How to recover sharepoint site if folder deleted from IIS

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How to recover sharepoint site if folder deleted from IIS

Vishakha 900 1

One of my site folder is deleted from IIS but I can see this web application and content database in central administration.

I restored IIS folder from backup in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\ path but still website is not up. Can anyone help how to restore sharepoint website if folder is deleted from IIS.

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JoyZ 18,111

@Vishakha 900 ,

Open SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator, then run following powershell for the issued web application:

 $wa = Get-SPWebApplication http://webAppUrl  
 $wa.ProvisionGlobally()

Then check if the IIS site has been provisioned, restart the IIS site, now we can access the site again.

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Vishakha 900 1 Reputation point

2021-04-29T07:27:37.657+00:00

Thanks @JulieWang-MSFT

I tried above steps but it did not create website in IIS.
JoyZ 18,111 Reputation points

2021-04-29T07:44:33.683+00:00

@Vishakha 900 ,

In order to get a better forum experience, we changed your answer to a comment.

Have you refreshed the site option in IIS?
Vishakha 900 1 Reputation point

2021-04-29T07:59:42.987+00:00

@JulieWang-MSFT

yes. I reset IIS and Refresh Sites but still website not created in IIS.
JoyZ 18,111 Reputation points

2021-04-29T08:16:38.69+00:00

@Vishakha 900 ,

Per my test, I remove the IIS folder and remove the site in IIS.

Then restore the folder, run powershell, restart the site, everything will be ok.

Please make sure the IIS folder has been restored correctly.
Vishakha 900 1 Reputation point

2021-04-30T06:24:35.837+00:00

@JulieWang-MSFT
Thank you no luck still
JoyZ 18,111 Reputation points

2021-05-03T07:28:47.1+00:00

@Vishakha 900 ,

Try running the SharePoint configuration wizard to check if this will restore the iis site.

If the above solution does not work for you, we suggest you backup all sites in this web application to another web application to make sites work.

More information for your reference:

https://spgeeks.devoworx.com/move-site-collection-to-another-web-application/

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JoyZ 18,111 Reputation points

2021-05-07T02:56:28.053+00:00

@Vishakha 900 ,

Is there any progress on this issue?

Please feel free to reply.

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