Hello,<br/><br/>I have an existing sharepoint installation, what I would liek to do is to lift everything to a new installation so I have an exact copy in prder to have a live and demo copies. What would be the best way to do this?<br/><br/>Thanks© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:26:07 Z426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25Irishkid35http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Irishkid35Hello,<br/><br/>I have an existing sharepoint installation, what I would liek to do is to lift everything to a new installation so I have an exact copy in prder to have a live and demo copies. What would be the best way to do this?<br/><br/>ThanksSat, 04 Jul 2009 14:14:43 Z2009-07-04T14:14:43Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#dc363902-14df-42f6-bd77-6e633109189bhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#dc363902-14df-42f6-bd77-6e633109189bMike Walsh MVPhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Mike%20Walsh%20MVPIt depends on which SharePoint but the normal method would be to use the old system's databases when installing the new system.<br/><br/>There will of course be NO link between the two systems after that. All you will have is a full copy of your existing system at the time the databases were used. Changes made to one will not go to the other. <hr class=sig> WSS FAQ sites: <a href="http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com">http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com</a> and <a href="http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com">http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com</a> <br/>Total list of WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language) <a href="http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3 WSS FAQ/V Books.aspx">http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx</a>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:21:30 Z2009-07-04T14:27:38Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#14601b9f-ad60-41cb-b456-dfad8e4c36b8http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#14601b9f-ad60-41cb-b456-dfad8e4c36b8Irishkid35http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Irishkid35It is MOSS 2007. So I make a backup of all the databases from the 1st installation and restore them on a second sql server instance. After that How do I rebuild them on the Sharepoint side?Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:50:51 Z2009-07-04T14:50:51Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#7961c22b-73c7-498f-bbaa-097b4cc218a0http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#7961c22b-73c7-498f-bbaa-097b4cc218a0Mike Walsh MVPhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Mike%20Walsh%20MVP&gt; After that How do I rebuild them on the Sharepoint side?<br/><br/>Look at some Microsoft documentation.<br/><br/>I was thinking more in terms of specifying the use of the database(s) when installing MOSS 2007. <hr class=sig> WSS FAQ sites: <a href="http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com">http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com</a> and <a href="http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com">http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com</a> <br/>Total list of WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language) <a href="http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3 WSS FAQ/V Books.aspx">http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx</a>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:11:12 Z2009-07-04T15:11:57Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#6c09bc5e-3be4-4b6a-9b8d-e099299b5906http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/426c4d7f-116c-4194-8219-23ea36477c25#6c09bc5e-3be4-4b6a-9b8d-e099299b5906Irishkid35http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Irishkid35I guess a backup from within sharepoint and then restoring to a new sharepoint site is not an option?Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:24:14 Z2009-07-04T15:24:14Z