moving to another server

Hi,

I have a server in bad condition with SPS (v2 Beta) and
seperate SQL server.

I want to create new server and make it the same as the
first one (with all portals, sites, directories, data).

Can I do it easily by adding the second server to the
same DB and then removing the first one (like shadow set
in VMS) ?
If so, what exactly should I do ?

thanks

spARROW
Thu Nov 06 07:47:18 CST 2003

I don't know if SPSv2 have a backup/restore function just like sps2003.
I use this function to migrate my portal server between different servers.



"raviv76@speedy.co.il" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:09fe01c3a468$a4f32ca0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a server in bad condition with SPS (v2 Beta) and
> seperate SQL server.
>
> I want to create new server and make it the same as the
> first one (with all portals, sites, directories, data).
>
> Can I do it easily by adding the second server to the
> same DB and then removing the first one (like shadow set
> in VMS) ?
> If so, what exactly should I do ?
>
> thanks

James
Thu Nov 06 08:17:32 CST 2003

First, you want to upgrade to RTM. (The backup/restore does not work well
in beta 2 and sometimes doesn't work right in beta 2 TR and the
backup/restore is NOT compatible between versions). Then you want to use
the backup restore tool to backup the entire portal and restore it to the
new server. I have an article on msd2d.com about how to migrate from a
single server to a small farm. It isn't exactly your situation, but 95+% of
the article will apply to migrating to a new server if you want to look for
more detailed steps.

--
James Edelen
Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Portal Server
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center
Microsoft Associate Expert
Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"raviv76@speedy.co.il" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:09fe01c3a468$a4f32ca0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a server in bad condition with SPS (v2 Beta) and
> seperate SQL server.
>
> I want to create new server and make it the same as the
> first one (with all portals, sites, directories, data).
>
> Can I do it easily by adding the second server to the
> same DB and then removing the first one (like shadow set
> in VMS) ?
> If so, what exactly should I do ?
>
> thanks

anonymous
Mon Nov 10 03:41:14 CST 2003

thanks,

I'm looking for your article but couldn't find it.
Is th migration means I don't need to backup/restore -
just migrate to a farm and then remove the problematic
server and all data will be kept ?



>-----Original Message-----
>First, you want to upgrade to RTM. (The backup/restore
does not work well
>in beta 2 and sometimes doesn't work right in beta 2 TR
and the
>backup/restore is NOT compatible between versions).
Then you want to use
>the backup restore tool to backup the entire portal and
restore it to the
>new server. I have an article on msd2d.com about how to
migrate from a
>single server to a small farm. It isn't exactly your
situation, but 95+% of
>the article will apply to migrating to a new server if
you want to look for
>more detailed steps.
>
>--
>James Edelen
>Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Portal Server
>Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center
>Microsoft Associate Expert
>Expert Zone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>"raviv76@speedy.co.il"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message news:09fe01c3a468$a4f32ca0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a server in bad condition with SPS (v2 Beta) and
>> seperate SQL server.
>>
>> I want to create new server and make it the same as the
>> first one (with all portals, sites, directories, data).
>>
>> Can I do it easily by adding the second server to the
>> same DB and then removing the first one (like shadow
set
>> in VMS) ?
>> If so, what exactly should I do ?
>>
>> thanks
>
>
>.
>

James
Mon Nov 10 10:11:06 CST 2003

No, by "migrate" backup/restore is used. To keep your data and change
servers the only way to do so is to use backup and restore.

--
James Edelen
Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Portal Server
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center
Microsoft Associate Expert
Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:063c01c3a76e$c82c1840$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> thanks,
>
> I'm looking for your article but couldn't find it.
> Is th migration means I don't need to backup/restore -
> just migrate to a farm and then remove the problematic
> server and all data will be kept ?
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >First, you want to upgrade to RTM. (The backup/restore
> does not work well
> >in beta 2 and sometimes doesn't work right in beta 2 TR
> and the
> >backup/restore is NOT compatible between versions).
> Then you want to use
> >the backup restore tool to backup the entire portal and
> restore it to the
> >new server. I have an article on msd2d.com about how to
> migrate from a
> >single server to a small farm. It isn't exactly your
> situation, but 95+% of
> >the article will apply to migrating to a new server if
> you want to look for
> >more detailed steps.
> >
> >--
> >James Edelen
> >Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Portal Server
> >Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center
> >Microsoft Associate Expert
> >Expert Zone -
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >"raviv76@speedy.co.il"
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >message news:09fe01c3a468$a4f32ca0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a server in bad condition with SPS (v2 Beta) and
> >> seperate SQL server.
> >>
> >> I want to create new server and make it the same as the
> >> first one (with all portals, sites, directories, data).
> >>
> >> Can I do it easily by adding the second server to the
> >> same DB and then removing the first one (like shadow
> set
> >> in VMS) ?
> >> If so, what exactly should I do ?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >
> >
> >.
> >