{"id":2621,"date":"2010-11-21T08:36:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2017-07-22T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T20:05:47","slug":"granular-backups-and-restores-in-sharepoiont-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/granular-backups-and-restores-in-sharepoiont-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Granular Backups and Restores in SharePoint 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can backup and restore either a complete Site Collection or individual Sites, either using the Central Administration’s granular backup\/restore feature or with the PowerShell cmdlets. In this article I will offer the details for both methods. Let’s get right to it.<\/p>\n

Backup Up Site Collection Using Central Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go to Central Administration -> Backup and Restore -> Granular Backup -> Perform a site collection backup.<\/p>\n

Backup Site Collection Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the following PowerShell syntax to backup a Site Collection.<\/p>\n

backup-spsite -identity Site_URL<\/strong><\/span> -path \\\\server\\share\\filename.bak<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

backup-spsite -identity http:\/\/seattlepro.com<\/strong><\/span> -path \\\\SharePoint\\Backups\\SeattlePro.bak<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Restore a Site Collection Using Central Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no option in Central Administration to perform a granular restore of a Site Collection. You must use PowerShell to restore a Site Collection.<\/p>\n

Restore a Site Collection Using PowerShell
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To restore a Site Collection use the restore-spsite<\/strong> cmdlet. This will allow you to restore Site Collections that were backed up either using Central Administration’s Perform a site collection backup<\/em> link, or were backed up using backup-spsite<\/strong> cmdlet. Here’s the syntax.<\/p>\n

restore-spsite -identity Site_URL<\/strong><\/span> -path \\\\server\\share\\filename.bak<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

restore-spsite -identity http:\/\/intranet.seattlepro.com<\/strong><\/span> -path \\\\SharePoint\\Backups\\Intranet.bak<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

NOTE<\/span>: If the Site Collection already exists, you can use the -force<\/strong> switch at end of the above URL to overwrite the existing site. For example:<\/p>\n

restore-spsite -identity <\/span><\/span>http:\/\/intranet.seattlepro.com <\/span><\/strong>-path <\/span><\/span> \\\\SharePoint\\Backups\\Intranet.bak -force<\/span><\/span>
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Export a Site Using Central Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go to Central Administration -> Backup and Restore -> Granular Backup -> Export a site or list.<\/p>\n

Export a Site Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

To export a SharePoint 2010 Site, Library or a List, use the export-spweb<\/strong> cmdlet. Here’s the syntax.<\/p>\n

export-spweb -identity Site_URL -path \\\\server\\share\\filename.cmp<\/em><\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

export-spweb -identity http:\/\/extranet.seattlepro.com\/microsoft<\/span><\/strong> -path \\\\SharePoint\\Backups\\Extranet.cmp<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Import a Site Using PowerShell
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Use import-spweb<\/strong> cmdlet to restore a SharePoint 2010 site, library or a list that was exported either in Central Administration with export site or list option, or with export-spweb<\/strong> cmdlet.<\/p>\n

To import a site called SeattlePro located at http:\/\/extranet.microsoft.com\/seattlepro first make sure that the site exists with the same template that was exported (e.g. a Team Site template). You can’t use a blank template to import a site that used a Team Site template. If import fails, look in the import log file. It will tell you which template the exported site used.<\/p>\n

Cannot import site. The exported site is based on the template CMSPUBLISHING#0 but the destination site is based on the template STS#0. You can import sites only into sites that are based on same template as the exported site.<\/em><\/p>\n

CMSPUBLISHING#0 is a Publishing Site template, while STS#0 is a Team Site template. Recreate the site with the same template and then import an exported site using this PowerShell cmdlet.<\/p>\n

import-spweb -identity URL_for_Imported_Site<\/strong><\/span> -path \\\\servername\\sharename\\filename.cmp<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

import-spweb -identity http:\/\/extranet.seattlepro.com\/microsoft<\/strong><\/span> -path \\\\SharePoint\\Backups\\Microsoft.cmp<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Granular Backup Job Status<\/strong><\/p>\n

To check the status of your backup job, go to Central Administration -> Backup and Restore -> Granular Backup ->Check granular backup job status, or use the following URL.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/Server:Port#<\/strong><\/span>\/_admin\/SiteBackupOrExportStatus.aspx<\/em><\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/SharePoint:5678<\/strong><\/span>\/_admin\/SiteBackupOrExportStatus.aspx<\/em><\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

To restore a site collection that was backed up with either Central Administration’s “Perform a site collection backup” option, or using backup-spsite<\/strong> cmdlet, use restore-spsite<\/strong> cmdlet.<\/p>\n

To restore a Site, Library or a List that was exported either in Central Administration with “Export a site or list” option, or with export-spweb<\/strong> cmdlet, use import-spweb<\/strong> cmdlet.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a92010 Zubair Alexander. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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