website.

   If the website you want to back up or restore is large, the process may last for a long time.

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Can I use "Backup and Restore" on the Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Website "?

It is possible within a specific range. You can use Office Sharepoint designer 2007 to back up working groups and personal websites in the portal site, but you cannot back up the portal area or top-level portal website itself. In addition, you can only restore these workgroup and personal websites to a portal set that has been correctly configured on a server running Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007. You cannot use "Backup and Restore" to migrate a website from a server running Office Sharepoint Server 2007 to a server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and vice versa.

To back up, restore, or move the Office Sharepoint Server 2007 portal, use the Windows SharePoint Services command line management tool stsadm.exe. To use this tool, you must be the administrator of the server running Office Sharepoint Server 2007. For more information about how to use stsadm.exe, see the Windows SharePoint Services administrator guide ".

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Can I use "Backup and Restore" to upgrade my website from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0?

No. A. fwp file is created when you back up a website on a server running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. A. CMP file is created for a website that is located on a server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. These two file formats are not compatible. For information about how to upgrade a website to a server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, see precautions for upgrading a custom website.

You can use the "Backup and Restore" feature in Office Sharepoint designer 2007 to move the Windows SharePoint Services website:

• Move from a server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to another server running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
• Move from one server running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to another server running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.

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