Move the SharePoint site content to another SharePoint Server

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I have an old site on a SharePoint server, the server is down and I didn't found any way to make it up again the windows update make the administration center give cont connect to configuration database error, so I decided to install a fresh WSS 3.0 on another server and move the content of my old site to a new site on the new server, the database name was WSS_AdminContent … in fact I'm newbie to the SharePoint, so can any one tell me how to move the old content to the new WSS server, I don't know even how to make a new site which can accept this database, the databsae was containing a documents for my team !!!

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Best Answer

The basic steps are:

  1. Create a new web application in your new WSS server.
  2. Follow the instructions in Move content databases between instances of SQL Server.

However you may not be able to perform all of the steps exactly as written if your previous server farm is not available. The main thing is that you get the most recent backup of the databases restored on your SQL Server, then follow these steps from the linked article:

13. In Central Administration, on the Application Management page, in the SharePoint Web Application Management section, click Content databases.

14. On the Manage Content Databases page, click Add a content database.

15. On the Add Content Database page, type the exact name of the transferred content database, and then click OK.

16. Repeat steps 14 and 15 for each database you are adding. Be sure that you select the correct Web application from the Web Application menu for each database.

I don't know your farm topology but if you are sharing the same SQL Server used for the dead server farm, make sure that the dead farm is completely powered off. You don't want two different SharePoint farms accessing the same data (especially if one is in an inconsistent state).

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