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As we know there are 2 options to take backup of a site collection.

Central Administration and Powershell

If we take Backup using central administration we first have to create one folder in any of the drive of that server then we have to give that path, so after taking backup we find all the backup files in that folder

just Imagine

I have taken backup using CA and created one folder in D: as backup

and in this folder I will be having all the .bak files.

now while Restoring I'm using Powershell and getting access to the path denied error.

Powershell command that I'm using is

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://10.0.7.11:333/ -path F:\backup-Force

then I'm getting access to the path error.

May I know why I'm getting this and how to resolve?

kindly go through the image to find the that are with .bak extensions.

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You have to give the full path to the backup files.

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://10.0.7.11:333/ -path F:\backup-Force\backup.bak

You can read more about it here Backup-SPsite

Path: Required,System.String, Specifies a valid path to the location of the backup. For example, C:\Backup\site_name.bak.

It should be same in both Backup and Restore method.

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  • Thanks for your response, But sir, how can I add .bak extension to my backup folder? I tried by adding this but it was showing path not found error.
    – Asrar
    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:17
  • what you mean by adding in folder? how you get the backup of the site collection? from central admin > backup of site collection? or backup-Spsite?
    – Waqas Sarwar MVP ♦
    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:19
  • Yes sir I got this backup using central administration and I did backup for site collection that has around 17GB. first I created one folder with the name "Backup" in E: then in CA while taking backup I have given the above path like E:Backup after successfully completing backup process I have got various .bak files in Backup folder. When I try to use Backup folder as a path then it's showing access denied error.
    – Asrar
    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:42
  • You Should mention the complete path for backup including the file name...E:\backup\Backup-Site.bak....this will create only one bak file and you will then use the same file for restore...But if you want to restore to exisitng backup files...could you please tell me what are the name looks like
    – Waqas Sarwar MVP ♦
    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:44
  • I have got various files with .bak extensions. for your information, I have taken this backup from production server then I copied the backup folder to testing server and now I want to restore it to testing server.
    – Asrar
    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:49
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yes it is needed to have a specific extension say here ".bak" but it is not needed to be only that. pls refer the below article from the form.

I have tried it with .dat file as well and it worked fine. but make sure you give the completer path to the file location and apply "-force" command to overwrite the existing site collection.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/9760e077-2c66-4f50-bdb8-c0200ae126a3/what-is-the-difference-between-cab-dat-and-bak-files?forum=sharepointadminlegacy

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  • Thank you for your response, As you can see I have used -Force Command. but my question is still same that how can I add .bak extension to the folder which has lot of .bak files.
    – Asrar
    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:19
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Your backup is stored in F:\ProductionEnv so your path should be that.

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    – Gaurravs
    Dec 22, 2016 at 13:48
  • I have given the same path sir..
    – Asrar
    Dec 23, 2016 at 12:32

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