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Backup restore site collection sharepoint

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Backup restore site collection sharepoint is the mostly requested task for administrator. As an admin, you should know how to backup sharepoint site collection. When you need to migrate site collection from one environemnt to another environent Example Production to QA mostly, we follow the sharepoint back up restore method. It can be sharepoint content database backup restore method or only backup and restore site using powershell method.

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sharepoint backup and restore site collection methods

There are different ways to back up site in sharepoint and restore to different infracture. We can follow content database back up and restore method. Follow the post below on the same.

https://atomic-temporary-119393429.wpcomstaging.com/dismount-mount-content-database-in-sharepoint-2019-using-powershell/

we can follow any one of the backup and restore methods in sharepoint, find below:

  • Backup site collection using central admin.
  • Backup site collection using powershell
  • Restore site collection using powershell
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Backup site using central admin

Follow the step by step procedure to back sharepoint site using central admin method below:

  • Open “SharePoint Central Administration”
  • Click on “Backup and Restore” from left navigation.
  • Click on “Perform a site collection backup” present under “Granular Backup”.
  • Select “Site Collection” and enter backup file save path.
  • Select the check box “Overwrite existing file” so as to save and replace the existing file with same name.
  • proceed for click “Start Backup”.
Backup site collection using central admin
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  • Backup process will start with message “A site collection backup is currently in progress” under “Granular Backup Job Status” page. You will see page as shown below.
Granular Backup Job Status
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  • Click on “Refresh” to check the status in certain interval of time. You will see the completion status once done.
Granular Backup Job Status completed
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Backup site using powershell

You can follow powershell command which comes under sharepoint backup and restore best practices. Follow the step by step procedure below:

  • Run “SharePoint 2019 Management Shell” as an Administrator.
  • Run the command “Backup-SPSite” as shown in code below.
Backup-SPSite http://win-q2repghf9du/sites/DevSite -Path "C:\backup\SharePoint\DevSite.bak" -Verbose
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Restore site collection using powershell

Follow step by step procedure to restore site using powershell.

Identify the content database and respective DB server in which you are planning to restore by navigating “Manage Content Database -> Select web application -> Click on respective content database”.

attach content databases in web application sharepoint
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  • Run “SharePoint 2019 Management Shell” as an Administrator.
  • Run the command “Restore-SPSite” as shown in code below.
Restore-SPSite -Identity http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/ -Path C:\backup\SharePoint\DevSite.bak -DatabaseServer WIN-Q2REPGHF9DU -DatabaseName WSS_Content_WebApp -Force -Verbose
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if you are passing url http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/, restored site collection will be a root site collection, as below.

restored root site collection sharepoint
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if you are passing url http://win-q2repghf9du:27315/sites/DevSite, restored site collection will be created with same url, as below. This URL is the new site collection url as restored path.

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://win-q2repghf9du:27315/sites/DevSite -Path C:\backup\SharePoint\DevSite.bak -DatabaseServer WIN-Q2REPGHF9DU -DatabaseName WSS_Content_41dfb81a085a49b781b289e61fc4b037 -Force -Verbose
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Backup sharepoint online site collection

So as to take backup sharepoint online site collection, you need to contact microsoft support by creating a ticket.

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Delete SharePoint site subsite permanently

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Delete SharePoint site subsite on premise environment is a common task for administrator. You might be thinking how to permanently delete a SharePoint site collection in production server. There are difference scenarios, you might face while trying to delete a site SharePoint. After sharepoint site migration, we need to delete old site, exactly where its helpful, as per current situation.

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Permanently delete a subsite in SharePoint from site settings

You can follow UI method for sharepoint subsite deletion following step by step procedure below.

  • Navigate to sharepoint subsite.
  • Open site settings.
  • Click on Delete this site present under Site Actions.
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  • Click on Delete option present at bottom right.
  • Pop up will appear for confirmation.
  • Click on OK to delete.
delete this site in site settings
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Permanently delete a site in SharePoint from site settings

Follow the same procedure to delete site collection as well. Navigate to site collection settings and click on delete this site. After that click on delete and OK to apply the change.

Same steps are also applicable to delete sharepoint online site in office 365.

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Delete a Site Collection from Central Admin

You can follow another way to delete site collection from central admin without navigating to site settings.

  • Navigate to central admin
  • Click on Application Management.
  • Click on Delete a site collection present under option Site Collections.
delete a site collection in sharepoint from central admin
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  • Select site collection from any one web application, from the drop down, that you want to delete and click on Delete.
  • Click on OK for confirmation to apply changes.
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Delete SharePoint site collection powershell

Follow Remove-SPSite, the powershell command to delete site collection in SharePoint.

Remove-SPSite -Identity "<Site Collection Url>" -GradualDelete -Confirm:$False
Remove-SPSite -Identity "http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/sites/SharePointTech" -GradualDelete -Confirm:$False
Remove-SPSite
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Delete SharePoint subsite powershell

If you need to delete SharePoint subsite using powershell command, follow Remove-SPWeb.

Remove-SPWeb -Identity "<Subsite Url>"
Remove-SPWeb -Identity "http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/sites/SharePointTechnicalSupport/Subsite1/"
Remove-SPWeb
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Delete all site collections present under web application

If you want to delete all site collections present under one web application, follow the command below.

$WebApplicationURL="http://win-q2repghf9du:24072/"
Get-SPWebApplication $WebApplicationURL | Get-SPSite -Limit ALL | Remove-SPSite -Confirm:$false
Delete all site collections present under web application
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Delete all site collections present under specific managed path

Specific requirement might come when user need to delete all site collections part of one specific sharepoint managed path, in a web application, using powershell.

Get-SPSite "<web application url>/<managed path>*" -Limit ALL | Remove-SPSite -Confirm:$false
Get-SPSite "http://win-q2repghf9du:27315/sites*" -Limit ALL | Remove-SPSite -Confirm:$false
Delete all site collections present under specific managed path
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move site collection to dedicate content database

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We have to move site collection to dedicate content database when content database size growing too large. One content database present under a web application in SharePoint contains multiple site collections. We can create or add new content databases under web application when limit of maximum number of sites that can be created in this database exceed while creating new site collection. If one site collection present under a content database is growing large, user request to create a dedicate content database and move that particular site collection to another new content database. We need to follow the steps as described below to move site collection to dedicate content database.

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  1. Get site collection GUID using powershell
  2. Get which content database site collection web application is stored
  3. Create new content database in SharePoint
  4. move site collection to different content database
  5. IISRESET SharePoint server
  6. Post Implementation testing
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Get site collection GUID using powershell

Before you move site collection to another content database, get guid of sharepoint site. You can get site collection guid using powershell script as mentioned below.

$site=Get-SPSite http://win-q2repghf9du/sites/TeamSiteClassicRenamed
$siteguid=$site.id
echo $siteguid
get site collection guid powershell
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Get which content database site collection web application is stored

Get site collection content database details including web application, site url using the powershell command below.

Get-SPSite | Where-Object {$_.Url -like "http://win-q2repghf9du/sites/TeamSiteClassicRenamed"} | select Url, ContentDatabase, WebApplication
content database in which site collection is stored

You can use the alternative command as described in my old post link below.

https://atomic-temporary-119393429.wpcomstaging.com/content-database-in-sharepoint/
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Create new content database in SharePoint

I described in detail about how to create or add a new content database in SharePoint in my previous post. Follow the post linked below for more details and use the powershell script for creating content database.

https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/create-add-a-content-database-in-sharepoint-2019/ 
New-SPContentDatabase "WSS_Content_DB2" -DatabaseServer "WIN-Q2REPGHF9DU" -WebApplication http://win-q2repghf9du/ -MaxSiteCount 1 -WarningSiteCount 0
Create new content database in sharepoint using powershell
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move site collection to different content database

Now we are ready to move site collections between databases using the powershell command Move-SPSite as described below.

Move-SPSite "http://win-q2repghf9du/sites/TeamSiteClassicRenamed" -DestinationDatabase "WSS_Content_DB2"
move site collection to dedicate content database
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IISRESET SharePoint server

You will get a message in powershell window like “IIS must be restarted before this change will take effect. To restart IIS, open a command prompt window and type iisreset”. You have to do IIS reset SharePoint server.

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Post Implementation testing

After move site collection to new content database completed, you can check GUID of the site collection again. Its same as source location.

check guid of site in sharepoint

check content database of site collection to cross check the new content database as destination location.

check content database of site collection
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