I am using smigrate.exe to backup and move a sharepoint site to a new
server. However on one site I am having a problem backing up the site.
When I run smigrate the error message I get is:

ERROR: 589831 Server error: The folder that would hold URL 'subwebname' does
not exist on the server.

The site works normally and I don't have any issues with it, I just need to
make a backup copy of it and I am unable to! Any ideas? Any help is
greatly appreciated.

Mike

Re: Smigrate under able to backup a site by Cornelius

Cornelius
Tue Mar 28 18:17:01 CST 2006

Have you tried using STSADM to do the backup?

Thanks
C
http://spaces.msn.com/cjvandyk



"Mike Celone" <mike.spamfree.celone@rfsmaspworld.com> wrote in message
news:mike.spamfree.celone@rfsmaspworld.com:

> I am using smigrate.exe to backup and move a sharepoint site to a new
> server. However on one site I am having a problem backing up the site.
> When I run smigrate the error message I get is:
>
> ERROR: 589831 Server error: The folder that would hold URL 'subwebname' does
> not exist on the server.
>
> The site works normally and I don't have any issues with it, I just need to
> make a backup copy of it and I am unable to! Any ideas? Any help is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike


Re: Smigrate under able to backup a site by Mike

Mike
Tue Mar 28 19:52:06 CST 2006

Yes I have and I the error message stated it was unable to complete this
action.

Mike


"Cornelius J. van Dyk [MVP]" <c@dtdn.ANTISPAM.com> wrote in message
news:O2a3dYsUGHA.1728@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Have you tried using STSADM to do the backup?
>
> Thanks
> C
> http://spaces.msn.com/cjvandyk
>
>
>
> "Mike Celone" <mike.spamfree.celone@rfsmaspworld.com> wrote in message
> news:mike.spamfree.celone@rfsmaspworld.com:
>
>> I am using smigrate.exe to backup and move a sharepoint site to a new
>> server. However on one site I am having a problem backing up the site.
>> When I run smigrate the error message I get is:
>>
>> ERROR: 589831 Server error: The folder that would hold URL 'subwebname'
>> does
>> not exist on the server.
>>
>> The site works normally and I don't have any issues with it, I just need
>> to
>> make a backup copy of it and I am unable to! Any ideas? Any help is
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Mike
>



Re: Smigrate under able to backup a site by Mike

Mike
Wed Mar 29 10:39:59 CST 2006

Some more information for everyone. The exact error message I get when
using smigrate is:

ERROR: 589831 Server error: The folder that would hold URL 'MSDS' does not
exist on the server.

I originally thought it was listing the subwebname in the error message.
But as it turns out MSDS is the name of a folder in the site. I setup the
site in My Network Places as a Web Folder and when I browse to it I get the
error "The folder http://webname/MSDS is no longer available." I'm assuming
this is why I am getting the error when I try to use smigrate.exe and also
why stsadm cannot backup the site.

Hopefully this extra info helps. Any ideas?

Mike


"Mike Celone" <mike.celone@ask.com> wrote in message
news:uheUjNtUGHA.5704@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Yes I have and I the error message stated it was unable to complete this
> action.
>
> Mike
>
>
> "Cornelius J. van Dyk [MVP]" <c@dtdn.ANTISPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:O2a3dYsUGHA.1728@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Have you tried using STSADM to do the backup?
>>
>> Thanks
>> C
>> http://spaces.msn.com/cjvandyk
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Celone" <mike.spamfree.celone@rfsmaspworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:mike.spamfree.celone@rfsmaspworld.com:
>>
>>> I am using smigrate.exe to backup and move a sharepoint site to a new
>>> server. However on one site I am having a problem backing up the site.
>>> When I run smigrate the error message I get is:
>>>
>>> ERROR: 589831 Server error: The folder that would hold URL 'subwebname'
>>> does
>>> not exist on the server.
>>>
>>> The site works normally and I don't have any issues with it, I just need
>>> to
>>> make a backup copy of it and I am unable to! Any ideas? Any help is
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>
>