Import and export on SharePoint 2013

Question

I created the new site collection. I had previously created a site collection in another server.

I want to move my old site collection's content to new site collection. How can I this? I searched on the net but I'm confused. How I can do export and import?

Answer 1

Why not Site Collection backup and restore?

Backup-SPSite and Restore-SPSite commands will help

Answer 2

There are two common options you have

1. Using Central Administration site
2. Using Powershell

Backup

1. Start the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.
2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:

Backup-SPSite -Identity <SiteCollectionGUIDorURL> -Path <BackupFile> [-Force] [-NoSiteLock] [-UseSqlSnapshot] [-Verbose]

- <SiteCollectionGUIDorURL> is the ID or URL for the site collection you want to back up.
- <BackupFile> is the path to where the backup file is located.

Restore

1. Start the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.
2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:

Restore-SPSite -Identity <SiteCollectionURL> -Path <Backup file> [-DatabaseServer <DatabaseServerName>] [-DatabaseName <ContentDatabaseName>] [-HostHeader <Host header>] [-Force] [-GradualDelete] [-Verbose]

- <SiteCollectionURL> is URL for the site collection you want to restore.
- <DatabaseServerName> is name of the database server where the site collection resides.
- <ContentDatabaseName> is the name of the content database.