Backup - Restore - STSADM - SharePoint Site

Backups are useful when moving from one Environment to another.
It will bring all the Data,Users,Permissions etc.

1. Run-->Cmd --> cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN
2. stsadm -o backup -filename TestNameWithDate.dat -url http://WorkingURL
3. stsadm -o restore -filename TestNameWithDate.dat -url http://TargetURL -overwrite
4. Usually all Safe Controls will come in Web.Config but if something is breaking, check the Web.Config for safe controls.
5. If Content Types are not visible, Refresh/Restart the Application Pool and Site

Different Ways:

1. From Server : stsadm -o backup -filename TestNameWithDate.dat -url http://SiteURL
2. From SharePoint Designer 2007 (Recommended)
Steps:
1. Open the site in SharePoint Designer
2. Go to the site which you want to take BackUp
3. Site  Administartion  BackUp Website  ok  Save to your desktop location or anywhere
4. It will generate a .CMP file and that’s our backup which we can restore in the same way.
3. From the Site itself.
Steps:
1. Go to any site.
2. Make sure you are inside the site.
3. Now, Go to SiteActions  SiteSettings  Modify All Site Settings
4. Once you are here, In the browser URL, instead of settings.aspx access savetmpl.aspx
5. This will give you to save site as a Template(.stp file saved in site galleries of the root level site)