UPDATED: Find the new Youtube Link below!
Dear all,
episode 4 of SP5 is ready! This time it is dealing with the topic of moving site collections from one content database to another. Click below to watch the video (UPDATED):
Remark: If you want to create a new site collection using a specific content database, you need to use PowerShell, specifically the New-SPSite cmdlet:
New-SPSite –ContentDatabase <DBName>
This cannot be done from within Central Administration.
The involved cmdlets are:
Get-SPSite (lists site collections)
Get-SPContentDatabase (list content databases)
Move-SPSite (list content databases)
New-SPSite (create new site collection, specify content DB)
Important: After moving a site collection from one content DB to another, an iisreset is required. Be aware that this will cause a service disruption for some time (depending on your server’s configuration). Be sure to execute this only if you are fully aware that this will cause all websites to be inaccessible for some time.
Disclaimer: All tutorials are provided as is. You are responsible for any changes undergoing your system that derive from following this tutorial. It is hence recommended to consult your administrators and verify that the changes cannot harm your IT environment in any way.
Stay tuned till the next time!
Martin
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I successfully moved site collection from one DB to another using Move-SPSite. But i didn’t remove the previous content database(it contain other sitecollections). Everything was Ok. But next day i find out that the moved site collection disappeared and it actually does not exits any more. Seems that some of the scheduled jobs removed it.
I’m confused with that. Can anybody help me how to prevent it?
Any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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