i am new to sharepoint. I have few queries on sharepoint deploy ment. it would be nice of you if any one clarify me on these queries.
i have to deploy one sharepoint application/site from one server to another server. there are lot of file like .ascx(created through asp.net), .dll webparts, and workfolwsetc present in the application. how should i deploy all those files fromone server to another. this is for testing ( the other server). also there are more than 10 solution files(containing all the files) exist in the project.
i tried some thing going through different sites like using target, makecab etc but it is bit confusing for me. as there is no manifest file existing in my application and there are more than one solution files exist. do i have to write own manifest file for individual solution or one for the project or it has to be provided by the develepor? what should be the path for the feature,workflow xmls in the ddf. where to deploy the wsp file. also what is the procedure to follow for populating the site after wsp file is deployed in the server.
do i have to recreate all the sites in the destination server?
is there any free tool available which i can use for deployment? if yes then which part we can deploy: web part or workflow?
can we use NAnt for this activity?
thanks in advance.
Best Answer
You can use
stsadmto copy the content database from one server to another. This task can definitely be automated with nant (that's what we do).Using
stsadm -o backup, you can create a backup of your content and config databases. Then you restore them withstsadm -o restore. For example:stsadm -o backup -url http://yoururl -filename prodsite.dat -overwritestsadm -o restore -url http://newurl -filename prodsite.dat -overwriteI highly recommend SharePoint 2007 Administration. It can be very easy to hose a SharePoint installation if you don't know what you're doing.