Re: Upgrading Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 scalable hosting mod

Hi Steven,

I check the SiteMap table of the config db after following your steps. I
noticed that the under the Path column, it shows "/" and under the
HostHeaderIsSiteName, it is false. If I change the Path to the URL of I
want and set the HostHeaderIsSiteName to true, it works. However, I am
really not comfortable to directly modifying the config db because I do not
know is there any hidden problems. It seems like the setting the HH
property does not work.

Thanks,
Alex

"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <stcheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Alex,

I've just got some update from the engineer who wrote the blog entry I
provided you previously. Here is his comments to your original 4
questiosn:

1) After installing a new WSS 3.0 farm do I need to first create a new web
application prior to adding the content db? I am asking because the
command
"stsadm -o addcontentdb" needs a web application URL.
======================
Correct, you will need to create a new Web application to host your
content
databases which will require a content database, you can remove the
content
database when the Web application has been created.


2) If creating a web application is required before adding the content db,
what should be the database name for the web application?
=========================
Database naming is irrelevant if you will be removing the content database
created when the Web application was provisioned.


3) In WSS 2.0, I have 1 content db to 1 site collection and thus 1 unique
URL each. When I use the addcontentdb, how does it knows what is the URL
since I am only providing the web application URL?
=====================
You'll need to specify the -hh command when adding the content database to
the server farm for example:

Step 1 Set the Web application HH property: STSADM -o setproperty -pn
V2UsedHostHeaderMode -pv true.
Step 2 Attach a content database for upgrade STSADM -o addcontentdb -url
http://hostheaderwebapplication -databaseserver databaseserver
-databasename databasename


4) It says when adding the content db, make sure the root site for the web
application is included in the first content db you add? What does this
means?
===============
Can be disregarded when performing v2 HH to v3.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

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Hi Daniel,

Thanks for information. I have tried your method but it doesn't solve my
problem.

It seems like I need to create web application for each of the site
collection I want to migrate. This migration is really giving me a pain.

Thanks,
Alex


"Daniel Bugday" wrote:

I wrote an how to on this issue.. works perfect!

http://www.sharepointforum.com/en-US/Wiki/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=7

/Daniel Bugday
http://www.sharepointforum.com/
http://www.sharepointforum.com/en-US/Blog/default.aspx

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Hi Steven,

I having trying this out on a test environment for the past 2 days and
I
don't seem to get it work as expected.

My current WSS 2.0 is using scalable hosting mode.
I have only 1 web site (or also known as virtual server) with 1 IP
address.
I create all my site collection using createsiteinnewdb.
All site collections have their own url (e.g. sales.domain.com,
marketing.domain.com, it.domain.com).
Each site collection has its own content database.

Now I am trying out the content database migration to WSS 3.0.
I setup a new WSS 3.0 farm in VM.
I backup the content databases from the WSS 2.0 SQL Server.
Restore the content databases to the WSS 3.0 SQL Server.
Create a new web application in WSS 3.0 using the servername.domain.com
as
the URL.
Delete the content database created during the creation of web
application.
I run the following to add the content database.
stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://servername.domain.com -databasename
STS_DB1.
Now if I try to add another content database to the same web
application,
it failed.
Now the site collection in STS_DB1 is suppose to be having the url
sales.domain.com. But I can't use that url, instead I have to use
servername.domain.com.

I also tried resetting up a new WSS 3.0.
Create a new web application using the servername.domain.com as the
URL.
Add new content database.
Create new site collection with host header.
stsadm -o createsite -owneremail myemail@xxxxxxxxxx -url
http://sales.domain.com -ownerlogin domain\mylogin -hhurl
http://servername.domain.com
Add another new content database.
Create new site collection with host header.
stsadm -o createsite -owneremail myemail@xxxxxxxxxx -url
http://marketing.domain.com -ownerlogin domain\mylogin -hhurl
http://servername.domain.com
Now this match what I have in my current WSS 2.0. However, this is
creating new site collections. How can I migrate the content database
and
get the same result?

Please help.....

Thanks,
Alex


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Thanks for your reply Alex,

Regarding on the further questions you mentioned, I'll do some further
research on it. I'll update you if I can some new information.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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Subject: RE: Upgrading Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 scalable
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:52:02 -0700

Hi Steven,

Okay, I am now trying out the content db migration. I am trying to
follow
the "Upgrading to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology"
document.
The
chapter I am looking at is "Deploy a new farm, then migrate
databases".

There are a few things that I am not sure of as it is not mention in
the
document.

1) After installing a new WSS 3.0 farm do I need to first create a new
web
application prior to adding the content db? I am asking because the
command
"stsadm -o addcontentdb" needs a web application URL.

2) If creating a web application is required before adding the content
db,
what should be the database name for the web application?

3) In WSS 2.0, I have 1 content db to 1 site collection and thus 1
unique
URL each. When I use the addcontentdb, how does it knows what is the
URL
since I am only providing the web application URL?

4) It says when adding the content db, make sure the root site for the
web
application is included in the first content db you add? What does
this
means?

Thanks,
Alex


"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Alex,

As for WSS 2.0 scalable hosting upgrade, based on my research, seems
most
one will recommend content db based migration on a new WSS 3.0 web
application. Here are two blog entries from some SPS engineers:

#Upgrading Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Scalable Hosting Mode
Server
Farms


http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2007/03/31/upgrading-windows-sharepoi
nt-services-2-0-scalable-hosting-mode-server-farms.aspx

#WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 Farm Host Header Upgrade FYI


http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/05/30/wss-2-0-to-wss-3-0-farm-host-
header-upgrade-fyi.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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Hi,

What is the best option to upgrade WSS 2.0 scalable hosting mode to
WSS
3.0?

In the upgrade document from MS, I can only either perform In-Place
or
Content DB migration. For the content db migration, if I understand
correctly which is actually like a manual in-place upgrade since I
have
to
complete the migrating of all content databases before I can start
creating
new sites.

Is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks,
Alex








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