Restoring a Portal onto aonther SPS Server

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From: eoint (eoint_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:07:04 -0800

Hi,
I have been researching if it's possible to backup a portal and restore it
onto another SPS machine which is using a different SQL server. I have
practiced with backing up and restoring the database on the original SPS
machine and it works fine

When I try to do a restore on the second SPS server i get the following
message
"Local Paths or mapped drives are not allowed in a farm, UNC notation is
required"
This occurs when i select the xml file and click Open.

the content of the file is below...i would really appreciate any ideas
anyone has on this...

<SharePointPortalServerBackupManifest Version="11.0.5704.0"
BackupType="Site-All" TimeStamp="2005-01-11 15:09:31Z">
  <Comment />
  <Sites>
    <Site Name="http://headiis018s:5996/" IsFederated="FALSE"
IsCentral="FALSE">
      <Services>
        <Service Type="SITEDBS"
SiteID="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528"
SiteName="http://headiis018s:5996/" DatabaseName="Telecomm1_SITE"
ServerName="HEADIIS018S"
ApplicationName="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528">
          <Description>http://headiis018s:5996/ site database</Description>
          <ImageFile>backup1-HEADIIS018S-Telecomm1_SITE.SPB</ImageFile>
          <BackupStatus>SUCCEEDED</BackupStatus>
        </Service>
        <Service Type="PROFILEDB"
SiteID="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528"
SiteName="http://headiis018s:5996/" DatabaseName="Telecomm1_PROF"
ServerName="HEADIIS018S"
ApplicationName="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528">
          <Description>http://headiis018s:5996/ profile database</Description>
          <ImageFile>backup1-HEADIIS018S-Telecomm1_PROF.SPB</ImageFile>
          <BackupStatus>SUCCEEDED</BackupStatus>
        </Service>
        <Service Type="SEARCHDB"
SiteID="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528"
SiteName="http://headiis018s:5996/" DatabaseName="Telecomm1_SERV"
ServerName="HEADIIS018S"
ApplicationName="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528">
          <Description>http://headiis018s:5996/ search database</Description>
          <ImageFile>backup1-HEADIIS018S-Telecomm1_SERV.SPB</ImageFile>
          <BackupStatus>SUCCEEDED</BackupStatus>
        </Service>
        <Service Type="INDEX" SiteID="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528"
SiteName="http://headiis018s:5996/" DatabaseName="" ServerName="HEADIIS018S"
ApplicationName="04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528" JobServer="true">
          <Description>indexed content sources</Description>
          <ImageFile>backup1-Telecomm1_SERV-HEADIIS018S.SPB</ImageFile>
          <BackupStatus>SUCCEEDED</BackupStatus>
          <SearchSchedules><?xml version='1.0'
?><IScheduledTasks><IScheduledTask
TaskName="SPS-IncrComplete-Crawl-04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528-Portal_Content.job"><ApplicationName>wscript</ApplicationName><Parameters>//e:vbscript
cscompcrawl.vbs 04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528 Portal_Content
</Parameters><WorkingDirectory>D:\Program Files\SharePoint Portal
Server\BIN\</WorkingDirectory><Priority>32</Priority><TaskFlags>0</TaskFlags><MaxRunTime>259200000</MaxRunTime><Comment></Comment><Creator>SYSTEM</Creator><Flags>0</Flags><IScheduleTrigger
Type="TriggerDaily"><BeginDay>11</BeginDay><BeginMonth>1</BeginMonth><BeginYear>2005</BeginYear><EndDay>0</EndDay><EndMonth>0</EndMonth><EndYear>0</EndYear><MinutesDuration>0</MinutesDuration><MinutesInterval>0</MinutesInterval><StartHour>3</StartHour><StartMinute>0</StartMinute><DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval></IScheduleTrigger></IScheduledTask><IScheduledTask
TaskName="SPS-Incremental-Crawl-04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528-Non_Portal_Content-CS-0.job"><ApplicationName>wscript</ApplicationName><Parameters>//e:vbscript
csinccrawl.vbs 04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528 Non_Portal_Content
0</Parameters><WorkingDirectory>D:\Program Files\SharePoint Portal
Server\BIN\</WorkingDirectory><Priority>32</Priority><TaskFlags>0</TaskFlags><MaxRunTime>259200000</MaxRunTime><Comment></Comment><Creator>SYSTEM</Creator><Flags>0</Flags><IScheduleTrigger
Type="TriggerDaily"><BeginDay>11</BeginDay><BeginMonth>1</BeginMonth><BeginYear>2005</BeginYear><EndDay>0</EndDay><EndMonth>0</EndMonth><EndYear>0</EndYear><MinutesDuration>0</MinutesDuration><MinutesInterval>0</MinutesInterval><StartHour>1</StartHour><StartMinute>0</StartMinute><DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval></IScheduleTrigger></IScheduledTask><IScheduledTask
TaskName="SPS-Incremental-Crawl-04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528-Portal_Content.job"><ApplicationName>wscript</ApplicationName><Parameters>//e:vbscript
csinccrawl.vbs 04986c0b-ba67-47e1-b7e3-741add398528 Portal_Content
</Parameters><WorkingDirectory>D:\Program Files\SharePoint Portal
Server\BIN\</WorkingDirectory><Priority>32</Priority><TaskFlags>0</TaskFlags><MaxRunTime>259200000</MaxRunTime><Comment></Comment><Creator>SYSTEM</Creator><Flags>0</Flags><IScheduleTrigger
Type="TriggerDaily"><BeginDay>11</BeginDay><BeginMonth>1</BeginMonth><BeginYear>2005</BeginYear><EndDay>0</EndDay><EndMonth>0</EndMonth><EndYear>0</EndYear><MinutesDuration>1440</MinutesDuration><MinutesInterval>10</MinutesInterval><StartHour>0</StartHour><StartMinute>0</StartMinute><DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval></IScheduleTrigger></IScheduledTask></IScheduledTasks></SearchSchedules>
        </Service>
      </Services>
    </Site>
  </Sites>
</SharePointPortalServerBackupManifest>

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