The environment is a WSS 3.0 Single Server Farm on Server 2K3 SP1 Std.
Edition. The DB is the Runtime Engine bundled with WSS.
The goal of my backup and restore was to create a new top level site
collection on my server and to recreate the existing top level site
collection underneath.
To achieve this I did the following:
Backup the existing Site collection with STSADM.exe :
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions
\12\BIN>stsadm -o backup -url http://myserver -filename main.bak -
overwrite
In Sharepoint Central Administration Delete the site collection '/'
Create new site collection '/'
Create new site collection '/sites/srveng'
Restore the site to the new location with STSADM.exe:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions
\12\BIN>stsadm -o restore -url http://myserver/sites/srveng -filename
main.bak -overwrite
At first glance, everything worked just fine. However, after some
poking around, I discovered that I could not get to the "Settings"
page for any list or Document Library on the restored site.
If I open the List, for example: http://myserver/sites/srveng/Lists/
Announcements/AllItems.aspx
Then go to the Settings Menu and click "List Settings",
I see the following:
Go back to site
Error
File Not Found.
Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.
I also see the same error if I click "View all site content" on the
Quick Launch bar.
These functions worked before the site move. The commanilty between
the pages not working seems to be that they are in the path: http://
myserver/srveng/_layouts/
On the new "/" site collection, these functions are working as they
should.
Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated.