Backup Site collection, Subsite, List / Library - SharePoint 2013

Hello Guys, today I am going to share one of my interesting topics in SharePoint 2013. This is an important one that you have to be ‘aware of’ as it belongs to recovery model. Yes, you are absolutely right; I am talking about Backup-Restore methods in SharePoint 2013.

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 has comes up with so many enhancements and backup restore is one of them. I will try my best here to cover the backup-restore based on GUI (Graphical User Interface) and Powershell so that you will be proficient enough to work on these mentioned methods independently.

Backup Operations

Backup operations are associated with:
-Site collection
-Subsite
-List and Document Libraries

[How to take the backup of SharePoint 2013 site collection using PowerShell]

Here is the complete syntax:-

Backup-SPSite -Identity <SiteCollectionGUIDorURL> -Path <BackupFile> [-Force] [-NoSiteLock] [-UseSqlSnapshot] [-Verbose]

Backup-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

[How to take the backup of SharePoint 2013 subsite /List / Library using PowerShell]

Here is the complete syntax:-
Export-SPWeb http://site –Path "site export.cmp"

[LIST / LIBRARY BACKUP]
export-spweb -identity http://URLOFYOURSITE -path \\servershare\AMOL\AMYLIST.cmp -itemurl /NAMEOFYOURLIST

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

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The URL for this file is too long for the application

One of our business owners has reported an issue “SharePoint reporting these errors when I open an Excel file, you can support me in check if not missing any site configuration.”

Error #1:

The URL for this file is too long for the application.  A temporary copy of this file will be opened on your computer.  You must save this copy as a new file. – This is the most common one where many levels of nested sub folders in a library.  If your folder paths start exceeding 120 characters by themselves, it's time to reorganize your content folders.

Error #2:

The specified file or folder name is too long. The URL path for all files and folders must be 260 characters or less (and no more than 128 characters for any single file or folder name in the URL). Please type a shorter file or folder name.

Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.

Error #3:

The URL for this file is too long for the application.  A temporary copy of this file will be opened on your computer.  You must save this copy as a new file

I think this is an old (in fact very old) / generic error message which come while editing the office documents. Let’s try to understand a little background behind this issue!

What’s the cause behind this issue?

Here is the reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894630

What the above article saying?

This behavior occurs if the number of characters in the URL exceeds the maximum number of characters that is supported for URLs in SharePoint Server 2007 / 2010, in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and in Windows SharePoint Services.

To determine the length of a URL, SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Windows SharePoint Services convert the string in the URL to Universal Character Set (UCS) Transformation Format 16 (UTF-16) format, and then count the number of 16-bit characters in the string. A URL that contains more than 260 characters is not supported.

Additionally, a URL that contains one or more of the following components is not supported:

1.    A folder name that has more than 256 UCS-2 characters

2.    A file name that has more than 128 characters

More details on “Understanding URL and path lengths”, “URL path and restrictions”, “Resolving URL length problems”:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919564(v=office.14).aspx

Resolution:

Make sure that the names of folders and of files do not exceed the maximum lengths that are supported for URLs in SharePoint Server 2007, in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and in Windows SharePoint Services.

Workaround:

Reduce the SharePoint URL’s, How to do this? – Here is the reference:

https://portal.slac.stanford.edu/sites/inc_public/pages/how-to-shorten-url.aspx

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

Note:

If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.

Reference:

http://sharepointknowledgebase.blogspot.com/2013/02/url-path-length-restrictions-sharepoint.html

Product applies to:

·         SharePoint 2010

·         SharePoint 2013