Migrating SharePoint from one machine to another machine

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I had a SharePoint server, now i want to move this from one machine to another machine.

This is what i did for the migration.

I have just installed sharepoint server in my new machine and i have removed the Sharepoint_config and wss_content databased from the new server. and i have restored both the databases from the old server. Then i tried to run the Central Admin and i got Unable to connect to content database error.

Is replacing the DB is wrong. is there any other way to migrate SP server from one machine to another. I have tried my taking Farm backup and restore i had many problem with that. so i feel replacing DB would be better for me. any suggestions please?

Best Answer

Move SharePoint between servers is a huge effort. Data in databases are very depends on the SharePoint install and its environments. So, I suggest just re-install the SharePoint on the new server, and then restore site collection backups to the new install.

Install SharePoint Server on the new server machine
Backup site collections from the old server, follow this guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263441(v=office.12).aspx
Create Web Applications on the new server
Restore site collections from the prev. backups, follow this guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262087(v=office.12).aspx

Be aware, if you have farm level customize solutions (developed by Visual Studio) or css files deployed in the LAYOUT folder, don't forget to re-deploy them on the new server.

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Rename Sharepoint Central admin machine name in SharePoint 2010 farm

There is both a PowerShell cmdlet and an STSADM command that allow you to change the server name. Both require that you first change the name through the standard Windows System control panel. After that (and a restart) you can use:

Rename-SPServer [-Identity] <OriginalServerName> -Name <NewServerName>

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263117(office.12).aspx

Rename-SPServer [-Identity] <SPServerPipeBind> -Name <String> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607556.aspx

There are some people who seem to recommend the STSADM (even though PowerShell is the Microsoft recommend way on SharePoint 2010) because it seems to work and not the give error that the PowerShell command does about feature dependency, but it looks like you can try either one.

And you may need to update your alternate access mappings to enable any custom URLs to work as well.

SharePoint 2010 Restore-SPSite problems

I had similar issue migrating SPF2010 to different server.

Sollution: database upgrade on source server.

How: Open Sharepoint PowerShell, and type Upgrade-SPContentDatabase command, hit R(maybe Y) when promt.

Cheers

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Rename Sharepoint Central admin machine name in SharePoint 2010 farm

SharePoint 2010 Restore-SPSite problems

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