Yes, I've been developing one under contract to a client. :-)

I'll give you some HUGE hints, that I didn't have when I started:

1] PowerShell is MUCH easier to work in than cmd.exe (ok, I already knew
this one)

2] Don't even TRY to do this without SPSiteManager (it's on CodePlex). It
does at least 50% of the work for you.

3] Make sure that you setsitelock none before you release a contentdb, and

4] Make sure that you release a contentdb before attaching it to another WSS
instance.

5] If prescan fails: Stop. Don't try to force an upgrade until you've fixed
the problems. It shouldn't be called prescan, it should be called
"required-scan".

6] psexec makes this doable from a single server

7] you better know a little T-SQL if you want to automate the process.

8] Microsoft absolutely positively does NOT support any direct modification
to either configdb or any contentdb.

Now, I don't know your environment, but the one I'm working in right now is
a killer. Every individual can only do small pieces of the puzzle, so I've
had to break the processes up into teeny-tiny steps requiring different AUTH
from different users for each relevant step. I hope, for your sanity's sake,
that you don't have to do that too.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-----Original Message-----
From: M Bruyere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sharepoint migration/conslidation

Hi,
    I have to merge Sharepoint servers (1.0 and 2.0) to a new server
(3.0). Anyone know a good tool to "merge" Sharepoint sites?


Thanks

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