What's the proper way to restore a Sharepoint site using Central Administration?

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What's the proper way to restore a Sharepoint site using Central Administration?

Tevon2.0 1,106

I backed up a site collection from one server (A) and copied the folder into a new server (B). Can I restore the site via central administration in the new server (B)? If so please break down the steps I should take. When I tried:

I went to Central Admin,
Restore from a backup
Copied the path of the copied folder
Put the path in "Backup Directory Location"
Received the error message: "Cannot find the proper backup files to restore. Verify that the directory name is valid and that the backup file exists."

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Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Microsoft External Staff

@Tevon2.0

According to this Microsoft article, you can only restore a site collection in SharePoint Server by using PowerShell.

Please run following PowerShell to restore a site collection in SharePoint Server.

Restore-SPSite -Identity <SiteCollectionURL> -Path <Backup file> [-DatabaseServer <DatabaseServerName>] [-DatabaseName <ContentDatabaseName>] [-HostHeader <Host header>] [-Force] [-GradualDelete] [-Verbose]

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Tevon2.0 1,106 Reputation points

2022-12-08T13:13:02.107+00:00
Thanks for clarifying this! I know to input the site URL and file path but I am partially confused about where I'd find these parts and what it would look like with information filled into it:

[-DatabaseServer <DatabaseServerName>] [-DatabaseName <ContentDatabaseName>] [-HostHeader <Host header>] [-Force] [-GradualDelete] [-Verbose]

My thoughts would be to fill it like this:

Restore-SPSite -Identity <http://lg-portal/sites/LG-Tek> -Path <C:\Users\tking\Documents\spbr0000> [-DatabaseServer <SRV-SHAREPOINT>] [-DatabaseName <WSS_Content_LGPORTAL>] [-HostHeader <lg-portal/sites/LG-Tek>] [-Force] [-GradualDelete] [-Verbose]
Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-09T08:08:49.287+00:00

@Tevon2.0

The Restore-SPSite command requires the site collection Identity and backup file path parameters, other parameters are not mandatory.

References:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-server/restore-spsite?view=sharepoint-server-ps

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2017/05/backup-restore-site-collections-in-sharepoint-using-powershell.html
Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-12T09:38:53.117+00:00

@Tevon2.0

I’m checking how the things are going on about this issue. Whether the answer helps you?

If there is any problem with this issue, feel free to let me know.
Tevon2.0 1,106 Reputation points

2022-12-12T16:25:13.007+00:00
For some reason on the new server that I am attempting to restore to, it keeps saying login failed for my username when trying to utilize SharePoint 2019 Management Shell.

Exception calling "GetEndOfSupportMessage" with "3" argument(s): "Login failed for user 'LINGUALISTEK\tking'."
At C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\16\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\SharePoint.ps1:12 char:1

$adminWebApp.GetEndOfSupportMessage($false, [ref]$endOfSupportSeverit ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

FullyQualifiedErrorId : SqlException

PS C:\Users\tking> Restore-SPSite "http://lg-portal/sites/LG-Tek" -Path "C:\Users\tking\Documents\LGPortal\Site1.bak" -Force -Confirm:$False
Restore-SPSite : Login failed for user 'LINGUALISTEK\tking'.
At line:1 char:1

Restore-SPSite “http://lg-portal/sites/LG-Tek” -Path "C:\Users\tking\ ...

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CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...dletRestoreSite:SPCmdletRestoreSite) [Restore-SPSite], S
qlException

FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletRestoreSite
Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-16T09:51:48.697+00:00

@Tevon2.0

Please make sure the account you used in the PowerShell is a farm account and local account.
Tevon2.0 1,106 Reputation points

2022-12-16T17:41:38.8+00:00

How do I verify that an account is both?
Emily Du-MSFT 51,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-20T08:05:36.217+00:00

To check farm account, go to SharePoint 2019 Central Administration -> Security -> Manage the farm administrators group.

To check local account, go to Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> Double-click the Administrators group -> Look for the user name in the Members.
Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,606 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-27T12:53:21.927+00:00

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