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Asked By: Naman Ranade Date: Mar 04, 2008 Category: Sharepoint Views: 164

I've installed only WSS on my server. I have a URL that takes me right to the
site. When I try to use stsadm.exe to backup the site, it won't allow me. Is it
because it's looking for the following URL: http://servername/sites/xxxx? My URL
is not like that, it's just http:///www.abc.com. What am I doing wrong or should
I be using something else to backup my site?

Tagged:wss backup

5 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Debbie Snow Answered On: Mar 04, 2008

stsadm will use whatever URL you provide, as long as it points to the top level
of the site collection.

Answer #2 Answered By: Adalberto Merrill Answered On: Mar 04, 2008

Does it matter if the site is the top level site? I tried everything, the URL,
the IP address and the NetBIOS name of the server and no luck. I can use any of
these to access the site in IE with no problem.

Answer #3 Answered By: Lynsey Carver Answered On: Mar 04, 2008

It needs to be the top level site of the site collection, yes. stsadm can only
backup site collections, not individual sites or subsites.

Answer #4 Answered By: Richard Allen Answered On: Mar 04, 2008

stsadm CAN backup individual sites to a .bak or .dat file.
I've also backed up subsites using smigrate tool.

stsadm -o backup -url "http:/xxxx.sss.com" -filename C:\filename.bak

Answer #5 Answered By: Ian Davis Answered On: Mar 04, 2008

I use the netbios name. http://servername/....

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