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stsadm.exe restore problem

Asked By: Akeem Strong Date: Jun 25, 2005 Category: Sharepoint Views: 802

I've been backing up my sharepoint services sites using stsadm, and
I know I've restored sites before (but has been a while), but now
when I'm restoring, I get an error message that I hope someone can
help me with.

I'm using the syntax:

stsadm.exe -o restore -url http://webserver/newsite -filename
backupfilename.dat -overwrite

I get the following error message:

You cannot create the root Web "http://webserver/newsite" unless an
explicit inclusion or a proper wildcard inclusion is defined.

can anyone give me a clue as to what's this about? sorry if this
turns out to be a newbie type answer!

Tagged:stsadm exe restore problem

3 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Tory Sellers Answered On: Jun 25, 2005

On portal server all sites comes under /sites/newsite URL.

Simply use stsadm.exe -o restore -url http://webserver/sites/newsite
-filename
backupfilename.dat

and u do not need to use overwrite, its only in case of backup.

Answer #2 Answered By: Agustin Miranda Answered On: Jun 25, 2005

I'm only dealing with WSS sites, and it seems no matter the url, I
keep getting an error message

> You cannot create the root Web "http://webserver/newsite" unless
an
> explicit inclusion or a proper wildcard inclusion is defined.

even though I use the path to a new site beneath the path of the
exiting site (ie. if the site is at http://wsssitename, I try to
restore to http://wsssitename/restore)

any ideas why?

Answer #3 Answered By: Arron Middleton Answered On: Jun 25, 2005

You will need to restore the site into a "Managed Path" that is wildcard
included for the SharePoint Virtual Server. You can do this in SharePoint
Central Administration in Virtual Server configuration.

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