Am trying to recover a sharepoint team site within wss 3.0 single server setup. Within central admin backup takes place OK and backs up to a .BAK file. Trying to recover the site on a standby server, standby server setup and running fine, transferred the .BAK file locally on the server however WSS central admin recovery states no recovery files available. Anyone have any ideas on how to recover my site? or what my next step might be? All help and assistance greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Copy thre entire backup folder this should include a file spbrtoc.xml with contents similar to the following... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <SPBackupRestoreHistory> <SPHistoryObject> <SPId>b525fe28-be41-45f3-a967-f2d80bad917e</SPId> <SPRequestedBy>DOmain\Admin</SPRequestedBy> <SPBackupMethod>Full</SPBackupMethod> <SPRestoreMethod>None</SPRestoreMethod> <SPStartTime>07/04/2010 20:15:33</SPStartTime> <SPFinishTime>07/04/2010 20:15:52</SPFinishTime> <SPIsBackup>True</SPIsBackup> <SPBackupDirectory>\\My\Downloads\BACKUP_FARM\spbr0000\</SPBackupDirectory> <SPDirectoryName>spbr0000</SPDirectoryName> <SPDirectoryNumber>0</SPDirectoryNumber> <SPTopComponent>Farm\Windows SharePoint Services Web Application\my.domain.com</SPTopComponent> <SPTopComponentId>76bcbe62-6aa-4178-a9d7-440543333e</SPTopComponentId> <SPWarningCount>0</SPWarningCount> <SPErrorCount>0</SPErrorCount> </SPHistoryObject> </SPBackupRestoreHistory> -Ivan Ivan Sanders My LinkedIn Profile, My Blog, @iasanders.

Thanks for the info, the xml file is in place and seems intact, yet when selecting the folder to restore from WSS Central Admin says: No backup history was found. Choose a different directory path. I am getting this error no matter what path i enter, is there any more i can do? also, does it matter that this is a recovery server? are there any additional steps needed as the server names etc are different?

In Central Admin > Operations Look at the Backup and Restore History and choose your backup to restore... -Ivan Ivan Sanders My LinkedIn Profile, My Blog, @iasanders.

My apologies I didnt see new farm or new server... Are you using the UNCName of the Path 1. To obtain the backup GUID for the specific backup that you want to restore, type the following command, and then press ENTER: a. stsadm -o backuphistory -directory <UNC path> b. where UNC path is the path of the shared folder that contains the backup. 2. If you do not already know the name of the Web applications that you want to restore, type the following command, and then press ENTER: a. stsadm –o restore –showtree -directory <UNC path> -backupid <GUID from backuphistory> b. where UNC path is the path to the shared folder that contains the backup and where GUID from backuphistory is the GUID of the backup package that you want to restore. c. Note: Items enclosed by square brackets ([ ]) cannot be restored. 3. To restore a Web application, type the following command, and then press ENTER: a. stsadm -o restore -directory <UNC path> -backupid <GUID from backuphistory> -item <created path from tree> -restoremethod overwrite b. where UNC path is the UNC path of the backup shared folder, GUID from backuphistory is the GUID for the specific backup package that you want to restore, and created path from tree is the full farm path notation as displayed by the -showtree parameter. 4. When you receive a warning that all selected items will be overwritten, type Y, and then press ENTER. 5. When you are prompted, type the user name and password for the Web application and content database. Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc718726(office.12).aspx -Ivan Ivan Sanders My LinkedIn Profile, My Blog, @iasanders.

I'm dealing with a similar problem. However, I don't (for whatever reason) have the XML file described above. I can't restore and get the same message: No backup history was found. Choose a different directory path. Long story short. Server A had a WSS 3.0 installation on a 2003 domain controller/fileserver. In preparation for replacement of Server A, machine was demoted and name changed. New Server B was added to domain as file server only, but took Server A's domain name. WSS content databases and backups were transfered to new WSS installation on Server B. Any way to generate the XML (or the GUID) from the existing backups?

Very short and useful. If you copy/paste commands from the post above retype all dashes, as they all wre replaced with another symbol in the html code.