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Restore SSP, MySites and User Profile info to test MOSS 2007 server

I have a production MOSS 2007 server that I am doing full Server Farm backups using:

stsadm.exe -o backup -directory "\\BackupServer\BackupShare" -backupmethod full

I have built a new MOSS 2007 server from scratch. I am using the built in Central Admin Restore to do restores. I have restored the main portal sites. However, I am unable to restore the SSP backup which has the user profile info.

Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to restore the SSP, User Profile, and MySites from the production server (which is still running) to my test server?

Thanks

Justin Smith

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc896556(office.12).aspx

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shofarslee

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Thanks for the link.

One question: it looks like this is for moving the SSP. However, I want the keep the SSP from the original server. I just want to restore a copy of the user profile and my sites info onto the test server.

The test server has an ssp and my sites set up - but are empty (and can be removed if necessary to restore from the production server).

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shofarslee

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The link doesn't give any detailed instructions. I tried restoring the SSP from backup, but it fails. I've tried building a new SSP from scratch, and attaching the My Sites content database - but there is no user profile information.

The user profiles is the main thing I'm after.

Thanks

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shofarslee

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Gave some points for some helpful information, but ended up finding the solution on my own.

Thanks