Backup and Restore SharePoint site collection from one Farm to another Farm using STSADM commands

Scenario: I have server called “ABC” where there is site collection called http://abc.com and I want to backup this site collection and restore it to new SharePoint farm “XYZ” http://xyz.com

Source Server:
Server Name: ABC
Site Collection URL: http://abc.com
Site Owner: ABC/administrator
Take backup using following command:
STSADM.EXE –o backup –URL http://abc.com -filename “backup_abc.bak” –overwrite
Help URL for backup: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263441.aspx
Now to restore it to destination SharePoint farm

Destination Server:
Server Name: XYZ
Site Collection URL: http://xyz.com
Site Owner: XYZ/administrator
Create blank Web Application from Central Administration
Now restore using STSADM command
STSADM.EXE –o restore –URL http://xyz.com -filename “backup_abc.bak” –restoremethod New –newdatabaseserver “DATABASE_SERVER_NAME”
Change the site collection owner of this newly restored site
More details for restore is here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262087.aspx



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