This issue can happen when the database being used has the same configuration database - which causes a conflict of site ID. Try attaching the database to a SharePoint farm with a different configuration database to see if that resolves the issue and gets
the correct number of sites to show.
Regards,
Jerad Plesuk
Technical Support | SharePoint Technologies | Microsoft Corporation
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