Restore/Import Managed Metadata from another SP 2013 Farm

Question

My situation:

• SP2013 Farm A: Managed Metadata Service Application with database named "ManagedMetadataDB"
• SP2013 Farm B: Managed Metadata Service Application with database named "ManagedMetadataDB"

Same naming convention. I need to backup and restore the database from Farm A onto Farm B. I want the two applications to look identical, so I need to substitute Farm B database.

Which is the best way to do it?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

To move the MMS from One server to other please follow the below steps.

To export:

$mmsAppId= "App ID Guid Placeholder"

$mmsproxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy -Identity "Proxy ID Guid Placeholder"

Export-SPMetadataWebServicePartitionData -Identity $mmsAppId -ServiceProxy $mmsproxy -Path "Path to save Exported file placeholder"

To import:

$mmsAppId= "App ID Guid Placeholder"

$mmsproxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy -Identity "Proxy ID Guid Placeholder"

Import-SPMetadataWebServicePartitionData -Identity $mmsAppId -ServiceProxy $mmsproxy -Path "Exported file’s path placeholder" -OverwriteExisting;

Read this blog to complete steps.