I have been using backup/restore for deployment between different environments and then I found this....
*Be aware that backup/restore of MOSS content databases between server farms are not fully supported! Official documentation of this support limitation is currently in the works. The supported way to transfer content between server farms is to use STSADM -o export/import or content deployment. Backup/restore is only supported for the same server farm* ** * http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2008/03/12/common-error-situation-with-when-using-backup-restore-to-transfer-a-database-to-a-new-farm-on-moss-2007.aspx * ** *Though I haven't had the error in the above post so far and have deployed about 15 web applications so far...* ** ** On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Michael Nemtsev < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no issues if you restore you farm backup to single SharePoint > instance. It will work fine. It's common scenario when you design you > Disaster Recovery (DR) box, and you don't need farm there – only single > instance. So you restore your backup there and set up SQL mirroring. > > > > There is no OOTB way to backup content selectively and omit some files. > What you can try to do is to copy your content into new content DB and > remove content of doc libraries there > > > > *Michael Nemtsev *|* *WSS MCTS, MS MVP > Readify > > B: http://msmvps.com/blogs/laflour/ T: +61 424 184 978 E: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf > Of *Paul Noone > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:40 AM > > *To:* listserver@ozMOSS.com > *Subject:* [OzMOSS] RE: create SharePoint development same as production > site > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > Sorry to pick up an old thread but I'm just getting ready to backup/restore > our production environment to development in order to have a current version > to work with. > > > > Is the GUI-based Farm backup in Central Administration smart enough to > recognise different farm topology, configurations, paths, domains, ports > etc., and update them? Having not gone down this road before I'm finding the > unknown more than a little frightening. > > > > Also, does anyone know of a method to selectively backup content – i.e. _* > without*_ the content in document libraries? > > > > Regards, > > Paul > > Online Developer, ICT > CEO Sydney > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf > Of *Michael Nemtsev > *Sent:* Saturday, 11 October 2008 11:04 AM > *To:* listserver@ozMOSS.com > *Subject:* [OzMOSS] RE: create SharePoint development same as production > site > > > > What's the reason for this, why u need to copy the whole environment? > Because usually you are doing it vice versa, from development to production > > > > Just make a whole farm backup on production box and restore on your box via > OOTB backup/restore > > * * > > *Michael Nemtsev *|* *WSS MCTS, MS MVP > Readify > > B: http://msmvps.com/blogs/laflour/ T: +61 424 184 978 E: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf > Of *Ken Zheng > *Sent:* Friday, October 10, 2008 3:26 PM > *To:* listserver@ozMOSS.com > *Subject:* [OzMOSS] create SharePoint development same as production site > > > > Hi All: > > > > Just want to find out what you guys do to copy the production site to > the development machine, is backup/restore or import/export site or some > other better way. > > > > Cheers > > > > Ken > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list > with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. > Powered by mailenable.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list > with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. > Powered by mailenable.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list > with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. > Powered by mailenable.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list > with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. > Powered by mailenable.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------- OzMOSS.com - to unsubscribe from this list, send a message back to the list with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Powered by mailenable.com
