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Move AD and the SharePoint Database

Run U-Move to move Active Directory (AD) and the SharePoint web folders and database to the new computer. When running U-Move select the advanced option to move SharePoint. Select the advanced option on both the source computer and the destination computer.

U-Move will run several tests to verify the suitability of the SharePoint installation. U-Move will verify the version and service pack level of SharePoint and the version of SQL Server are compatible. It will warn you if they are not compatible.

What U-Move Will Do

U-Move will load the Active Directory database. This includes the SharePoint site information in AD.

U-Move will load the SharePoint web folders, the associated SQL database, and registry configuration settings. Finally, U-Move will reboot the computer.

Upon reboot the computer will have exactly the same SharePoint web site, the same SharePoint SQL database, and the same SharePoint configuration settings as the original computer.

Congratulations, you are done moving SharePoint!

Benign Error Message

During the first reboot you may see the following message in the Event Log: “#50070: Unable to connect to the database STS_Config on xxx\SharePoint. Check the database connection information and make sure that the database server is running.” This error message is normal during the first reboot and can be ignored.

Test SharePoint

Test SharePoint to verify that it is working: open Internet Explorer and view http://CompanyWeb (the path will vary).

In rare cases you may receive an error message “The Windows SharePoint Services virtual server has not been configured for use with ASP.NET.” or “Server Error in '/' Application.”, or “Cannot connect to the configuration database.”

To fix this problem on SharePoint 2010 open an administrative console and type:
  cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\↵
web server extensions\14\bin
  psconfig -cmd upgrade -wait -inplace b2b -force
  iisreset

To fix this problem on SharePoint 2007 (WSS 3.0) open an administrative console and type:
  cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\↵
web server extensions\12\bin
  stsadm -o upgrade -forceupgrade -inplace
  iisreset

To fix this problem on WSS 2.0 open an administrative console and type:
  cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\↵
web server extensions\60\bin
  stsadm -o upgrade -forceupgrade
  iisreset

Benign Error Messages During Normal Operation

The following benign error messages may appear in the Event Log during the normal operation of SharePoint. The messages are not related to the use of U-Move. The messages can occur on any domain controller running SharePoint and can be safely ignored.

• Volume Shadow Copy: “Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Failed resolving account UserName with status 1376. Check connection to domain controller and VssAccessControl registry key.” (Event ID 8230). See KB2483007.
• Group Policy: “Security policies were propagated with warning 0x534: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.” (Event ID 1202). See KB974639.
• SharePoint Timer: “There was an internal error invoking the timer job '{6486B72C-3B64-44D3-8117-1E48A4A1E4B8}' for service '{3099C545-3246-44A6-A610-C95D350C64D3}” (Event ID 6772). See KB2483007.
• DCOM: “The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} and APPID {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} to the user CONTOSO\spfarm SID (S-1-5-21-1860903272-1458820992-1399837422-1157).” (Event ID 10016). See KB2483007.

Moving SharePoint