smigrate restore error 6553678

have read a couple of posts about this to no avail as yet.

**Problem**:
Setting up new server, migrating windows sharepoint services 2.0 site
from old server to new server. did smigrate backup on old server,
moved backup file to new server.

set up new blank web site in inetmgr (IIS Manager), set host header
value to [servername]

expanded the virtual server using stsadm -o extendvs with ownerlogin
as [domain]\Administrator and owneremail as sysadmin(me) email address

then did smigrate.exe -r -w http://[servername]/ -f "C:\Path\To\Backup
\File.wfp"

get error 6553678 The Web server at "http://[serverame]/"; does not
appear to have Windows SharePoint Services installed.

server in question is SBS2003 premium with all up-to-date service
packs. Logged in as [domain]\Administrator


**History**:
Had previous success when I used existing "Default Website" (had to
remove frontpage extensions first before expanding), without realising
this was used for server manager backup/monitoring screens - oops!

Re-installed "Company Intranet" and "Monitoring" from sbs2k3
installer, followed above methodology. worked fine (aside from bug
with calling new web site "sharepoint" resulting in error regarding
existing FP extensions when expanding the virtual server, even with
blank virtual server!).

Had to rename server (used gui method), DNS etc. seemed to update
fine, but restored sharepoint would not work (alas, can't remember
error), so removed site in inetmgr and started afresh as per above.

All entries in DNS and STSConfig database point to new server name


Sorry for long post, but rather complex issue and have spent best part
of a day on it and am tearing my hair out!
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: To Microsoft Guys
    ... Do a search in the BizTalk Documentation for "Windows Sharepoint Services" ... You must extend a virtual server with Windows ... If it is not already open, open SharePoint Central Administration. ...
    (microsoft.public.biztalk.general)
  • WSS FAQ additions and corrections - 4th to 10th November 2007
    ... Non-MS Articles below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS FAQ ... After you install SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1, the maximum disk space that is used on a query server or on an index server increases to 2.85 times the physical size of the index ... You cannot create a new document or check out an existing document in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library when you have multiple versions of Office installed ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices)
  • RE: SharePoint and Company Web not working
    ... Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a Server Running Windows ... Also you must install it side-by-side with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. ... ISA (Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server) is Microsoft's ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Info - WSS FAQ site additions and changes - 19th - 25th October 2004
    ... at the time I added them to the WSS FAQ site and to this file. ... server that is running Windows SharePoint Services or SharePoint Portal ... Server 2003 ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices)
  • WSS FAQ additions and corrections - 9th - 15th December 2007
    ... Error message when you try to upgrade 2007 Office programs, Expression Web or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to the Service Pack 1 level if the Windows system drive has insufficient free disk space: "The installation of this package failed" (ver 1.1) ... You receive an error message when you try to install a slipstream installation of SharePoint Server 2007 on a server that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices)