| I was searching for some information on the strategy | | | | restore our Sharepoint 2003/WSS V2.0 site to. |
| on how to move just an individual site from Sharepoint | | | | 12. Fill in the appropriate information to create a |
| 2003/WSS V2.0 to Sharepoint 2007/WSS V3.0. I | | | | Sharepoint 2007/WSS V3.0 Web Application in your |
| found a lot of information on how to do an In-Place | | | | environment and click "OK" |
| and Gradual upgrade but nothing on how to just move | | | | 13. Once the "Operation in Progress" screen has |
| a single site. This article is written based on moving a | | | | disappeared and the create operation is completed |
| single site from a single server instance of Sharepoint | | | | you will be taken to the "Application Created" screen. |
| 2003/WSS V2.0 to a single server installation of | | | | Do not go to "Create Site Collection". |
| Sharepoint 2007/WSS V3.0. If your environment is | | | | 14. Open a command prompt. |
| different some of the steps below will need to be | | | | 15. Run the Sharepoint stsadm tool with the following |
| modified for your purposes. Below are the steps on | | | | command line: stsadm -o addcontentdb -url |
| how tomove just a single Sharepoint 2003/WSS V2.0 | | | | -databasename |
| site to Sharepoint 2007/WSS V3.0: | | | | NOTE: We need to use the stsadm command line tool |
| | | | to add the new content database because the web |
| 1. You will need to run the prescan.exe tool from | | | | application may timeout if you use it to add the content |
| Sharepoint 2007 on the Sharepoint 2003 database | | | | database. |
| first. Since this will create errors on the 2003 site I | | | | 16. Click "Enter" and the content database will be |
| would recommend making a backup of the site and | | | | added to the site. |
| restoring the backup of the site to run the prescan on. | | | | 17. Return to the Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration |
| Use the stsadm tool in 2003 to make your backup and | | | | application and click on the "Application Management" |
| do the restore of the site. | | | | tab. |
| 2. When the site has been restored copy the Prescan | | | | 18. Click on the "Content databases" link under the |
| tool from the sever running Sharepoint 2007 to the | | | | "Sharepoint Web Application Management" |
| server running Sharepoint 2003. The Prescan tool is | | | | 19. You will be redirected back to the "Content |
| located in Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft | | | | databases" screen |
| Sharedweb server extensions12BIN. | | | | 20. Make sure that the Web Application you just |
| 3. On the server running Sharepoint 2003 open a | | | | created is selected in the drop-down list of Web |
| command prompt and navigate to the directory that | | | | Applications. |
| you copied the Prescan tool to. | | | | 21. Click on the content database that was initially |
| 4. On the command prompt run the Prescan tool with | | | | created when you created the web application. |
| the following command: prescan /V | | | | 22. On the screen that appears click the check box |
| NOTE: if you use the /ALL option this will run the | | | | next to "Remove content database". |
| prescan on your entire farm. | | | | 23. Click "OK". This will remove the initial database |
| 5. Once the prescan has completed make a backup | | | | from the SQL Server. |
| of the content database for the virtual server we just | | | | 24. Your site is not ready to access. However if you |
| ran the prescan on. | | | | are moving to a machine that has different user |
| 6. Copy the database backup to the server running | | | | accounts you may have a problem logging into the |
| Sharepoint 2007 | | | | new site. If you do follow the rest of the steps in the |
| 7. Restore the database backup onto the SQL server | | | | article. |
| that Sharepoint 2007 is using. | | | | 25. Go to the "Application Management" tab in the |
| 8. Open the Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration site. | | | | Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration application. |
| This can be located at Start->Administrative | | | | 26. Click on "Site Collection Owners" located under |
| Tools->Sharepoint 3.0 Central Administration. | | | | "Sharepoint Site Management" |
| 9. Click on the Application Management tab at the top | | | | 27. Make sure the correct Web Application is selected |
| of the screen | | | | in the drop-down |
| 10. Go to "Create or extend Web Application" under | | | | 28. Set the Primary and Secondary site collection |
| the "Sharepoint Web Application Management" section. | | | | owners to the correct user accounts and click "OK" |
| 11. Click on "Create a new Web application" to create | | | | 29. Your site will now be ready to access with primary |
| the new Web Application where we are going to | | | | or secondary site collection owner account. |