Createsiteinnewdb: Stsadm operation (Windows SharePoint Services)
Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Topic Last Modified: 2007-09-07
Description
Creates a site at the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and creates a new content database using the user name and password you specify. If you do not specify a template to use, the owner can choose a template when he or she first browses to the site.
Syntax
stsadm -o createsiteinnewdb
** -url <URL name>**
** -owneremail <someone@example.com>**
**\[-ownerlogin\] \<domain\\name\>**
**\[-ownername\] \<display name\>**
**\[-secondaryemail\] \<someone@example.com\>**
**\[-secondarylogin\] \<domain\\name\>**
**\[-secondaryname\] \<display name\>**
**\[-lcid\] \<language\>**
**\[-sitetemplate\] \<site template\>**
**\[-title\] \<site title\>**
**\[-description\] \<site description\>**
**\[-hostheaderwebapplicationurl\] \<Web application URL\>**
**\[-quota\] \<quota template\>**
**\[-databaseuser\] \<database user name\>**
**\[-databasepassword\] \<database password\>**
**\[-databaseserver\] \<database server name\>**
**\[-databasename\] \<database name\>**
Parameters
| Parameter name and (short form) | Value | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url |
A valid URL name, such as http://server_name |
Yes |
The name of the Web application. |
owneremail |
A valid e-mail address, in the form someone@example.com |
Yes |
The site owner's e-mail address. |
ownerlogin |
A valid Windows user name, and must be qualified with a domain name, for example, domain\name |
No |
The site owner's user account. |
ownername |
A valid name, such as "Joe" |
No |
The site owner's display name. |
secondaryemail |
A valid e-mail address, in the form someone@example.com |
No |
The secondary site owner's e-mail address. |
secondarylogin |
A valid Windows user name, and must be qualified with a domain name, for example, domain\name |
No |
The secondary site owner's user account. |
secondaryname |
A valid name, such as "Fred" |
No |
The secondary site owner's display name. |
lcid |
A valid locale ID, such as "1033" for English |
No |
The local language ID. Note You must specify this parameter when using a non-English template. |
sitetemplate (st) |
Valid values available in a default installation include:
|
No |
Specifies the type of template to be used by the newly created site. The value must be in the form name#configuration. If you do not specify the configuration, configuration 0 is the default (for example, STS#0). The list of available templates can be customized to include templates you create. |
title |
A valid title, such as "NewSite" |
No |
The title of the new site collection |
description |
A valid text string, such as "This is a description" |
No |
Description of the site collection. |
hostheaderwebapplicationurl |
A valid URL assigned to the Web application by using Alternate Access Mapping (AAM), such as "http://server_name" |
No |
When the hostheaderwebapplicationurl parameter is present, the value of the url parameter is the URL of the host-named site collection and value of the hostheaderwebapplicationurl parameter is the URL of the Web application that will hold the host-named site collection. |
quota (qt) |
A valid quota template name, for example, "personalquotas" |
No |
The quota template to apply to sites created on the virtual server. |
databaseuser (du) |
A valid user name, such as domain\username |
No |
The administrator user name for the SQL Server database. |
databasepassword (dp) |
A valid password that adheres to your business policy |
No |
The password that corresponds to the administrator user name for the SQL Server database. |
databaseserver (ds) |
A valid database server, such as "DS" |
No |
The server on which the Windows SharePoint Services collaboration database exists. The default value is the local computer name. |
databasename (dn) |
A valid database name, such as "DN" |
No |
The name of the Microsoft SQL Server database or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) (WMSDE) database used for Windows SharePoint Services data. |