Hello
I have an old 2010 environment, and I want to upgrade it to the new 2013 environment.
Besidse migrating/upgrading it I also want to add a portal to the Webapp which has to be the root site of the new 2013. So i created the WebApp, created a root Site collection in 2013.
Now i want the DB Y from 2010 migrated to my 2013 WebApp. Test-SPContentDatabase throws me an error aboute siteOrphan where the [/] already is in use by my new 2013 DB.
So what should I do to migrate the old DB into the new WebApp, retain the new root site as root, but not delete the content from the old “root” site…
/emo
I tried it now, it is a very slow process when my /root is 4 gigabyte. But so far this is my only solution.
I think that you aproach will work, did not think that way because I was focused on finding some PowerShell script that was able to do it when mounting the old DB.Â
But I will try your example, thanks Henry!
Hi,
Would it be feasible to export-spweb the current 2013 site collection root web, delete the root web within the 2013 site collection, do the migration, export-spweb of the 2010 root web which is now the root web of the 2013 site collection, import-spweb into another web somewhere so you have the data in tact and then finally import-spweb with the initial export-spweb over the top of what was the 2010 root web now that it has been placed elsewhere?
I am sure there may be a more graceful way of achieving the above, but the above it what has sprung to mind so far.
Thanks,
Henry
