We have to move a Sharepoint 2010 web application from and old server to a new one.
The old server has Sharepoint 2010 and SQL Server both installed. The new server is actually 2 VMs, one for Sharepoint and another for SQL Server.
So, I had created a backup of the web-app using the cmdlet Backup-SPFarm
in Sharepoint Management Shell. Uploaded the backup to the new server and executed the following command to restore it.
Restore-SPFarm -Directory C:\SPBackup -RestoreMethod new -NewDatabaseServer 374862-db1\sharepointdev
But it says:
Restore-SPFarm : The restore job failed. For more information, see the error lo g that is located in the backup directory. At line:1 char:15 + Restore-SPFarm <<<< -Directory C:\SPBackup -RestoreMethod new -NewDatabaseServer 374862-db1\sharepointdev + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...dletRestoreFarm: SPCmdletRestoreFarm) [Restore-SPFarm], SPException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletRestoreFarm
Checking the log I can see there are 2 Fatal Errors:
Object SharePoint - Pilot failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory. SPException: The specified user or domain group was not found.
Object WSS_Content_4010a143199e424eb76518b57b56c5c2 failed in event OnRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory. SqlException: The operation did not proceed far enough to allow RESTART. Reissue the statement without the RESTART qualifier.
Any ideas to solve or workaround the problem are always welcome.
Thank you.