Problem Description:
Requirement
comes up to transfer the backup of one site collection from production to
development environment.
-
Took
the backup of the site collection by using PowerShell command without any
issues
-
As
soon as I tried restoring the backup then I faced the following error message
Error Message:
Your
backup is from a different version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and
cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file
should be restored to a server with version '14.0.0.6134' or later.
Checkpoints:
-Compare the
development SP version with the production version and found out the following
info:
Development-
14.0.6123.5006
|
Production-
14.0.6120.5006
|
-it’s
quite obvious from the above versions that it’s not going to work L and we should be ready to hear the
answer “It seems that you need to update your development server with the
same patch which is running in production and then you can restore the backup”
/ upgrade your destination
farm to the same version of the source farm, After your farms are at the same
product version, the restore will succeed.
Resolution:
You must
be wondering as How exactly I have achieved this resolution?
Here are
the details:
-Restored Production
backup to staging application but in a separate database
-Took that database
and restored to development environment – which automatically place that DB to
the same version
-Attached the
database to default application, that’s it- issue resolved J
Site is
up and running, easily restored to the development environment without any
waiting time.
If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned
information then please let me know, thank you.
