My worry is that will deploying with backup/restore make it unsupported as Stefan post says. I will be finishing with the client soon, don't want him to get problems with MS Support later in case anything happens
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Michael Nemtsev < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never had issues which Stefan described. > > I believe it will be fixed with the SP2 > > > > *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 *Ajay > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OzMOSS] RE: create SharePoint development same as > production site > > > > 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:* [email protected] > *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:* [email protected] > *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:* [email protected] > *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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. 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