Cannot restore backups to dev. server.... Real nightmare

Hello all

I've been banging my head against this for days now, and I really hope
someone can offer some suggestions....

Presently running several active sharepoint portals.

Trying to replicate the production server farm (consisting of a Domain
Controller, SQL Server and Sharepoint Portal 2003 Server) within
Virtual Server for development work.

The production server farm consists of 3 servers.

DC01 - Active Directory Domain Controller.

DB01 - SQL Server running SQL Server 2000.

SPS01 - Sharepoint server running Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 and K2
workflow.

I have set up a replication of this environment in Virtual Server. The
steps I have gone through are:

1. Install Windows Server 2003 on all servers.

2. Install Active Directory on DC01 and promote to Domain Controller.
Install DNS on DC01.

3. Install SQL Server 2000 and Service Pack 3a on DB01.

4. Install Sharepoint and K2 on SPS01.

5. Installed WSS Service Packs 1 and 2 and SPS Service Packs 1 and 2 on
SPS01.

6. Install SQL Client Tools and Service Pack 3a on SPS01

The three virtual servers are all connected on an internal network.

At this point I backed up everything I needed from the production
server and transferred it via FTP to the development server. Then
transferred the files onto the virtual servers using Microsoft Loopback
adaptor. Then restored the data in the following order:

1. Restored all IIS Virtual Server files to their equivalent location.
2. Restored the Sharepoint "60" bin to it's equivalent location.
3. Restored IIS Metabase.

Attempted to restore the Sharepoint Portals using the sharepoint backup
and restore tool.

Out of 6 portals, 5 will not restore. After getting ~5% through, the
restore fails. The Sharepoint error log refers to the event viewer on
DB01, which states:

18204: BackupDiskFile::OpenMedia: Backup Device 'name of backup file'
failed to open. Operating system error = 5 (Access is Denied).

I have tried to restore these portals repeatedly, using different
backup files and restoring from different locations on the network.
However each time there is the same error.

I managed to restore 1 of the portals using the same technique.
However, while it appears that the restore worked - the site is not
accessable. IIS and Sharepoint both appear to be configured correctly.
Opening "list and manage portal sites" in SPS central admin will list
this portal's IP address. However trying to navigate to the site in IE
produces "this page cannot be found".

I have tried restoring the files directly into SQL but to not avail.

Someone, please help! Thanks in advance for reading all this /\

Cheers

Rich

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Relevant Pages

  • RE: Restoring a my Sharepoint from a backup.
    ... Sharepoint database and content from backup file. ... You can refer to the following Microsoft white paper to restore Sharepoint ... Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003 ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Migrating from one PC to another
    ... So before you start the restore there should ... be no portals on your machine. ... Create a virtual server on Server B. ... and the database server name and database names for the site ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)
  • Re: Restore individual files in sharepoint
    ... I think we all were assuming that when you refered to the "Deleted Items folder" you actually meant the SharePoint recycle bins. ... From what I understand DPM recovers the entire content database and then copies the item to the live SP server. ... If you do not want a duplicate of your SharePoint database in your backup, you can exclude the location of the database by using the Backup Configuration Wizard. ... Excluding the SharePoint database from your backup does not allow you to restore a previous version of the database that is more than one day old. ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices)
  • Re: How to transfer the portal site to another box
    ... If you are using SQL Server 2000 with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 ... then you can simply use SharePoint Back up and Restore ... utility to first take the backup and then restore on the other server. ... I have a portal site with couple subsites ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)
  • RE: Sharepoint restore form crashed drive
    ... 829112 How to back up and restore http://companyweb data in Windows Small ... SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administrator's Guide ... Backup and Restore Options for Windows SharePoint Services ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
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