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I am getting 404 error on site collections. I did a backup from one farm and restore it 2nd farm. On second farm I am getting 404 errors. Please suggest.

404 - File or directory not found. The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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can you explain how you did your backup? – Mike Dec 21 '12 at 17:45
SharePoint backup from CA. and same way restore. – Mahsun Kırmızıgül Dec 21 '12 at 18:00
And there is no log being generated. the main site comes up IIS7 default page. – Mahsun Kırmızıgül Dec 21 '12 at 18:04

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If you are seeing the IIS default page it means that SharePoint is not listening on the hostheader:port that you are requesting. Verify that the host header and port are correct both in IIS and in Central Administration-Alternate Access Mappings. Also, remember that restoring a site collection does not create the corresponding web application so you would have to do that manually before the site collection is visible. Also, a web application can only have one root site collection so you may need to move databases around in order to see the restored content.

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Dave: You are right. The host header created in AAM did not add binding values in IIS. I added them manually and wala now sites are resolving. Why wouldn't CA take care of the binding when I added AAM. – Mahsun Kırmızıgül Dec 21 '12 at 18:49
It is supposed to but I've also had the same thing happen in the past. Not sure why but it happens it is frequent enough to make it a common place to look for web app weirdness. – Dave Wise Dec 21 '12 at 19:26
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From other answers I'v seen, I think Wise is a good name for David. – BGM Dec 23 '12 at 2:04

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