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Back up sites

Hello,

I want to move/copy a sub-site from one site to another but before I do so, I want to back-up the copied/moved sites. I am only a site collection admin. How would I be able to perform this task?
We are using SharePoint 2007.

Thanks.

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cirillop

-o backup is fine but when working with moving Subsites to Top level and Top level to Subsite then you should use the -o export/import. check out the comparrission here

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/yvan_duhamel/archive/2009/05/18/some-key-differences-between-stsadm-export-and-backup-operations.aspx

cirillop

Also so at a site collection administrator level you cannot use any of the sugguestions without either Farm admin or at least there help as even the SharePoint designer requires you to restore to a blank site already provissioned and it has a data capacity limit that is very low

Isaac

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If I work with my Farm admin and all this is successful, will redirection be set up automatically.
When users accidentally try to access the old site, will they be redirected to the new location?

Justin Smith

Your question is going in multiple directions. The original question you asked was how to backup sites. I've given you the options you have as a site admin. If you have questions about actually moving sites or redirecting, you need to start a new thread.

Isaac

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Thank you all for you comments.
They have been very helpful.