MOSS 2007 Export/Import

MOSS 2007 Export/Import

- This task can be done only locally on the server machine.

- Use the user that been used for installing MOSS.

- Open the command line.

- Go to this location:

\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\

Export command:

stsadm.exe -o export -url http://SERVER_NAME -filename c:\FILE_NAME.bak -overwrite

Import Command:

stsadm.exe –o import –url http://URL –filename c:\FILE_NAME.bak

NOTE:

If you got this error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

You are not the administrator, login using the user that been used to install MOSS

The two sites should be the same, make sure that they have the same features. Ex: Publishing site can't be imported to team Site.