Moving Content Database from SP 2007 to SP 2010

After installing and configuring your new SharePoint 2010,

Moving Content Database from SP 2007 to SP 2010

1) Find the content Database; These are listed under Central Admin->Application Management->Site Collection List

2) Backup the content database, You could alternatively detach it, and copy it. Just doing a backup in SQL Server Management studio is easier.

3) Restore content database to new server, Copy the BAK file to new server. Create an empty DB in Management Studio, restore from backup, you may need to change an option in the "options" tab of the restore dialog to get it to work. (Overwrite db).

4) Create Web App on SharePoint 2010

5) Remove Content Database from the new web app.

6) Add Content Database which you have restored it (step 3)

 Use STSADM to add restored DB to this web app

c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extentions\14\bin on new server is where you can find the STSADM.

run this command from there. Which will upgrade the content db to 2010?

stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://yourwebapp -databasename yourcontentdb -databaseserver yoursqlserver

7) Run IISRESET from command prompt

Reference

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadminprevious/thread/8a993fcf-b663-4b67-9ed4-928d26333f37

How to move the mysites from http://portal/personal to a new web application at http://mysite ?

Mysite web application was created either when creating the new SSP as the new mysite host or manually using My Site Host template, in which case you need to add an wildcard inclusion to /personal manged path

Backup and Restore

enumerate all the mysites that were already created (output it to a file for easier work):

stsadm –o enumsites –url http://portal/personal/ > c:\mysites.txt

ex: stsadm –o enumsites –url  http://YourMysite/personal/ > C:\mysites.txt

Edit the txt file and create 3 batch files of it:

One for backing up the mysites, one for creating the destination mysites, one for restoring from backup at the destination: for instance, the following line from the initial file resulted (mysites.txt)

<Site Url=http://portal/personal/username Owner="Domain\username" SecondaryOwner="Domain\administrator" ContentDatabase="ContentDBName" StorageUsedMB="0.4" StorageWarningMB="80" StorageMaxMB="100" />

Ex:  <Site Url="https://YourMysite/personal/YourUserName" Owner=" Your DomainName\YourPrimaryUserName " SecondaryOwner=" YourDomainName\YourSecondaryUserName " ContentDatabase="Your MySite Content DB Name" StorageUsedMB="Your Mysite Data Size" StorageWarningMB="0" StorageMaxMB="0" />

It will become (in 3 bat files):

Backup

stsadm -o backup -url http://portal/personal/username -filename c:\backup\username.dat

Ex: stsadm -o backup -url https://YourMysite/personal/YourUserName  -filename c:\backup\username.dat

Create MySite

stsadm -o createsite -url http://mysite/personal/username -sitetemplate SPSPERS -owneremail username@domain.com -ownerlogin "Domain\username"

Ex: stsadm -o createsite -url https://YourMysite/personal/YourUserName -sitetemplate SPSPERS -owneremail  YourEmailAddress@DomainName.com  -ownerlogin "Your DomainName\YourUserName"

Restore

stsadm -o restore -url http://mysite/personal/username -filename c:\backup\username.dat –overwrite

Ex: stsadm -o restore -url https://YourMysite/personal/YourUserName -filename “c:\backup\username.dat” -overwrite

That’s it. Do it same for the rest of my sites

Attaching a Content DB to a Web Application in SharePoint 2007

For each Web Application you create in SharePoint, by default, there is a single Content DB that is assigned to it. Typically, the steps for creating a web application are as follows:

1. Launch your Central Administration web site.
2. On the Quick Launch bar to the left of the page, click on Application Management.
3. Under the SharePoint Web Application Management heading, click on Create or extend Web application.
4. Click on Create a new Web Application.
5. The Create New Web Application page requires some information before creating your new web application. I won’t go through all of this in detail, but let’s pay particular attention to the Database Name and Authentication section. I have attempted in the past to alter the database name to match the already existing content db i would like this web application to use. This is not recommended nor does it work consistently. What you’ll want to do is accept all defaults for the database name and proceed with creating your web application. In the next steps we’ll outline how you swap this content db out for the one your already existing content db.

Now once your content db has been created, you’ll need to go back to the Application Management screen. From there, try the following:

1. Click on Content databases.
2. On the right of the toolbar, look for the Web Application drop down. Make sure you change this to match the web app you’re trying to replace the content db for. I find that sometimes this is defaulted to the Central Admin web application which is not what we want.
3. Click on the database name link, this should bring up the Manage Content Database Settings page. Change your Database status to Offline and check Remove content database. Click OK. This content db shouldn’t contain anything since we just created this web application.
4. We should now be redirected back to the Manage Content Databases page. Click on Add a content database.
5. The only thing you need to change on this page is the Database Name field. Set this to the name of the content db you want to add. Set the search server and click OK.

Now typically this is a smooth operation, however, if you encounter the error below:

" Attaching this database requires an upgrade, which could time out the browser session. You must use the STSADM command ‘addcontentdb’ to attach this database."

Open up a command prompt window, and type the following stsadm command in:

stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://server01/ -databasename WSS_Content

There are other arguments you can use for this command, to see a list of those, type:

stsadm -o addcontentdb

Once the command has completed successfully, try loading your site. If you have any issues at all with this, drop me a line.

Reference
http://blog.qumsieh.ca/2009/02/13/attatching-a-content-db-to-a-web-application/

SharePoint Site Template Codes

SharePoint Site Template Codes

Each Site Template that is installed on SharePoint 2007 has a unique name and number to allow for referencing when coding applications or using STSADM for site deployment (when using the -sitetemplate parameter, e.g. -site template STS#0 would apply a team site template) 

WSS Templates 

Team Site: STS#0 

Blank Site: STS#1 

Document Workspace: STS#2 

Wiki Site: WIKI#0 

Blog Site: BLOG#0 

Basic Meeting Workspace: MPS#0 

Blank Meeting Workspace: MPS#1 

Decision Meeting Workspace: MPS#2 

Social Meeting Workspace: MPS#3 

Multiple Meeting Workspace: MPS#4 

MOSS Templates 

Document Center: BDR#0 

Site Directory: SPSSITE#0 

Report Center: SPSREPORTCENTER#0 

Search Center with Tabs: SRCHCEN#0 

My Site Host: SPSMSITEHOST#0 

Search Center: SRCHCENTERLITE#0 

Personalisation Site: SPSMSITE#0 

Collaboration Portal: SPSPORTAL#0 

Publishing Portal: BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 

Publishing Site: CMSPUBLISHING#0 

Publishing Site with Workflow: BLANKINTERNET#2 

News Site: SPSNHOME#0

Reference

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11154.sharepoint-site-template-codes.aspx

How to find the template name of SharePoint site?

General Questions:

I have SharePoint site which is fully customized I would like to know the template name of site, because the SharePoint is created by some body else I don't know which template the guy had selected (like team site, blank site, publishing, collaboration site etc. while creating the site.

Answer

• Code Snippet

  <%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"%>
  <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.LayoutsPageBase" %>
  <%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint" %>
  
  <script runat="server">
  protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e){
  SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
  {
  using (SPWeb thisWeb = this.Web)
  {
  lblWebTempalte.Text = thisWeb.WebTemplate;
  lblWebTemplateID.Text = thisWeb.WebTemplateId.ToString();
  }
  });
  }
  </script>
  <asp:Content ID="Main" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderMain" >
  <p>
  Web Template: <asp:Label ID="lblWebTempalte" runat="server" />
  </p>
  Web Template ID: <asp:Label ID="lblWebTemplateID" runat="server" />
  </asp:Content>
  
  <asp:Content ID="PageTitle" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderPageTitle" >
  Site Template Information
  </asp:Content>
  
  <asp:Content ID="PageTitleInTitleArea" runat="server" contentplaceholderid="PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea" >
  Site Template Information
  </asp:Content>

  
  

  Please follow the steps to know the template name of sharepoint site:
  

  • Save the code snippet code as .aspx page ( eg:webtemplate.aspx) to your layouts folder (usually C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS)

  • Once the page is saved you can access it from any of your sharepoint sites via http://servername/_layouts/webtemplate.aspx
  • Compare the web template ID with the below List of MOSS 2007 Template ID Information

  
  

  List of MOSS 2007 Template ID Information
  0 - GLOBAL (SetupPath=global) - "Global template"
  1 - STS - "windows SharePoint Services Site", "Team Site", "Blank Site", "Document Workspace"
  2 - MPS - "Basic Meeting Workspace", "Blank Meeting Workspace", "Decision Meeting Workspace", "Social Meeting Workspace", "Multipage Meeting Workspace"
  3 - CENTRALADMIN - "Central Admin Site"
  4 - WIKI - "Wiki Site"
  7 - BDR - "Document Center"
  9 - BLOG - "Blog"
  20 - SPS (OBSOLETE) - "SharePoint Portal Server Site"
  21 - SPSPERS - "SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space"
  22 - SPSMSITE - "Personalization Site"
  30 - SPSTOC (OBSOLETE) - "Contents area Template"
  31 - SPSTOPIC (OBSOLETE) - "Topic area template"
  32 - SPSNEWS (OBSOLETE) - "News area template"
  33 - SPSNHOME (SubWebOnly) - "News Home template"
  34 - SPSSITES - "Site Directory area template"
  36 - SPSCOMMU (OBSOLETE) - "Community area template"
  38 - SPSREPORTCENTER - "Report Center Site"
  39 - CMSPUBLISHING (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PUBLISHING) - "Publishing and Team Collaboration Site"
  40 - OSRV (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\OSRV) - "Shared Services Administration Site"
  47 - SPSPORTAL - "Corporate Intranet Site"
  50 - SRCHCEN - "Search Center"
  51 - PROFILES - "Profiles"
  52 - BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER - "Internet Presence Web Site"
  53 - BLANKINTERNET - "Publishing Site", "Press Releases Site", "Publishing Site"
  54 - SPSMSITEHOST - "My Site Host"
  90 - SRCHCENTERLITE (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\SRCHCENTERLITE) - "Search Center Lite"
  6221 - PWA (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PWA) - "Project Web Access Site"
  6215 - PWS (SetupPath=SiteTemplates\PWS) - "Project Workspace"
  14483 - OFFILE - "Records Repository", "Records Repository"
  
  For more information please visit
  http://blog.rafelo.com/2008/05/determining-site-template-used-on.html
  http://www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/forums/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-moss-2007-development-topics/486-moss-2007-template-id-information.html

Reference
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/721bec39-2d32-4bbc-9094-a021a0d06dcb

Determining size of SharePoint sites / site collections

General Question

How to get the size (in bytes) of each site collection in SharePoint?

Answers

stsadm -o enumsites -url http://url

Example

<Sites Count="1">

  <Site

    Url="http://url"

    Owner="DomainName\user"

    SecondaryOwner="DomainName\user2" 

    ContentDatabase="WSS_Content_DB"

    StorageUsedMB="13756"

    StorageWarningMB="0"

    StorageMaxMB="0" />

</Sites>

Save to Notepad (.txt) file

stsadm -o enumsites -url "http://url"  > c:\sites.txt

DisableLoopbackCheck registry key

Issues: 1

I was working on a server and we were trying to access the local SharePoint site http://127.0.0.1 or http://NameofLocalServer/pages/default.aspx and I was constantly prompted for the username and password. In SharePoint 2007/2010, it can really annoy you by not accepting your username password credentials in the popup window.

Issues: 2

You receive error 401.1 when browsing a local IIS with Windows Authentication

This usually happens when you try browsing your ADFS from within the same machine where ADFS is running. This is not related to ADFS, but it's an issue with Windows Integrated Authentication in IIS in general.

To fix this you have to set a registry key on the ADFS machine.

To set the DisableLoopbackCheck registry key yourself, follow these steps:

1.      Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

2.      In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

3.      Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

4.      Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.

5.      Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.

6.      In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

7.      Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.

More info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861

Here is a PowerShell one-liner to change that key:

Set-ItemProperty -path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" -name "DisableLoopbackCheck" -value 1 -Type DWORD

Reference

http://iconraja.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/sharepoint-disable-loopback-check-disableloopbackcheck-dword-in-registry/

http://auth10.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/73590-you-receive-error-401-1-when-browsing-a-local-iis-