Content Deployment in SharePoint 2010 is composed of the following three processes.<\/p>\n
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- Create two Web Applications in separate content databases and create site collections in the web applications.<\/li>\n
- Configure Content deployment, paths and jobs -> Run jobs.<\/li>\n
- Check the deployment status and the destination site collection’s content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
I. CREATING THE WEB APPLICATIONS AND SITE COLLECTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>1. First, create two web apps and ensure the two are in separate content databases.<\/p>\n
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2. <\/span>Second, create site collection http:\/\/spy2010\/sites\/authoring<\/span> and select the “Team Site<\/strong>” template.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>3. The initial content deployment destination must be a blank site collection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
4. Create a site collection and ensure that you select “<Select template later><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n
Note<\/span><\/strong>: DO NOT<\/strong> create a site collection using “Blank Site<\/strong>” template, as this does not count as an empty site collection and content deployment will fail.<\/p>\n
5. The site collection in port 1111<\/strong> is just http:\/\/spy2010:1111\/sites\/production<\/span>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nII. Configure Content deployment, paths and jobs in CA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>1. Navigate to Central Administration -> General Application Settings -> Content Deployment -> Configure Content Deployment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>2. Configure new deployment path<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nNote<\/span><\/strong>: A content deployment path is required to define a one-to-one relationship between a source and destination site collection for the purposes of content deployment. Once you have created a path, jobs can be scheduled and run on an ad-hoc basis to deploy additional content as required.<\/p>\n
3. Select your “authoring<\/strong>” site collection as the source<\/span> and “production<\/strong>” site collection as the destination<\/span>.<\/p>\n
4. Enter the current central administration address, including the port number.<\/p>\n
Note<\/span><\/strong>: We will need to test the connection to make sure the destination site collection list populated correctly.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nCreate a deployment job and run it<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>5. We will need to create a deployment job. Jobs and deployment paths have a one-to-one relationship, so we will need to create at least one job for each path that we have specified.<\/p>\n
6. Select the “One time only<\/strong>” radio button to kick the job off immediately.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>7. Create a schedule or run the job now using the “One time only<\/strong>” option to test your new deployment path.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>8. You can view current job status on the “Manage Content Deployment Paths and Jobs<\/strong>” page.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>9. Once the job status becomes “Completed<\/strong>,” the “Production<\/strong>” site collection’s content has been copied successfully.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIII. Check deployment status and destination site collection’s content<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>1. Navigate to Central Administration<\/strong> -> General Application Settings<\/strong> -> Content Deployment<\/strong> -> Check deployment of specific content<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>2. We can check the “production<\/strong>” status on the following page.<\/p>\n
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