sharepoint copy a list to a different web
how can i copy a sharepoint list with all its data to a different web? is there an stsadm command to do this? or even through the gui. ...
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How to re-compress the .cmp file, created by stsadm export command, after editing
I need to manually edit some of the files inside of the .cmp file created by stsadm export command (or SharePoint Designer backup). I can extract the files and make the edits, but don't know how to properly re-compress the files so that the resulting .cmp file is valid for use with stsadm import. ...
Which stsadm command do and don't recycled the application pool?
I'm trying to figure out if deploying/upgrading solutions and activating features recycles the app pool or interrupts/slows the user's actions in any way. I need to know if these steps can be performed while there is load on the server, or it is best to do an after-hours deployment. The specific commands I'm using upgradesolution or di...
Determining size of SharePoint sites / site collections
I'm about to start googling but figured I'd start here. We already found a VB script that enumerates SharePoint site collections / sites. It calls stsadm to achieve this and it recursively evaluates each site to get the sub-sites. I would like to know if we can modify that script to get the size (in bytes) of each site collection / si...
Object Model version of stsadm -o execsvcadmjobs command
What is the equivalent command to perform any outstanding actions? Thanks ...
deploying to sharepoint using the object model doesn't work reliably
Deploying to sharepoint using the object model or STSADM commands sometimes results in one or more packages being in the "error" state in the web control, a redeploy instantly fixes this, usually, even stranger, if i create two apps one which adds and one which deploys then i get no problems, but putting a delay between a single program ...
Bulk cancel deployment SharePoint
Is there and easier way to cancel all WSP files currently being deployed to a SharePoint farm? I'm currently using the STSAdmin function CancelDeployment but this requires me to run STSAdmin EnumDeployments first and manually copy and paste the job IDs into another script. I need an easier way to do this, as I might have to ask someone...
Sharepoint Migration from one domain to another
I have an active sharepoint farm already built and I am wanting to create an exact mirror copy of the sites and all its contents into a different domain for develpoment and testing. The share point site is live and can not be brougt down I have tried using sharepoint designer to migrate the sites but this comes up with a multitude of err...
Does stsadm backup clear transaction logs?
My database is using the simple recovery model, so the transaction logs are cleared down when it is backed up. If I backup the database as part of a backup using stsadm, will that cause the transaction logs to be cleared? i.e. if I disable the sql server jobs and just keep the database backups that come from stsadm, would that cause my...
How to uninstall feature without Feature.xml file?
Hi, I have feature which is not correctly installed on my website. How can I uninstall it without Feature.xml file and without feature id? ...
Custom STSADM command using wspbuilder
Hi I'm using wspbuilder to create a .wsp package that will deploy a custom stsadm command. I need the .wsp to include an .xml command file: <commands> <command name="mycustomcommand"....../> </commands> This file according to technet http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417382.aspx needs to be added the the 12/CONFIG folder. I t...
Webpart missing webpart catalog entry when build with vsewss but deployed with stadm
Hello, I have the exact problem of not getting any webcatalog entry for a webpart if i deploy via stsadm. The project of this webpart is generated with vsewss and build with it. The very webpart entry can be accessed if its deployed through vsewss' "deploy" command. But i have to make the deploy process with stsadm because of an automa...
Overwriting the content from one MOSS content database to another
We have a content database on our live moss server. It contains one site collection with several sub-sites. I'm using the stsadm export command to produce a cmp file, then moving this to our test server in a different farm. I then want to import this content into the content database on our test farm, using the import stsadm command re...
Using the sharepoint stsadm import command fails when list exists
When using the stsadm -o import command in sharepoint I am getting an error relating to a list already existing, the import then seems to fail. Should it not handle this scenario of a list already existing on the destination server? I then used the UI to delete the existing list and ran the import again. It then seemed to fail at the sa...
Creating a Sharepoint Development Environment from an Existing Production Environment
I have very little experience using Sharepoint but a good amount using Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 and IIS6. I need to create a development environment for a SharePoint 2007 system that will be used internally. The system is already deployed over two servers - one of the servers simply holds the database an...
Feature Activation
We want to activate the existing future for more than 100+ site-collections, what would be the right choice? can we achieve this through Powershell? ...
SharePoint job queued, but never starts.
I'm attempting to retract a solution from SharePoint. I've started the job via Central Admin site as well as from stsadm. The job is queued, however, it will stay in a state of pending for days. The SharePoint services - Admin and Timer service - are started. Any suggestoins of why the retraction jobs are queued, but never started? I'm ...
How to use stsadm export avoiding to export the user names
Hello, I want to export a site with "stsadm export" in order to import on an other server My structure is good but it imports all the user names and I don't want these users Can anyone tell me how to do to keep my security groups without the users?? thanks in advance Sam ...
Need Help - Flaw with stsadm migrateuser command
We have a SharePoint farm with a mixed set of users from two domains (Let's say A and B). Some of the users are being added with their A domain accounts and some with their B domain identity. We now now need to decommission one of the domain (B) and need all the B domain users to be replaced with their A domain accounts. The problem lie...
WSS 3.0 stsadm backup testing
Hi there, i entered a company who runs an intranet page using wss 3.0. The guy who set it up isnt around anymore and there is no one else with any knowledge about wss so i was asked to get a feel for it. Working on Sites is pretty easy but i dont know anything about settings etc. I noticed that they never did any backups and looked in...