Dear all,

 Anyone can help me how to backup microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server from server A and restore in Server B ?

The scenario is that Server A is already configured specifically, and the server B is the very fresh installation. And we want the backup from Server A to be restored to Server B. It looks like moving all the configuration from Server A to Server B.

Please let me know if anyone can help on how to solve this problem.

Hai There,

Just trying to help you on this matter, there are two ways you can do the backup and restore in MOSS 2007. One is backup the content database from SQL and restore back and create a connection to restored content database from MOSS. Option two is,  do backup from MOSS central administration site and restore them back in newly installed MOSS.

In your case I guess, I just need to know the setup. Such as your database and other MOSS server components running on the same machine?

You can go through following steps to resolve it,

Restore a farm by using the SharePoint Central Administration Web site

Important:
Membership in the Farm Administrators SharePoint group is the minimum necessary to complete this procedure.

Restore to the original server farm

1. On the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, on the Operations page, in the Backup and Restore section, click Restore from Backup.

2. On the Select Backup Location page, in the Backup File Location section, type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the backup folder.

3. On the Select Backup Package to Restore page, select the backup file you want to use to restore, and then click Continue Restore Process.

4. On the Select Component to Restore page, select the farm you want to restore, and then click Continue Restore Process.

5. On the Select Restore Options page:

   1. In the Restore Component section, Ensure that Farm is displayed.

   2. In the Restore Options section, select Same configuration.
      A message is displayed, notifying you that the current farm will be overwritten. Click OK.

   3. In the Login Names and Passwords section, type the user name and password for your Farm Administrators account.

   4. In the New Names section, type new names and URLs for each component, or accept the default values.

   5. Click OK.

Please remember that you need to have administrative previliages to do the above.

Cheers !

Shamin