Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Migrate SharePoint 2010 Data

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:36:40 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

This time I’ll show you my approach for a SharePoint 2010 to 2013 migration.

Preparation

Remove third party solutions as they might won’t be necessary or compatible in SharePoint 2013.
Report your existing DB security (a migration will remove existing DB login permission roles).

Migration

Migrate content databases in their specific dependency order. For example if you haven an site collection with site columns that make use of the Managed Metadata service you have to migrate the Managed Metadata service database first.

Migrate Managed Metadata service

Backup the existing database
Remove the service application in SharePoint 2013
Copy the existing database export to the SharePoint 2013 server
Restore the database
Rename the database according to the new naming concept (only necessary if the it has changed)
Update the permissions of the database according to the permission report
Create a new Managed Metadata service application and select the imported database
Update the term store administrators

Migrate site collection

Backup the existing content database
Detach the site collection database in SharePoint 2013
Delete the detached content database in SharePoint 2013
Copy the existing database export to the SharePoint 2013 server
Restore the database
Rename the database according to the new naming concept (only necessary if the it has changed)
Update the permissions of the database according to the permission report
Test the restored database with the SharePoint PowerShell command line Test-SPContentDatabase -Name DatabaseName -WebApplication http://example.sharepoint.com
This test will output some compatibility issues, take action according to the error messages
Attach the database to the farm with PowerShell Mount-SPContentDatabase -Name DatabaseName -DatabaseServer SQLServer -WebApplication http://example.sharepoint.com -AssignNewDatabaseId
Upate site collection administrators on the site collection
Disable locks of the collection
Delete Office Web Apps site collection
Run Get-SPsite and look after the CompatibilityLevel attribute. Everything less than 15 needs an visual upgrade
Update the visual design for all SharePoint site Get-SPSite http://example.sharepoint.com | Upgrade-SPSite -VersionUpgrade
Update to username to claims by entering these commands in PowerShell:

$SPWebApplication = Get-SPWebApplication http://sharepoint.vbl.ch
$SPWebApplication.MigrateUsers($true)
$SPWebApplication.ProvisionGlobally()

Update on Janik von Rotz

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Migrate SharePoint 2010 Data

Preparation

Migration

Migrate Managed Metadata service

Migrate site collection